Sun returns today; Fall colors popping this week

The sun is back Monday after a gloomy weekend. Temps will respond nicely after some morning fog reaching the 70s by late afternoon!

More badly needed scattered showers may roll though Tuesday & Wednesday. But sunshine and dry warmer weather is headed in for next weekend.

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Fall colors increasing this week:

Look for fall colors to start popping this week in much of Minnesota.

Pagami Creek Fire: Rain helped slow the blaze Sunday

Here's the latest on the Pagami Creek Fire which slowed down thanks to Sunday's rain.

You can see below from the observations at Ely that several hours of moderate to heavy rain fell on the blaze Sunday.

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