safety

Due to not making federal requirements for breaking strength, Graco's My 65 convertible car seat has been recalled.

Working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are crucial safety devices every home should have. While it is important to have them in your home, it is also important to make sure they are installed properly. If these devices are not properly placed in your home, their effectiveness in alerting you to a problem can be impacted.

Every Thanksgiving cooking warnings pop up as people want to surprise their family by making the best tasting Turkey. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety demonstrated the dangers of deep frying a frozen turkey.

If you have a car or booster seat that needs to be installed or adjusted please make a point of coming to this clinic.

Accidents can happen in a split second especially when young children and inattentive drivers come together. No matter how long you have been driving take a  minute to get a refresher course.

Unfortunately there are tragic stories each summer about pets and children left in vehicles on hot summer days. While there has been a growing awareness about these dangers when outdoor temperatures are hot, it is important to remember that even on cooler days that it can still get dangerously hot in a vehicle.

Photo by Glen Cooper/Getty ImagesIt is nice to know that even after the 100 years that have passed since I went to College, the city of Winona MN and surrounding schools landed at number #19 on the list!

Summer is here and it is getting hot, and many Northlanders are heading to the beach. We don't have the ocean but we do have the biggest fresh water lake in the world and with it comes many dangers including Riptides or Rip Currents.

Every parent or guardian does what ever they can to protect their kids, you tell them over and over again about certain dangers, but are they listening?

An alarming new study has been released about vehicle bridges in the state of Minnesota, and St. Louis County has the most in need of repair with 102.

With the unseasonably early cold weather and early formation of ice on area lakes, anglers (me included) are getting the itch to get out and do some early-season ice fishing as soon as possible. While the surface of many smaller inland lakes may be nearly fully covered in a layer of ice, that doesn't mean it's safe to head out quite yet.

For those of us that fly, honestly how much do you actually pay attention when being told about the safety features and instructions before the plane takes off? As a courtesy I will usually at least look at the flight attendant, but I am zoned out the whole time.