Deadly listeria outbreak linked to Tacoma restaurant’s milkshakes

A listeria outbreak that killed three people was linked to a Tacoma restaurant’s milkshakes, health officials said Friday. Six people — five in Pierce County and one in Thurston County — became ill between February and July with the bacterial infection, which compromised their immune systems’ abilities to fight off disease, the Washington State Department of Health announced in a news release. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department tested milkshakes from Tacoma’s Frugals restaurant in August after two people told officials they became ill after drinking milkshakes from there, the state...