Five Things You Need to Know Today — Sept. 6, 2011

Welcome back from your Labor Day weekend! Hope everyone had a safe return. We are officially back to school today, too! Check out our back-to-school guide and check back later today for back-to-school photos! In the meantime, here are five things you ought to know for today:

1. Monday's winning lotto numbers

Here are Monday's winning lottery numbers, via the Michigan Lottery website:

• Daily 3 Midday: 1-3-9
• Daily 3 Evening: 8-0-5
• Daily 4 Midday: 7-4-6-4
• Daily 4 Evening: 8-9-9-7
• Keno:
  1-3-4-6-10-12-20-33-35-
  36-44-45-47-51-54-55-56-
  58-59-62-78-80
• Fantasy 5: 7-10-14-21-26
• Mega Millions (Friday): 25-44-48-49-55-20, Megaplier: 3x. Tuesday's estimated jackpot: $37 million.
• Classic Lotto 47 (Saturday): 5-6-10-22-23-47. Wednesday's estimated jackpot: $1.1 million.
• Powerball (Saturday): 15-25-52-53-54-2. Power play: 5x. Wednesday's estimated jackpot: $107 million.

2. Cool temperatures continue today

Today's high will be 68 degrees with mostly sunny skies, according to WeatherBug. Tonight's low will be 49 degrees with mostly clear skies.

3. Plan ahead: Plymouth Fall Festival

September is upon us and with it comes the start of fall. Celebrate it this weekend with the , beginning in Friday from noon-11 p.m. and continuing 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.

4. Lowest gas price: $3.83 at three stations

Back in town from the weekend and looking to fill up on your way to work? The cheapest gas in town is $3.83 at three stations, according to www.michigangasprices.com. The following stations have fuel at this price as of 2 a.m. today:

• Speedway, 1490 S. Sheldon Road
• Speedway, 15255 N. Sheldon Road
• Zoom, 14888 Northville Rd.

5. Plan ahead: 9/11 commemorative hockey game at Compuware Arena

The Detroit Moose Hockey Club will take on Ameriprise at 5 p.m. Saturday at to pay tribute to victims of 9/11. The game is free. For more details, visit www.detroitmoose.org.