An air quality alert was reported by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 10:28 a.m. EDT in effect until Monday at midnight EDT for Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Houghton, Baraga, Marquette, Alger, Luce,

Smoke from Canadian wildfires remains over the state through Saturday and possibly into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Pollutants across the state are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG, Orange AQI) range with some locations reaching the Unhealthy (Red AQI) range.

We have dry conditions in the forecast across Mid-Michigan this weekend. But impacts on air quality are expected to continue across the entire state. Although air quality is improving across the state of Michigan today,