THE LATEST FROM STORM TEAM 5… We are beginning our Sunday with areas of patchy dense fog that should burn off fairly quickly throughout the morning. That will lead to mainly sunny and comfy day with high temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s.

An air quality alert covering the entire state of Minnesota continues on Thursday, marring otherwise fairly ideal weather conditions.

Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada is once again wafting over huge portions of the U.S. Midwest and worsening air quality there. On August 1 conditions are particularly bad in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.