Officials studying what sickened July 4th boaters on Lake Minnetonka, as beaches elsewhere close

Jul 10, 20190

Elizabeth Flores – Star Tribune count

Boaters took to the water as the sun set on Lake Minnetonka Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in Excelsior, MN. Hennepin County epidemiologists were continuing to investigate reports that a number of people who were boating around Big Island on Lake Minnetonka got sick over the July 4th weekend.

Public beaches in Excelsior and across the Twin Cities are closed due to bacteria, as authorities work to find what sickened boaters who were at Lake Minnetonka's Big Island over the July 4th weekend.

Beaches in Minneapolis and Chaska were shut down after local officials found E. coli in the water in several lakes. So far, no illnesses have been reported by people using those beaches.

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