April 11, 2021
Ground turkey sold under the brand names Nature’s Promise, Wegmans, and Plainville Farms is under a health alert for Salmonella risk in connection with an outbreak of illness. The products have “use or sell by” dates ranging from 1/1/21 to…
April 6, 2021
Each fall for the last four years an E. coli outbreak has been linked to romaine lettuce or leafy greens produced in California’s Central Coast growing region. The fourth anniversary is supposed to be commemorated with fruit or flowers, but…
April 5, 2021
One person died in a Duluth apartment fire at the same building where another person died in a fire last August. Firefighters arrived at the two-story eight-unit building at 631 East Third Street in East Hillside on Sunday afternoon. Crews…
April 5, 2021
Dungeness Valley Creamery in Sequim, WA has issued a recall for raw milk products after they were linked to a Campylobacter outbreak in Washington that sickened five people. People who have purchased these products should not consume them as Campylobacter…
April 1, 2021
A recall for Real Water Alkaline Water, associated with non-viral hepatitis illnesses involving liver failure, includes Costco, BI-LO, Whole Foods, and other stores. The recalled products were sold in a variety of sizes. Consumers who have purchased these products should…
March 31, 2021
One week after Real Water Inc. recalled all of its alkaline water products after non-viral hepatitis illnesses including cases of liver failure were associated with them, the products are still being sold and marketed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
March 24, 2021
Real Water Inc. has issued a recall for all sizes of its alkaline drinking water for potential non-viral hepatitis risk. The recall comes after state and federal health officials identified at least 10 cases of non-viral hepatitis among people who…
March 24, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says Real Water Inc. is refusing to cooperate with its investigation of a non-viral hepatitis outbreak that includes five cases of liver failure associated with the company’s alkaline water product. Because the company…
March 24, 2021
Four days after a March 14 fire at his St. Paul home, Gary Bruce Blaske, 66, died from his injuries. Firefighters were called to the scene in the 600 block of Minnehaha Ave. W. around 8:14 a.m. When they arrived,…
March 23, 2021
One person in Evelyth, MN was hospitalized with burn injuries after an explosion and fire yesterday. The incident occurred just after 7:30 a.m. on the 600 block of 17th Avenue West. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause…
March 22, 2021
A third-grade girl in Iowa died in a tragic school bus accident last Friday. The crash happened when a car rear-ended a school bus that was stopped to pick-up students on A-50, about four miles west of Highway 18. Jessica…
March 22, 2021
Months after a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at Rosemont Court, a seniors complex in Portland, OR, a new illness has been confirmed there. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia that people develop after they inhale water droplets contaminated…