I mean, between this and Lake Minnetonka, it's pretty much becoming a "just stay out of the water" situation. I think we'll stick to our neighborhood pool. There have now been 69 people to have fallen sick from the E. Coli outbreak at Lake Nokomis. Health officials put out an alert earlier this month after three children became sick with the bug after swimming at the lake, prompting the closure of both its beaches. The Minnesota Department of Health said on Friday it had received 49 confirmed cases of E. Coli-related illness since the outbreak, and on Tuesday revealed that this number had grown to 69. FULL STORY HERE