MILWAUKEE - If you spent much of this past summer looking up at hazy skies and feeling a certain sense of déjà vu, there is a good reason. For much of Summer 2025, Canadian wildfires sent thick plumes ...

Canadian wildfire smoke will continue to impact Wisconsin's surface air quality over the next several days. The current advisory in effect statewide until noon on Thursday, July 31 has been extended ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- Smoke from Canadian wildfires has impacted Wisconsin several times this summer and in recent years. Now, Wisconsin Republicans are reaching out to the Canadian government, ...

BELOIT — Canadian wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality across southern Wisconsin, creating health risks for vulnerable populations including children, elderly residents and those with asthma ...

Stop us if you've heard this before: Wisconsin will confront wildfire smoke and extremely high humidity later this week. Canadian wildfire smoke has already moved into northwest Wisconsin and the ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Lawmakers are filing a formal complaint against Canada over the wildfire smoke that continues to drift across the U.S. border. State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) ...

James Barnier on risks of large and widespread wildfires as federal funding is cut. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources forest fire protection section chief James Barnier considers risks of ...

On Oct. 8, 1871, a firestorm tore through northeast Wisconsin, killing more than 1,200 people and burning 1.5 million acres. The Peshtigo Fire remains the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history, though it ...

A new Wisconsin bill would let local governments require fire sprinkler retrofits in older housing, responding to a fatal ...