Several thousand people lost power due to Mylar balloons getting caught in power lines. Please rethink how you present these ...

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 Journal ...

These eye-catching inflatables can pose threats to infrastructure, impact the environment and cost communities millions.

WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- Take a look at this demonstration video released by We Energies Tuesday. Those are Mylar balloons coming into contact with power lines, and you can see the result. These balloons ...

Thousands of Orange County residents were impacted by an overnight power outage on Thursday, which officials believe was caused when a mylar balloon came in contact with a power line. They say that ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - Spring brings graduations and celebrations and Ameren is urging customers to be careful when using Mylar balloons. While festive, they say the balloons can cause power outages and ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – From weddings to graduations, May is a season of celebrations. Those special occasions are sometimes marked with balloon releases. An unintended consequence of letting go can be ...

CHICAGO (AP) — ComEd says more than 4,000 of the utility's customers have lost power in the last two weeks because of Mylar balloons. Because more than 1,300 customers on Chicago's South Side lost ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A bill banning outdoor balloon releases, citing concerns over environmental damage, wildlife deaths, and recent utility outages, was approved by lawmakers and now ...