An air quality alert for central and southern Minnesota continues from Wednesday into Thursday until 11 p.m. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says the area under the alert starts around Alexandria,

Welcome back Canadian smoke. You weren’t missed. Another Air Quality Alert has been issued a large portion of the state until 11:00 p.m. Thursday for much of central and southern Minnesota.

Smoke has made its way back into the northern tier of the U.S., prompting air quality alerts in North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana on Wednesday and Thursday.