Five takeaways from Minnesota Vikings' 2025 regular-season schedule

The Minnesota Vikings' 2025 regular-season schedule has officially arrived. Let's dive into five takeaways. Lots of national TV games The Vikings have a whopping seven nationally-televised games this year. They'll play twice on Sunday night, …

NFL releases full 2025 schedule for Minnesota Vikings

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) – The NFL has revealed the full 2025 schedule for the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings kick off the season facing the Chicago Bears and end the regular season facing the Green Bay Packers. Full schedule below: Preseason Week 1: Houston …

Is it hazy in Chicago? The difference between haze, fog as wildfires burn in Minnesota

The skies over the Chicago area over the last few days have appeared hazy, with dense fog covering parts of the skyline in the mornings and even during the afternoon rush hour commutes. But are fog and haze the same? Not quite, according to NBC Storm Team …

Wildfires spread to more than 35,000 acres in northeastern Minnesota

The Jenkins Creek Fire has surpassed the Camp House fire in size, and the federal team now in charge says the two incidents will be managed together. BRIMSON, Minn. — Two large wildfires tearing through the woods of northeastern Minnesota continue to grow …

Northern Minnesota wildfires burn more than 37K acres

Nearly 37,000 acres have burned since Sunday as three wildfires continue to rage in northern Minnesota, none of which have been contained. The Jenkins Creek Fire northwest of Duluth grew from 6,800 acres on Tuesday to roughly 20,600 acres Wednesday morning …

Still without budget deal, Minnesota Legislature likely headed for first special session since 2021

Legislators in St. Paul will likely have to work overtime to pass a state budget.A special session is looking almost inevitable for the Minnesota Legislature with no budget deal and only days left before its May 19 adjournment deadline. Gov. Tim Walz and …

Where are the Minnesota wildfires? See maps where three fires are growing in Arrowhead region

Red flag weather warnings, signaling conditions are ripe for fires to spread quickly and grow out of control, were in effect across dozens of Minnesota counties.Here’s the latest information on the fire perimeters as of about 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 14.The …

Police tell Olivia, Minnesota, residents to shelter in place due to barricaded individual

OLIVIA — A shelter-in-place order was issued around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday for Olivia residents within a four-block radius of the 600 block of Maple Avenue East. According to a Facebook post by the Olivia Police Department, police are dealing with a …

Minnesota family keeps waking up to black bears

Wildfires continue to rage in Minnesota