(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh in a series continuing to look at proposed sewers around Tippecanoe Lakes.) LEESBURG — Preserving the water quality of Tippecanoe Lake is the goal of every user of the lake. It is with this thought process many feel installing a sewer system will help add to that preservation. There …read more.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — General Mills widened its recall of potentially contaminated flour Monday, and health officials said 46 people have been made sick so far by raw flour.

NEW YORK — Chipotle’s legal woes in the wake of November’s E. coli outbreak just got even worse.

Niagara Water has issued a voluntary recall of spring water produced at two plants in Pennsylvania between June 10 and June 18 due to evidence of E. coli bacteria at a spring source. According to the company, the operator at a contracted spring failed to notify the manufacturer that the spring source had potentially been …read more.

The Center for Lakes and Streams, with funding from the K21 Health Foundation, private donors and Grace College, released the results of a study investigating the causes of elevated E. coli levels at the public swimming beaches at Center and Pike lakes. A previous study by the center from 2012 showed that the public swimming …read more.

The following results are from water samples taken from each public beach in Kosciusko County. Each reading represents the most probable number of E. coli colonies per sample. Two samples are taken at each public beach. In order for a beach to be closed, both readings must exceed 235 colonies. These samples are taken each …read more.

Drought conditions that are ravaging crops and landscaping across Indiana are also responsible for keeping area beaches open. Bob Weaver, administrator and chief scientist for the Kosciusko County Health Department, theorizes that the lack of rain has actually kept E. coli bacteria levels in area lakes down because there has not been the runoff associated …read more.