Grand Rapids, Minn. With most of Minnesota now snow-free, statewide burning restrictions will start April 1. No burning permits will be issued in the northern two-thirds of the state, with the exception of construction permits and prescribed burns. The b

State wildfire information officer Jean Bergerson says the spring fire season has already begun. “We’re earlier than normal,” she says. “We have moderate drought conditions statewide.” Last weekend, at least 27 fires burned over 1,200 acres in locations including the Chippewa National Forest and the Red Lake Indian Reservation. A fire near Little Falls burned […]