At 12:25 p.m. EDT on Thursday, the National Weather Service reported an air quality alert in effect until Friday at 3 p.m. EDT for Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabella, Muskegon,

There is an air quality alert for all counties in Michigan until midnight Friday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy reported. Pollutants across the state are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG, Orange AQI) range Wednesday and Thursday, with some locations reaching the Unhealthy (Red AQI) range.

A thick blanket of smoke from Canadian wildfires is pushing southward across the US, prompting air quality alerts across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Connecticut. Millions of residents are advised to reduce outdoor exposure as air pollution levels reach unhealthy to very unhealthy levels,