Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 19th of August.
Good morning, Southfield.
🏘️ Community
Southfield drivers can use the 'Have I Been Flocked?' website today to check if Flock cameras have recorded their car’s license plate.
The tool pulls data from automated license plate readers across Michigan and shows local map details.
🎭 Culture
The Charles H. Wright Museum and the Detroit Historical Society will ask Oakland and Wayne voters on Nov.
3 to approve a .2 mill tax that funds free museum admission and educational tours (a measure officials say is a modest ask amid reduced public funding).
🏛️ Government
Michigan lawmakers joined Habitat for Humanity in Southfield at a construction site near Macauley and Westhaven to build and highlight affordable housing needs, working with local leaders and volunteers to support long term solutions for rising home costs.
The Oakland County Crisis Response Unit, which connects residents with substance abuse support and mental health services, faces termination at the end of Sept. if commissioners do not allocate $250,000.
The sheriff's office has also applied for a $375,000 federal grant to keep the team running, but the approval is pending.
🏥 Health
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream announced a nationwide recall of Outshine fruit bars for possible glass contamination, and Southfield shoppers are advised to check purchased products with best-before dates from June to Nov.
2027 (flavors include strawberry, watermelon, grape, tangerine and black cherry). No injuries have been reported.
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