By Pet Poison Helpline

Many diligent animal lovers “pet proof” their homes, making sure medications and other potential toxins are out of reach of inquisitive snouts.
This time of year, however, those same people welcome guests into their homes, or take their pets with them when they visit friends and relatives for the holidays. These unexpected guests may be exciting to pets and family alike, but their medications – even over-the-counter supplements – can be deadly to your four-legged household members. In fact, they could also pose a threat to any children and other vulnerable people living in the home.

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Posted on November 20, 2021

By Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin

MADISON – Wisconsin Cheese is on a nationwide hunt for the most creative holiday cheese boards. Their six-week competition opened Wednesday, and any aspiring cheese board aficionado could be named champion, winning a year’s supply of cheese for themselves and a friend, plus a cheese donation to the food pantry of their choice. Enter now at WisconsinCheese.com/CheeseBoardAwards.
The Grand Prize winner for the Wisconsin Cheese Board Awards will take home a year’s supply of Wisconsin Cheese for themselves and a friend, plus a cheese donation to the food pantry of their choice.

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Posted on November 4, 2021

By Steve Rhodes

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Posted on October 11, 2021

By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

Nestle USA Inc. of Schaumburg is recalling almost 14 tons of frozen DiGiorno Crispy Pan Crust pepperoni pizza because of misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sunday. The product contains textured soy protein, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.
The frozen pepperoni pizza product carton may actually contain frozen three-meat pizza, which contains textured soy protein. The pizza products were produced on June 30, 2021. The best-buy date is March of 2022.

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Posted on September 27, 2021

By The State of Illinois

Haunted house season is returning to Illinois with all its spooky sounds, creepy corridors and shrieks of surprise. But the doors don’t open without a permit to operate.
“We know people across the state are excited to visit their favorite haunted house again, and we’re going to make sure that night out is safe,” said Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) Director Michael Kleinik.
IDOL, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) and local agencies all play roles in making sure dozens of haunted houses that open their creaky doors in Illinois this time of year follow rules to ensure the safety of visitors.

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Posted on September 26, 2021

By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

SAS Foods Enterprises, an Elk Grove Village establishment, is recalling approximately 3,768 pounds of beef and chicken empanada products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and bearing a label with a false USDA mark of inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Monday.
The frozen, fully cooked beef and chicken empanada items were produced on various dates from Jan. 1, 2020 through Sept. 11, 2021. The following products are subject to recall:

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Posted on September 13, 2021

By Landmarks Illinois

Outstanding preservation efforts in the Illinois communities of Aledo, Chicago, Nauvoo, Paris, Towanda and Waukegan are the recipients of the 2021 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards.
The nine award-winning preservation projects and people who made them possible will be honored at an in-person & virtual ceremony the evening of October 22 at the historic Davis Theater in Chicago.

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Posted on September 2, 2021

By White Castle

White Castle, the beloved fast-food hamburger chain and consumer-packaged goods business, inducted 13 loyal fans into its Cravers Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony Wednesday night. The 13 inductees, from cities across the country, were chosen from hundreds of entries that all showed just how far some people will go to satisfy their White Castle Crave.
Adam Richman, renowned TV host, actor, author and culinarian, was also inducted as a “Craver in Extremis.” Richman, a long-time fan of White Castle, earlier this year hosted an episode of The History Channel’s Modern Marvels that featured White Castle.
White Castle created the Cravers Hall of Fame in 2001 as an exclusive club to recognize its most passionate and zealous fans, affectionately referred to as Cravers. Each year, hundreds of Cravers submit their White Castle stories in hopes of being chosen for the Cravers Hall of Fame. While some of the stories are funny, some are poignant and some are remarkable, all of them are very personal, heartfelt testaments to the ways in which White Castle has touched lives and created lasting memories.

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Posted on August 26, 2021

By Landmarks Illinois

Landmarks Illinois has published an online database, Women Who Built Illinois, which includes information on over 100 female architects, engineers, developers, designers, builders, landscape architects, interior designers and clients and their projects between 1879 and 1979.
The first-of-its-kind database is the result of an in-depth survey of women in architecture, real estate and design-related fields that Landmarks Illinois publicly launched in 2020 – a year that marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, upholding a U.S. citizen’s right to vote regardless of sex.

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Posted on August 18, 2021

By David Rutter

Things I know about Judaism and learned at funerals. I know Kaddish.
You must understand humility to know Kaddish. You must understand trust.
Having dabbled without lasting effect in many religions, I know that Christianity is an operator’s manual for a machine you’d just as soon ignore.
Judaism is poetry, and no example more profound than the Kaddish. It is a yearning call from deep in the soul for God’s comfort after catastrophe. Judaism knows how souls must manage death with elegance. It is spoken in Aramaic, the oldest of Jewish languages employed because the prayer was first spoken in that language.
Jews figure with some authority that God understood those words clearly 2,500 years ago and understands them now.

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Posted on August 10, 2021