“Handline, we call it,” Bell explains. “Reinforcing that handline, which is scraped down to the mineral soil, and then reinforcing that on the sides of that handline, by cutting back the trees and the ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Officials have provided an update on the two largest wildfires still burning in St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Central and southern Minnesota is green and lush after 2-3 inches or more of rain, while the Arrowhead and far northern counties are dry and dusty, with fires burning north of Duluth. Thirty thousand ...