Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Flood advisories named Millcreek and East Millcreek on Sept. 18 after a tornado and golf-ball-sized hail swept the northern Wasatch Front, leaving residents with vehicle damage, welts and flooded basements.
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Flood advisories named Millcreek and East Millcreek on Sept. 18 after a tornado and golf-ball-sized hail swept the northern Wasatch Front, leaving residents with vehicle damage, welts and flooded basements.
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A man was stabbed and hospitalized in serious condition after an altercation near 3300 South and 2300 East in Millcreek on the night of Monday, Aug. 10; no suspect has been identified.
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An illegal drone grounded firefighting planes over Utah's Cottonwood Fire for about an hour in late June, highlighting a growing threat to the same air support Millcreek relied on during three recent Parleys Canyon corridor fires.
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A glitch in Summit County's emergency alert system sent false evacuation orders to Millcreek and Salt Lake County residents Sunday afternoon; officials confirmed no local evacuation was needed and blamed the error on the IPAWS system misfiring during a legitimate alert for the Rocky Canyon Fire.
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Millcreek opened registration for its Fall 2026 CERT training on Aug. 6, giving residents a way to build emergency skills as Utah's second-worst wildfire season on record brings repeated grass fires to the Parleys Canyon corridor.
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A grass fire broke out Aug. 4 between Tanner Park and I-215 in Millcreek, the third fire in the wind-prone corridor in less than a month, raising concerns about recurring wildfire risk during Utah's record 2026 fire season.
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Salt Lake City firefighters rescued two juvenile kestrel falcons separated from their parents during the Millcreek Fire at Parleys Historic Nature Park on Aug. 3, sheltering the birds from smoke before reuniting them with their returning parents.
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A second grass fire in under a month near the I-80/Parley's Canyon interchange has Millcreek residents on Louise Street concerned about the wind corridor that could push flames into their neighborhood during an already record-setting wildfire season.
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A 15-acre wildfire near Tanner Park at the mouth of Parleys Canyon burned Monday, drawing helicopters and air tankers from Idaho that used Canyon Rim Elementary School as a dip site before Unified Fire Authority declared the fire out by evening with no evacuations or structure losses.
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Stepping On, a CDC-endorsed seven-week workshop proven to reduce falls by about 30%, begins Tuesday, August 4, at the South Salt Lake Senior Center and is free for adults 60 and older.
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Salt Lake County is extending Cool Zone hours at five recreation centers through Sunday, August 2, giving Millcreek residents free access to air-conditioned relief as the National Weather Service forecasts triple-digit temperatures for the third straight weekend.
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A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Van Winkle Expressway at 1300 East on Thursday evening, July 30, and hospitalized in serious condition, making it the third serious pedestrian or cyclist crash near Millcreek in nine days.
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The Salt Lake County Health Department confirmed the county's first human West Nile virus case of 2026 on Thursday, July 30, as mosquito detections run dramatically higher than recent years, prompting health officials to urge all county residents to take protective steps.
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