The good news is the air won't be as difficult to breathe on Aug. 1. The bad news is the Canadian wildfire smoke is still lingering all over the state, prompting an extension of an air quality alert ...

Milwaukee faces Canadian wildfire smoke haze and an Air Quality Advisory; high swim risk at Lake Michigan beaches also reported.

Chicago and Minneapolis' air quality was in the "unhealthy" category, which ranks as level four of six on the Air Quality ...