A new phone-based service is now available for Minnesotans who think they may have the flu.
Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 21, people with possible flu symptoms can call the Minnesota FluLine (MN FluLine) at 1-866-259-4655 for information and treatment options. Professionals will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People with limited English skills will be connected with an interpreter. There is no charge for the call.
Intervention efforts by a teacher at Forest View Elementary School have
led to malicious punishment of a child charges against a 28-year-old
Forest Lake woman who is a mother of a student at the school.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back out on I-35 in Forest Lake, it’s not. Well, it is safe, but just congested. A fall project by the Minnesota Department of Transportation is making improvements in the I-35 Corridor between US-8 in Forest Lake and the I-35W-I-35E split in Columbus. The road work on southbound I-35 from US-8 resulted in some staggering back-ups on Monday and more delays were expected this week. Just after MnDOT announced that crews had switched from northbound projects to southbound improvements, the back-up at left popped up on Thursday, Oct. 15 The photo looks south from the Broadway Avenue bridge. The delays on southbound I-35 this week extended from Forest Lake north to the Wyoming exit. Motorists on US-61 were also seeing delays between Forest Lake and Wyoming because of culvert replacement. (Photo By Clint Riese)
Ruby, the pitbull from Scandia that made news by nearly becoming the Milk-Bone spokesdog of the year, has cancer in her left hind leg. Pat Bettendorf, Ruby’s constant companion, said the disease was diagnosed in late September when a tumor was found. “The good news is that Ruby has an angel,” Bettendorf said. A resident of New York City who has asked to remain anonymous has stepped forward to pay for all medical costs related to the dog’s care, Bettendorf said. The person is a fan of pitbulls and has followed Ruby’s story in 2009 through media reports. Ruby continues to receive medical treatment in Minnesota and Bettendorf said there is optimism that the cancer was confined to the tumor which has been surgically removed. Bettendorf said a trip to New York City may happen yet this fall if Ruby needs additional care from a nationally recognized animal oncologist.
Motorists will encounter detours and delays near Forest Lake and Columbus as the ramps to and from southbound Interstate 35, Highway 97 and Broadway Avenue/Highway 2 are closed intermittently between Oct. 19 and Oct. 22.
The Metropolitan Council has breathed new life into express bus service
between Forest Lake and Minneapolis, approving a new long-term contract
for the service. The Council, on Oct. 14, approved a five-year
contract with First Transit to ensure the service remains up and
running.
School spirit was in the air as homecoming hit Forest Lake last week. Check out a slideshow from the festivities by clicking here.
(Photo by Clint Riese)
The National FFA Organization recently selected from a pool of more than 600 applications nationwide the Forest Lake High School FFA Chapter, as a 3-Star winner in the National FFA Chapter Award program. A delegation of chapter members will travel to 82nd National FFA convention in Indianapolis, Ind., October 21-24, where they will be recognized for this honor.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back out on I-35 in Forest Lake, it’s not. Well, it is safe, but just congested. A fall project by the Minnesota Department of Transportation is making improvements in the I-35 Corridor between US-8 in Forest Lake and the I-35W-I-35E split in Columbus. The road work on southbound I-35 from US-8 resulted in some staggering back-ups on Monday and more delays were expected this week. Just after MnDOT announced that crews had switched from northbound projects to southbound improvements, the back-up at left popped up on Thursday, Oct. 15 The photo looks south from the Broadway Avenue bridge. The delays on southbound I-35 this week extended from Forest Lake north to the Wyoming exit. Motorists on US-61 were also seeing delays between Forest Lake and Wyoming because of culvert replacement. (Photo By Clint Riese)
Ruby, the pitbull from Scandia that made news by nearly becoming the Milk-Bone spokesdog of the year, has cancer in her left hind leg. Pat Bettendorf, Ruby’s constant companion, said the disease was diagnosed in late September when a tumor was found. “The good news is that Ruby has an angel,” Bettendorf said. A resident of New York City who has asked to remain anonymous has stepped forward to pay for all medical costs related to the dog’s care, Bettendorf said. The person is a fan of pitbulls and has followed Ruby’s story in 2009 through media reports. Ruby continues to receive medical treatment in Minnesota and Bettendorf said there is optimism that the cancer was confined to the tumor which has been surgically removed. Bettendorf said a trip to New York City may happen yet this fall if Ruby needs additional care from a nationally recognized animal oncologist.