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Clear Fire Hydrants after Wright County Snowfall

February 26, 2018 By Mike Schoemer

With areas of St. Michael, Hanover, Otsego and Albertville seeing more than 8 inches of new snow Saturday, Feb. 24, local firefighters are asking residents to help them out this week. Water hydrants on street corners are often buried in plowed snow. Though fiberglass poles stick out from the snowbanks to alert trucks to a […]

Tagged With: fire, hydrants, safety, snow

New Pedestrian Flashers Coming for Middle School East Walkers

January 23, 2017 By Meghan Gutzwiller

A bevy of parental concerns and a near miss incident this fall has caused the St. Michael-Albertville school district to look into enhanced safety options near Middle School East, at the intersections of Naber Avenue and Frankfort Parkway AND Naber Avenue and 47th Street NE, which is one block north of Frankfort Parkway. The school […]

Tagged With: crosswalk, safety, STMA Middle School East

Snowmobile Laws in Minnesota: Minnesota Home Talk Legal Minute, January 17, 2015

February 5, 2015 By jeffobrien

Snowmobiles have been in the headlines in Minnesota lately.  A recent StarTribune story discussed how snowmobile related deaths in Minnesota in 2014 were the highest since 2010, with alcohol and speed being among the leading factors in snowmobile-related accidents.  Closer to my home turf in Wright County, there have been at least three notable snowmobile-related […]

Tagged With: crashes. legal, safety, snowmobiles

Hot Water Heater Safety. How hot should you set your water heater?

April 1, 2014 By Corey Hickmann

Scalds are nasty injuries that send thousands of people to emergency rooms each year and cause dozens of deaths. About 60% of scald injuries occur to children under the age of 5. The elderly are also especially vulnerable. Many scalding incidents occur in the bathroom. Water temperature of 150 degrees can cause third-degree burns (the […]

Tagged With: hot water heater, safety, scalding, temperature

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