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Minnesota Company Fined $730K After Worker Drowns Removing Lake Weed

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance announced it has has issued a $730,000 penalty to Your Lake Aquatic Plant Management, LLC, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, for commercial diving standard violations after a worker drowned …

Frustration After Former NFL QB, Nine Others Drown at Florida, Alabama Beaches

A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching across Florida’s Panhandle to Mobile, Alabama. Many of …

Seven Die on Georgia Waterways over Memorial Day Weekend

Searchers recovered the bodies of three missing boaters Sunday after two vessels collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s death toll to five people. One of the surviving boaters was charged with boating under the influence. Two people were …