Linda Muckerheide had been waiting months for a pile of downed trees and branches to be removed from her yard — left behind after a contractor for We Energies performed storm restoration work. Within 24 hours of her story airing, a local handyman saw the report and showed up to help.
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Deven, of Hart Family Handyman Services, volunteered his time to pile, pull, cut, and remove all of the debris from Muckerheide’s yard at no charge.
The contractor’s focus during the fall storm restoration had been getting power restored to customers in the area, leaving the homeowner responsible for the cleanup. But at her age, Muckerheide did not have the means to haul the piles away. After hitting dead ends, she reached out to TMJ4.
We Energies told TMJ4 they were planning to work on the removal, but Deven stepped in sooner…