Tribune Staff Writer Mary Fortunak and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Tuesday night's thunderstorms left thousands of Indiana and Michigan residents without power. To pick up the dry ice, customers must bring a container because dry ice cannot be touched by human hands. The dry ice can be used to keep food cool. St. Joseph County has declared a landfill emergency.
Residents can take or have their trash haulers bring yard waste to the landfill.
The emergency will last through Aug. 3. Residents in the city of South Bend can report downed tree limbs in streets and treelawn areas by contacting the Park Department at 235-9414. Debris in yards should be bagged or bundled for the next regularly scheduled yard-waste day. Information on yard waste pickup can be obtained by calling the Bureau of Solid Waste at 277-8515. Coping with outages Losing electrical power brings about coping situations.