Thursday, May 17, 2012
Business owners are encouraged to attend the meeting, set for 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Riverview.
The Michigan Department of Transportation is hosting a community meeting on Tuesday to give people an update on the $40 million Fort Street reconstruction project. The meeting is open to the public and is set from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Recreation Department inside Riverview City Hall, 14100 Civic Park Drive. It will be open house-style, where state officials will be on hand to answer questions. When completed, the project will have reconstructed Fort between Sibley and Goddard. The work spans five cities–Lincoln Park, Riverview, Southgate, Trenton and Wyandotte. The first phase, which is under way now, is rebuilding the inside two lanes in both directions from Goddard to Pennsylvania. The second phase, which is slated to get under way in July…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Wyandotte officials have set the income guidelines that will be used to determine a financial hardship.
Low-income homeowners wishing to seek a poverty exemption on their taxes will have a chance during a July 17 Board of Review meeting. City officials recently voted on the income guidelines that will be used to determine a financial hardship. The income levels used to determine poverty levels under the Michigan General Property Tax Act are based on similar guidelines used by the federal government. In order to qualify, a one-person household cannot earn more than $10,900; two-person, $14,700; three-person, $18,500; four-person, $22,400; five-person, $26,200; six-person, $30,000; seven-person, $33,800; and eight-person, $37,600. For every additional person, add $3,800. While those are the guidelines, Assessor Colleen Keehn said, officials do…
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Wyandotte City Hall
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Downriver Central Control Agency also will include Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale and Southgate.
While Wyandotte is joining forces with four Downriver cities for a combined animal shelter program, little will change for Wyandotte residents. The city’s animal pound will remain as is and will serve as an overflow facility for the other cities: Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale and Southgate. A $143,000 state grant will help refurbish a building in Southgate that the other four cities will jointly use as a shared animal shelter. While Wyandotte is joining the Downriver Central Control Agency consortium, officials opted to keep the Wyandotte pound open rather than moving to the Southgate location. Mayor Joseph Peterson said that decision partly was made because of how well the Wyandotte shelter is run and the vast number of volunteers …
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Wyandotte Animal Pound
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Karen Jacobsen hopes to unseat Democrat John Dingell, who is the longest running member of Congress.
A Dearborn woman on Thursday announced her candidacy for U.S. Congress in Michigan's 12th District. Karen Jacobsen, a businesswoman who lives in Dearborn with her husband and daughter, is running in the Republican congressional primary in August for the House of Representatives. Jacobsen announced her candidacy from her home in Dearborn Thursday afternoon. According to her official website, Jacobsen describes herself as "a regular American who wants to unwind, reduce and simplify our federal government in Washington, DC." "It’s time to throw off the heavy weight of government so we can be free, productive and prosperous," she adds. U.S. Rep. John Dingell, who is running in the Democratic primary for the same seat, also announced his …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said trash containers at Detroit Tubular Rivet Co. pose an "imminent and substantial threat to human health and the environment."
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be in Wyandotte for the next two months, cleaning up hazardous materials left behind when a manufacturing company closed its doors after filing for bankruptcy. Detroit Tubular Rivet Co., 1213 Grove, was cited in January for 16 hazardous and liquid industrial waste violations, including “failure to maintain hazardous waste containers in good condition and for sloppy waste handling,” according to the EPA, which calls the matter an “imminent threat.” After the company failed to correct the problems, the EPA has deemed it necessary to take “emergency action” to clean up hundreds of waste containers abandoned at the site. “We consider the drums as an urgent problem in the community,” …
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1213 Grove St, Wyandotte, MI
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Unwanted drugs can be turned in from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Police Department.
Unwanted prescription drugs can be turned in legally and safely Saturday through a program jointly sponsored by the city of Wyandotte and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., people can drop off expired and/or unused prescription drugs at the Wyandotte Police Department. The service is free and anonymous—no questions asked. The National Take Back Initiative is aimed at preventing pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous drugs. More than 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, according to the DEA. About 2,500 teens use prescription drugs each day to get high for the first time, the DEA said. This is the fourth national take back event. In the three previous collections, …
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Wyandotte Police Department
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
People considering taking I-75 between Fort Street/Shaffer exit in Detroit and Fort Street interchange near Rockwood this weekend will need an alternate route.
Downriver drivers will be desperately in need of a diversion from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday after northbound and southbound traffic on I-75 closes due to demolition of overpasses. The interstate will be closed between Fort Street/Shaffer exit in Detroit and Fort Street interchange near Rockwood according to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Workers will be demolishing two I-75 overpasses as part of an $18 million investment to modernize the Dix-Toledo Road/I-75 interchange in Brownstown Township. All freeway traffic will be directed to Fort Street (M-85) during the closure. Southbound through traffic will exit onto eastbound Schaefer Highway and use southbound Fort Street to access southbound I-75 in Rockwood according…
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Michael Stampfler said legislation surrounding the law must be changed, but he doubts it will be changed.
If emergency financial managers are going to be successful for distressed municipalities and school districts, Michael Stampfler said two things must change. The state law regulating them must put more emphasis on providing money for capital infrastructure and people from the civic arena, namely a Chamber of Commerce or a Rotary Club, need to be brought into the conversation. “The finances of the operation have to be sound, but my point is that we’re not taking it far enough to build capacity in the organization and the community to pick up and run the community successfully after the emergency management position is over and the books are balanced,” Stampfler said Tuesday during a packed luncheon of the Rotary Club of Wyandotte. “There …
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Michael Stampfler is the guest speaker at a noon luncheon of the Rotary Club of Wyandotte.
A former emergency financial manager of Pontiac will be in Wyandotte today talking about why he believes emergency managers are not the answer for struggling municipalities and school districts Michael Stampfler will talk about “why the EM program is failing and why it can get worse." “He is one of the very few experts that has actually done the job,” Michael Debiak said in a press release. “(He) did it under both the Granholm and Snyder administrations, and will speak openly about it.” Debiak, along with the entire Rotary Club of Wyandotte, is hosting the talk as the first of its Summer Barbeque Series. “Stampfler will explain what he saw firsthand, why the damage can reach beyond the troubled cities into surrounding communities and what …
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Low speed limits on Wyandotte roads have helped prevent any major crashes in the city, police say.
While there were fewer crashes, injuries and fatalities in Michigan road construction work zones in 2011 than 2010, officials from the Michigan Department of Transportation are still urging that every caution be taken when behind the wheel. Last year, there were 4,633 crashes, 1,312 injuries and 18 deaths in Michigan work zones. Those numbers are down from 2010's statistics: 5,632 crashes, 1,488 injuries and 23 deaths. "While this data suggests some improvement over 2010, drivers must remain focused at all times when they get behind the wheel," State Transportation Director Kirk Steudle said. "Many of these crashes are avoidable and the life you save could be your own." Orange barrels have been prevalent in Wyandotte for a couple years, …
Kelly Amison
9:50 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Is it true that the utility lines (power & tele) will be buried as part of this project? And will the sewer pipes help ease the flood problems some residents endured recently? more ›