St Clair County Emergency Operation Center is partially activated. Local Emergency Management officials are aware water is impeding on roads, homes and buildings. If your home is impacted please contact the Emergency Operation Center at 810.989.6392 or via email at sccdamage@gmail.com. Please include your address, phone number, foundation type, amount of water in your home, and damage pictures in the email.  This is a very dynamic situation and does have the opportunity to change quickly with amount of projected rainfall, wind direction and waves depending on where you are located within the county. Please pay attention to National Weather Service watches and warnings regarding information in your local area.  If you need sandbags, please contact your Local Township or city office.
The following locations are providing sandbags to their residents:
 Clay Township Water Department on Muskrat Run between the hours of 7am and 3:30pm.
 Ira Township Office 7085 Meldrum Rd. Monday – Thursday 7am – 5pm
 Or email Algonac DPW at DPW@cityofalgonac.org (810) 794-9361
 East China Twp located west of the waste water treatment plant 1244 Recor Rd, East China Twp, MI
Please make your local government officials aware of any flood damage to occupied dwellings.
Here are safety measures to take for flooding:
What to do if my house starts to flood:
 Stop the flow of water and minimize damage.
 Move essential items to an upper floor
 Disconnect electrical appliances. Do not touch electrical equipment if you are wet or standing in water
 Shut off water, gas and electricity, if you are instructed to do so.
If you need to leave your house, you should do the following:
 Secure your home.
 Take your disaster kit (remember medicine, vital documents, food for your unique situation)
 Take your pets and supplies need to care for your pets.
 Shelter locations will be opened in the event you are to leave your home and are in need of sheltering. Contact
your city or township office.
 If you cannot physically leave or have difficulty call Central Dispatch at 810-985-8115 or dial 911
 Notify your insurance company
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY WINS SYSTEM will be used to contact you in an emergency situation.  If you have caller ID, you may not recognize the number, however please answer and receive the information.
Stay Informed
 Listen for updates on the radio or television.
 Check the Be Ready St Clair County Facebook page for updates.
 Check the local government website
If you need assistance:
If you need any non-life threatening assistance related to the flood, please call
your local dispatch at 810-794-9381 for Clay/Ira Township all others call: 810-985-
8115 or dial 2-1-1 for local community-based organization disaster response
assistance.

Throughout the month of April through May 3rd,  WGRT gave away $25 gift cards on Fridays to lucky listeners.  WGRT also gave away two cards on Facebook.  The entire contest sponsored by Ace Hardware in Wadhams and Vinckier’s Foods in Wadhams culminated in a drawing on Friday, May 3rd for the winner of a Weber Grill.  All the contestants had to do was sign up on the WGRT web page under the contest icon.  The winning name was selected and WGRT’s Cathie Martin made the call to Leslie.  She was incredibly excited to win and came by on Monday to pick up her brand new grill compliments of Ace Hardware in Wadhams and Vinckier’s Foods in Wadhams.  She and her family will be cooking outdoors in style this summer.

The City of Port Huron will be conducting intermittent tornado siren testing starting Tuesday,
May 7 through the remainder of this week. Please be advised that periodic tornado siren activation and deactivation may occur during this time.

Voters are heading to the polls today, Tuesday, May  7 to decide on a number of issues.  The East China School District is looking to approve a bond proposal that would raise $148.68 million.  The bond millage rate of 2.7 mills would increase the current amount levied by 1.7 percent.  If approved by voters, the bond would raise funds for renovations and a building consolidation plan, which includes the construction of a new connected middle and high school complex.  It would also include new furniture, updated learning environments, technology upgrades and security upgrades, including secure entryways at all the district’s schools.

Cros-Lex Community Schools are asking voters to consider a 0.9 mil sinking fund.  The fund would seek to raise about $4.9 million in revenue over 10 years. This would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $45 per year.  This would provide renovation of the high school’s boiler system, work on the middle school roof, work on unit ventilators and parking lot work at the middle school

Algonac voters will decide whether to renew an 18 mill non-homestead millage tax for Algonac Community Schools.   The ballot language includes a 0.5 mill increase in the tax. However, the district is prohibited by law from levying more than 18 mills. The 0.5 mill increase is intended to provide a buffer in case of a Headlee rollback

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The St. Clair County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant in the city of Port Huron last Tuesday night.  According to Sheriff Tim Donnellon, the DTF was conducting an investigation into the sales of crack cocaine in the Port Huron area.  The investigation led to an apartment in the 1000 block of 10^th Street shortly before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday.  Once inside, DTF members located and seized crack cocaine, a digital scale and drug paraphernalia.  A 42 year old Port Huron man was arrested at the home without incident and lodged in the St. Clair County Intervention and Detention Center.  He was expected to be arraigned last week in 72^nd District Court on charges of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and being a habitual offender.