Scott County Public Health will provide flu vaccination clinics at senior sites around the county this flu season. Clinics at senior sites will be for adults only.

Watzl’s Beach reopened Sunday after an E. coli test came back within the normal range, said City Manager Frank Boyles.

City officials had closed the beach after testing on July 29 showed an E. coli level of 400 cells per milliliter of water. The city’s practice has been to close the beach if the level exceeds 235 cells per milliliter.

City officials have closed Watzl’s Beach after testing on Tuesday showed an E. coli level of 400 cells per milliliter of water.

The city’s practice has been to close the beach if the level exceeds 235 cells per milliliter. The city’s reading last weekend at the beach was 10 cells per milliliter, said City Manager Frank Boyles.

By Lori Carlson, Editor

Hundreds of people showed up for a groundbreaking ceremony and celebration Sunday for a new YMCA at Shepherd's Path, the church campus that includes Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church.

The YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis will break ground on a new YMCA at Shepherd’s Path, at McKenna Road and County 42, at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 20.

A picnic lunch, games and activities will follow the groundbreaking ceremony. The celebration also notes the one-year anniversary of McKenna Crossing.

Scott County Public Health offers a walk-in immunization clinic at the Scott County Public Health office, 792 Canterbury Road , Suite A-160, Shakopee, from 1 to 5 p.m. every Monday.

In addition, a back-to-school clinic will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20.

The Scott County Relay for Life planning committee is extending an invitation to all cancer survivors (including those currently battling cancer) to participate in a “victory lap” at this summer’s Relay for Life event.

By Lori Carlson, Editor

Slade Gorton & Co is issuing a voluntary recall of its “ICYBAY” cooked, ready-to-eat, frozen langostinos (prawns) because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.

Registration for the general public is open for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s spring blood drive, set for noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18 in the lobby of Dakotah! Sport and Fitness, 2100 Trail of Dreams, Prior Lake.

To make an appointment to give blood, call SMSC Wellness Coordinator Amy Moore at (952) 233-2965.