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Forest Service officials have temporarily banned campfires in the Superior National Forest, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and closed some lakes and access points because of four wildfires burning in the area.

The U.S. Forest Service says it's downgrading an environmental review of a proposal to withdraw certain national forest land in Minnesota from minerals exploration for up to 20 years.

The Trump administration has resurrected an effort to build the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota.

ELY, Minn. (AP) — A search for canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota is over.

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Two adventurers who spent an entire year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area have returned to civilization.

St. Charles, MN (KROC-AM News) - Family and friends will gather Sunday afternoon in St. Charles for a service celebrating the life of Craig Walz.

Rochester, MN  (KROC AM News)  - A Rochester teenager has been transferred from a Duluth Hospital to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester to continue his recovery from a tragic incident that occurred last week in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One person has died and at least two others have been injured by falling trees toppled by a powerful storm that swept through a northeastern Minnesota forest.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says it is concerned about a proposed copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One day after Gov. Mark Dayton dealt a serious blow to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine, a federal agency has handed the company another setback.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The final environmental review for Minnesota's proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine says wastewater from the project would have to be treated indefinitely to prevent pollution.

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers from a Rochester church group had to be rescued after their canoe was swept into a waterfall on the U.S.-Canada border in northern Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clean air advocates, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a subsidiary of Xcel Energy have reached a settlement that will reduce emissions from the Sherco plant in Sherburne County.

ORR, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Minnesota say a 27-year-old Duluth man has died after becoming ill while hiking a remote trail in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.