Mylar balloons filled with helium may soon no longer be sold in Waukegan, but a ban on plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers continues to await City Council consideration. Ald. Lynn ...

Since 2020, over 120,000 We Energies customers lost power because of outages caused by Mylar balloons, he added. Last year alone, nearly 8,000 customers lost power for an average of 105 minutes ...

ST. LOUIS — A power outage at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday was traced back to an unexpected culprit: a Mylar balloon. In a statement, Ameren said the power outage happened ...