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A football dream comes true for a high school senior in New York.
Linda Schaub blogs on Patch about her walking adventures, which tally up milewise about as far as she's driven her car.
Dawn Barnsdale blogs on Patch about what she finds important.
Sherri Yezbick-Taylor posts daily photos on Patch.
The 29-year-old blogs on Patch about hot topics and funny crime stories.
Wyandotte resident Kyle Smith died suddenly on Sept. 1. He was 24.
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Dena Cooper, her two young sons and her brother Charles Shepherd lost their home and mother and grandmother in a house fire Friday night.
A 56-year-old Wyandotte woman died Friday night in an accidental house fire that also left her son, daughter and two grandchildren without a home.
After a house fire claimed the life of her neighbor Friday, Kathy Slack began collecting donations for the surviving family members.
If you're heading out of town this summer, use Patch's blogging platform to show off what you're doing and to keep in touch with those back home.
St. Stanislaus Kostka and Our Lady of Mount Carmel are slated for merger, which will create a new parish.
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Miles Percy Smith, 16, of Wyandotte, died while on vacation with his family on Sunday.
A recent partnership with Downriver Central Animal Control has contributed to more than 400 animal adoptions at the Wyandotte Animal Rescue in just three months.
Road projects throughout the county are scheduled this weekend.
Patch offers mosquito prevention tips, and the map below shows the number of West Nile cases last summer.