Home & Family

Home and family safety are at the heart of community well-being. This section highlights Minnesota laws and stories about household safety, elder care, product recalls, and child protection. Our goal is to keep Central Minnesota families informed and empowered to safeguard their loved ones.

You Turned The Clocks Back: But Did You Change The Batteries?

It fall back day again, where we gain an hour of sleep and have to change all the clocks. I love the VCR’s and Cell phones that take care of themselves. But did you change the necessary batteries?…

By Mike Bryant

/ 31 Oct 2009

High Corn Calls For More Safety While Deer Hunting

Deer hunting season is just around the corner. Unlike past years, there is high corn still in the field. Which means that other hunters will also be tough to see. So when you are driving deer out of…

By Mike Bryant

/ 30 Oct 2009

For A Safe Halloween

It only a couple of days away. the boys have changed costume plans a dozen times. It’s a Saturday night, before fall back, so it should be full of fun. But, it is never a time to forget…

By Mike Bryant

/ 29 Oct 2009

Mars Recalls Dove Caramel Pecan Perfection Ice Cream

The end of October, The U.S. Food Safety and Mars Snackfood US announced a nationwide recall of Dove Caramel Pecan Perfection ice cream because it contains undeclared peanuts. People who have an…

By Mike Bryant

/ 28 Oct 2009

Breyers Recalls Tubs Of Ice Cream.

The end of October, The U.S. Food Safety and Unilever United States, Inc., of Englewood Cliffs, NJ announced a nationwide recall of tubs of Breyers® ice cream because it was mis-packaged and may…

By Mike Bryant

/ 24 Oct 2009

Pumpkins Are Fun: But You Still Need To Think Safety

Halloween is coming soon. To get ready for it , we were out in the yard filling pumpkin bags with leaves and spreading them out on the roof of the garage. It won’t be long before we are, like many…

By Mike Bryant

/ 21 Oct 2009

Dangers Of Carbon Monoxide: Death Of A Hutchinson Couple

A recent story about a Hutchinson couple who died and their son who ended up in the hospital in critical condition, because of a poorly ventilated gas heater, should alert us all to the dangers of…

By Mike Bryant

/ 20 Oct 2009

Nursing Home Residents Death Caused By Abuse

A Minnesota Department of Health report found that White Community Hospital and Nursing Home staff in Aurora dropped a resident several feet while being moved in a sling from her bed to a…

By Mike Bryant

/ 12 Oct 2009

Duck Hunting Safety

Duck Hunting season is just around the corner. Often there is the combination of hunting and boating. It’s a great time to think about hunter safety. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources…

By Mike Bryant

/ 3 Oct 2009

Harvest Time: Time For Farm Safety

It’s Harvest time: the first frost has appeared and the leaves are changing. I’ve been spending nights watching my third grader start his football career. At the same time, fall field work is…

By Mike Bryant

/ 1 Oct 2009

U S Chamber Back With Another Abuse Of Kids

The U S Chamber has produced another attempt at their anti lawsuit ads. This time they go with a very nice lady who tells the story about a group of kids who apparently lost their place to play…

By Mike Bryant

/ 11 Sep 2009

Cargill Unit Beef Packers Inc. Recall 800,000 Pounds Of Hamburger

In early August, the United States Department of Agriculture and Beef Packers a Fresno, Calif., establishment, announced the recall of 800,000 pounds of ground beef because of an outbreak of E. coli…

By Mike Bryant

/ 8 Aug 2009