On Wednesday, March 26, a chlorine gas leak in a pool injured 36 students and one adult. Rocori High School is the same school where two boys were killed in a shooting over four years ago.No one was critically injured, but twelve students and the injured adult had to stay over night at St. Cloud Hospital for further treatment. The leak was found just before 2 p.m. and the building was...
Food for Life has issued a product recall for spelt bread that was made with wheat products. The wheat is not declared on the packaging and could pose a health hazard to those allergic to wheat. The recall involves over 2,200 cases of spelt bread. The recalled frozen products were sold nationwide through health food distributors and natural food retailers in 24 oz. light blue packages. The...
Surgeons at a hospital in Minneapolis accidentally removed a healthy kidney from a patient undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. The hospital made full disclosure of the glaring medical error afterwards in what has become an all-too-common occurrence at hospitals in the United States nowadays: wrong-site surgery. The chief medical officer for Park Nicollet Health Services made the error known...
A construction worker from Stayton was killed on Wednesday in a highway repaving project. The construction accident happened in Alsea on Highway 34. The victim was using an asphalt grinder. The grinder rolled over the man and down an embankment. It appears part of the highway collapsed causing the accident. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. He was employed by Hatch Company, a...