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🌱 Could your Pontiac family now qualify for expanded WIC food benefits?

Pontiac, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Pontiac! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Could your Pontiac family now qualify for expanded WIC food benefits?
  • Worker rescued from trench collapse now recovering at Pontiac trauma center

Also on today's calendar: Pontiac Fourth of July Fireworks.

Today's riddle: What did the bird say when he flew over Walmart? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Very hot, with a high of 99 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Very hot, temps: high: 98, low: 76.
  • Friday: Hot and humid with a t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New guidelines expand food assistance for Oakland County Families (legalnews.com) — Oakland County families, including those in Pontiac, may now qualify for WIC food assistance under higher federal income limits. Two WIC locations in Pontiac—the North Oakland Health Center and OLHSA on Cesar E. Chavez—offer nutrition support, breastfeeding help, and monthly food benefits to pregnant women, new parents, infants, and young children across the county.
   

• Trench collapses on worker in Oxford Township (freep.com subscription) — A construction worker injured in an Oxford Township trench collapse is recovering in stable condition at McLaren Oakland Hospital’s trauma center in Pontiac. Firefighters and sheriff’s deputies quickly freed him from the 9–10 foot trench, and state workplace safety officials are now investigating how the collapse happened and whether proper trench protections were in place.
   

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    Someone wants a kitty. She already does it alone in the sand. Eat alone. It's very tender. (Nextdoor Pontiac Rockwell)
  • Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
    Dayn was LOST on June 28, 2026 in Pontiac, MI 48341 near Dwight y Thompson Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Summit Dr - Oakland Hope)

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  • Oakland County Worker Rescued After Trench Collapse: Sheriff (patch.com)

Ok Pontiac! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Cheap, cheap (Thank you maryanne L. for sending it in!)
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