GREEN BAY ― Staffing shortages will result in weather balloons launching only once a day from the National Weather Service's ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Carnival season is in full swing, but with it comes a reminder from local officials and utility providers about the dangers of Mylar or foil balloons and confetti cannons.

But it wasn't strong winds or storms that knocked the power out. It was a mylar balloon, coming into contact with a power line. Those balloons are usually made out of some kind of thin ...

About 2,400 people on Milwaukee's east side were briefly without power Tuesday night after a Mylar balloon came into contact with a power line, We Energies spokesperson Brendan Conway told the ...