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 […]
New Pedestrian Flashers Coming for Middle School East Walkers
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 […]
Snowmobile Laws in Minnesota: Minnesota Home Talk Legal Minute, January 17, 2015
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 […]
Hot Water Heater Safety. How hot should you set your water heater?
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 […]