Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday declared a peacetime emergency and mobilized the National Guard to help battle several major wildfires in the state.

The Minnesota National Guard has been mobilized to assist in fighting wildfires across the state.

The governor’s office said multiple fires have ignited since Friday under continuing dry, hot and windy conditions.

Tim Walz, the state’s governor, calls blazes ‘unpredictable and fast-moving’ as dry, windy weather fuels them ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activated the state's National Guard in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed Minneapolis man who allegedly tried to intervene as federal agents arrested a migrant. It's ...