The city of Salem is warning residents to avoid contact with a portion of Pringle Creek after it was contaminated with untreated sewage.
About 165 gallons of sewage spilled into the creek from a leak in a 42-inch sewer pipe that runs horizontally under a bridge in the 600 block of Church Street SE, city officials said.
The leak was reported at 2:50 p.m. March 19, and was repaired by 5:34 p.m…