Iowans — especially those with heart and lung disease — should avoid long or intense activities and take extra breaks during strenuous activity outdoors in areas where air quality is rated unhealthy.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires worsened air quality in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled ...

Canada is having another bad wildfire season, and more than 27,000 people in three provinces have been forced to evacuate.

Parts of central Pennsylvania are under a code orange air quality alert, but the Midwest is seeing bigger air quality ...

A black bear ambles through a cornfield in 2016 near the Yellow River State Forest in northeast Iowa ... can call their nearest Iowa DNR law enforcement officer. A map of enforcement officers ...

Mother Nature’s gift of ample rain helping to reduce drought map’s grip in High Plains, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor ...

The Chicago area is under an air quality alert until due to the Canadian wildfire smoke. Environmental officials said the pollutants from the smoke will be sticking around the area through at least ...

Air quality alerts advising people to stay indoors were issued earlier in the week and lasted through part of Wednesday ...

Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High near 77F. Winds NE at 5 to 15 mph. Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds ...