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Minnesota Bracing for Extended Drought, Wildfire Conditions

Dan Hanger,

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota authorities are bracing for an extended wildfire season, saying the typical summer reprieve is looking more and more unlikely. Wildfires are typically at their worst in the spring and fall, slowing down in the summer when trees and plants are fully green and rain increases. But more than half of the state is experiencing drought conditions…

Frank Gunn The Canadian Press Via Ap
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Images Captured of Partial “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Thursday Morning

The Eclipse Wasn't Noticeable in the Northland
The Associated Press,

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The top of the world got a sunrise special “ring of fire” solar eclipse. This so-called annular eclipse began Thursday at the Canadian province of Ontario, then swept across Greenland, the North Pole, and finally Siberia. An annular eclipse occurs when a new moon is around its farthest point from us and appearing smaller. It…

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Biking to Beat the Heat as Summer-like Temps Continue

Those over at Ski Hut on Fourth Street remind people just breaking out their bike to get a tune-up first.
Arman Rahman,

DULUTH, Minn.- As cyclists across the Northland get out on the trails to take advantage of the summer-like weather, local bike shops want to remind people to get their bikes tuned up and looked over first. “Today on a bike it doesn’t feel all that hot here,” said biker Brian Mallory. That may be the case for bikers like Mallory,…