Hazy skies: is West Michigan setting up for another smokey summer?

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Smoke from wildfires in Canada has led to significant air quality concerns in West Michigan, with residents advised to take precautions, depending on the severity.
In Manitoba, a Canadian province which sits north of North Dakota and Minnesota, thousands of people have been evacuated, and the province is under a state of emergency, according to reports from the CBC.
The effects of this wildfire smoke have reached as far south as Grand Rapids and the I-96 corridor east to Detroit. Smoke began affecting West Michigan last Friday, and conditions have been fluctuating since then. However, as of Thursday morning, the haze has begun to improve, though air quality remains poor in some areas.