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My Facebook friend Greg has experienced something with his dog that I never knew existed and it’s something all dog owners in this area should know about. It’s something that humans can get too and is picked up in wet marshy lands like the areas where many of us walk our dogs. Here’s his story and the symptoms to watch for. Let us know if you’re beloved pet experienced this and where they picked i

Remember the day when you got a sore throat and you didn't know it was strep until it felt like you were swallowing razor blades?  Then you'd look at your throat in your mirror and see white streaks, are you with me?  How is it that the strep illness has changed to the point you don't get a sore throat anymore.

Last Friday was like any other day.  After work, I went to our Daycare center and picked up our 11 month old daughter.  That's when it started.  One of the daycare workers said it looked like Jane had a few bumps on her hand, arm, and feet.   She said that "a whole bunch" of kids were getting hand, foot, and mouth disease.

According to Adam Lorch at the Northland's NewsCenter, today is a great beach day.  However, which beach you go to is important because there are several under a No Water Contact Recommendation in Dululth.

Every flu season people get it wrong. Is it the cold, flu, or "stomach flu."  What's the difference, right?  If you're sick you're sick, but it's a good idea to know if you really have the flu, because the flu can be deadly.  Here's how you tell the difference.

I have SO many wonderful memories of swimming in area lakes during my childhood.  Chub Lake in Carlton, Sandy Lake in the Mahtowa/Barnum area, Moose Lake and of course, Park Point.  I remember swimmer's itch and stepping on tin cans and cutting my feet...

My family always had a real tree.  We use to go out on a friend's land in Holyoke and cut a fresh one down.  Ah, family memories.  According to Mail Online, experts are saying real trees could be the reason for sickness in your household.

This will be the lost year for the Minnesota Twins, with hopes to get back on track next season.  That is especially true for Joe Mauer.  What a year it has been for the hometown hero with all the problems so perhaps this is a fitting development.   Joe Mauer's season is over. The upper respiratory infection that he came down with in Los Angeles a couple weeks ago never got better.