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Last Updated: 26 May 2017

As part of Heat Stroke Prevention Day, The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reminding parents and caregivers to never leave children alone in vehicles. Nationwide, more than 138 children died from heatstroke between 2013 and 2016, and all of these deaths are preventable.

It doesn’t have to be the middle of the summer for a child to get overheated. The temperatures inside a car can increase 20 degrees in as little as ten minutes, and because a child’s body heats up three to five times faster than adult’s, they are more susceptible to heatstroke. Temperatures inside a car can double the temperature outside.

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Last Updated: 26 May 2017

DTE Electric Company requests Michigan Public Service Commission approval of its amended Energy Optimization Plan (hereafter, Energy Waste Reduction Plan or EWRP) filed pursuant to the provisions of Public Act 295 of 2008 and Public Act 342 of 2016.

The first public hearing in this matter will be held Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 9:30am in Lansing, Michigan.

Any person wishing to intervene and become a party to the case shall electronically file a petition to intervene with this Commission by Thursday, June 8, 2017.

Read more: DTE Public Hearing Notice U-17762

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Last Updated: 26 May 2017

Stop dumping your unwanted fish into Michigan waters - That's the message from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which each year receives numerous reports of unique species showing up in waterbodies throughout the state. This is due to pet and aquarium owners releasing species into the wild when they no longer want to care for them. Dumping fish or other aquatic animals into public waterbodies is illegal.

If you catch an unusual fish or other aquatic species, keep it and preserve it on ice. If that is not possible, then take photos of the fish. Do not return it to the water.

Read more: Stop Dumping Unwanted/Exotic Fish into Michigan Waters

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Last Updated: 26 May 2017

There will be no curbside services on Monday, May 29, 2017. Curbside services include Curbside Trash, Yard Waste Collection, Curbside Recycling, and Brush Collection/Chipping.

Curbside services will be on a one-day delay which includes Friday's route to be collected on Saturday, June 3, 2017. Curbside Brush Collection/Chipping “Week A” route will also be on a one-day delay; however, we expect to have Friday's route completed on Friday, June 2, 2017.

The Ypsilanti Township Compost Site will be closed on Monday, May 29, 2017, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 8:00am - 4:00pm.

Read more: Curbside Service One-Day Delay May 29th