This story also appeared in Chalkbeat Detroit The five people elected to the Detroit school board in November will help decide the fate of schools struggling with declining enrollment and high operating costs. There are 19 schools on the Detroit Public Schools Community District’s list of small s...
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For decades, Metro Detroit audiences have known Devin Scillian through his words. As a journalist, he used them to tell the stories of our community. As an author, he turned them into children’s books. And as a musician, he put them to music. But even after closing his chapter at...
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Warmer weather returns to Southeast Michigan today with highs climbing to around 80 degrees. Skies will be partly sunny and patchy fog remains a possibility through the morning. Visibility has not been an issue so far, thanks to light winds, but conditions will continue to be mon...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Teams of swimmers, young and old, got in the pool to raise money for cancer research on Sunday morning at the University of Michigan. It was part of the second annual Michigan Pool Swim, which is run by Swim Across America, and it raised money for the Universit...
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Southfield held a walk to raise awareness for domestic violence
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Witnesses at the scene said that a blue Silverado pickup truck drove off the road, into the sign for the Redwood Apartments and then smashed into the Taco Bell on Telegraph Road. The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Sunday evening....
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A few weeks ago, Local 4 published a story about Public Storage indoor, climate controlled, facility Downriver that tenants said left their items covered in mold . After that story aired, Local 4’s Kyla Russell received several messages from viewers saying the same thing was happ...
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Dave Spencer and his wife worked together in Lansing, when he was a cameraman and she was a reporter. Spencer tells Rich Luterman a story about being sent to an apartment fire that turned out to be at the building they lived in at the time....
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The City of Madison Heights announced that they are shutting down all of the Flock cameras in the city, and won't be renewing a contract when it expires....
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4Warn Weather - As the remnants of Isaias continue eastward, the drizzle across Southeast Michigan will end this evening. This gives way to drier conditions Monday along with the arrival of warmer air. Tonight will be mild - we should see temperatures in the mid 40s this time of ...
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There have been multiple shootings in Detroit over the past few weeks. Ret. Detroit Police assistant chief Steve Dolunt said a lack of conflict resolution is the reason for at least some of these shootings....
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With midterm elections just weeks away, some Michigan voters are turning to AI to research candidates ahead of Nov. 3. A new national study by the American Association of Political Consultants Foundation found 20% of AI users turned to the technology for political issues, electio...
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The city of Madison Heights on Sunday announced that it is disconnecting its Automated License Plate Reader cameras and will not be renewing its contract with Flock Safety. The city says it made the decision after "an extended review of the program and the Citys responsibility to...
