Behind the Headlines

No, not for more politicians coming to town, but for an annual River Raisin clean-up scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13 in downtown Monroe.
The City of Monroe Commission on the Environment is fielding volunteers to help scour the riverbed now that water levels are down in the wake of dam water-control gates being pulled.
Community volunteers will be retrieving litter, old shopping carts, discarded bikes and other trash and debris from the riverbed. The group will assemble at 9 a.m. on the Riverwalk west of the Monroe Street bridge, work until 11 a.m. and then be treated to a picnic in the park, with prizes, starting at noon.
More info is here.