The Holyoke Police Department and a Good Samaritan assisted with the raccoon rescue in Holyoke, Mass. Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

A police department in Massachusetts is celebrating a successful "raccoon rescue" made possible by a Good Samaritan and laundry detergent pods. On Monday, April 14, officers with the Holyoke ...

A "curious" raccoon caused a significant power outage in a southeastern Minnesota city and lived to tell the tale, according to utility officials. Early Wednesday morning, Rochester Public ...