A crew of Minnesota firefighters left Grand Rapids Friday morning in three trucks to help fight the wildfires burning in California. The Minnesota DNR crew will receive their assignment once they arrive in Southern California next week.

The Minnesota team will assist with current fire response efforts and may also be called upon to help with new outbreaks

The crew, which is part of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is highly skilled and specially trained in all aspects of wildland fire impression.

Gov. Tim Walz announced that a crew of Minnesota wildland firefighters have been sent to Southern California to help fight the ongoing wildfires.

With a healthy crop of balsam fir pines growing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, northeast Minnesota is highly susceptible to a large fire, the map shows. Some of the

The southern Minnesota community is focused on southern California. Myrna Terwedo is a St. John Lutheran Church Member who spoke to WCCO as she sewed together a large quilt. She's been watching the wildfire destruction.

Minnesota's entire coaching staff is busy on the recruiting trail and their latest in-home visit came in Folsom, California with 2026 three-star offensive lineman Vlad Dyakonov according to an X post on Monday.

With the wildfires continuing to burn in Southern California, the American Red Cross has sent more than 300 volunteers to help with relief efforts, 19 of them from the Minnesota and Dakotas region.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Minnesota joined 20 states and San Francisco in suing Trump over his birthright citizenship order.

Two teams with different approaches to Monday's NFC Wild Card game, the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams, set for neutral field matchup.

Jeremiah Wilkinson scored a career-high 30 points, DJ Campbell added a season-best 22 points and California beat Miami 98-94 in overtime.  Campbell scored six points in a 9-2 surge to give Cal an 88-81 lead.

After plantar fasciitis interrupted a second consecutive season with the Twins, three-time All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa said he will be ready for spring training next month without restriction.