The shortage is so real in some areas of northern Minnesota that firewood stores are already closed. And McCullough is getting calls for long-range deliveries. "Duluth, Bemidji, Hermantown ...

AKELEY, Minn. - Firewood is in high demand in rural Minnesota, where people who remember last year's long, cold winter are stocking up on anything they can find to keep their homes warm.

They banned all firewood from outside Minnesota, and they imposed several restrictions on Minnesota firewood. Those restrictions include bans on firewood from Minnesota counties under quarantine ...