A Missouri burglary case is putting a spotlight on a property problem that can linger after a home is no longer occupied. Tools, equipment, and stored items can still draw attention inside a vacant or condemned house, even when no one is living there. Natalie Gayle Etter of Henley was charged Tuesday with felony second-degree…
Blue-green algae is already showing up on Lake Monona, and some people living near the North Shore say the blooms are appearing more often than they used to. Cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, can build up in bays and shallow water. When conditions line up, some blooms can produce toxins that make people, pets,…
A Floyd County, Virginia, family that had been rationing about 40 gallons of well water a day now has a new well on its property in Willis. Tristan Brown, a Purple Heart recipient, and his family of five had spent years living around a low-yield private well, according to WSLS. The household could not run…
A Michigan homeowner’s request to keep neighborhood children out of her driveway turned into a larger neighbor dispute that ended up on doorbell camera. Sonja Basley, a Lincoln Park homeowner, told FOX 2 Detroit that she had asked neighborhood children not to use her driveway as a racetrack. Basley said the request did not sit…
A Long Island woman came face-to-face with burglars inside her home after a garage alarm alerted her to movement downstairs, police said. The burglary happened around 3:49 a.m. Monday at a home on Melby Lane in East Hills, according to ABC7NY. The 38-year-old woman was inside the home on the second floor when she received…
Residents in one Toledo, Ohio, neighborhood say groundhogs are digging through yards, driveways, and areas near home foundations, leaving some homeowners worried about property damage. The problem is centered in the Junction neighborhood, where people on Vance Street told 13abc that groundhogs have become an everyday sight. Paulette Mason-Bates said the animals “run rampant” and…
A West Virginia homeowner says rain now sends water from a school construction site across her driveway, yard, and carport. Sharon Stewart lives on Moran Avenue in Mullens, across from construction on a new $24 million K-8 school in Wyoming County, according to WVVA. Stewart said the street was quiet before construction began. Now, she…
A Connecticut homeowner’s security cameras helped alert police during an attempted theft of a dirt bike and four-wheeler, authorities said. South Windsor police said the case began with a November 2022 incident on Main Street, where officers responded to an attempted burglary into a shed, according to Patch. Police said the suspects were trying to…
An Attleboro, Massachusetts, backyard became the end point of a roadway crash Monday afternoon after a vehicle left the street and traveled through a wooded area, officials said. Firefighters responded to Rachael Drive at 2:26 p.m. for a report of a vehicle in the woods, according to NBC 10. Crews then found the vehicle in…