Metro Detroit has plenty of reasons to get outside this weekend, and for the most part, the weather is cooperating. Whether your plans include the Detroit Harvest Fest, a cider mill, pumpkin picking, an evening soccer match or simply taking advantage of an October weekend, Saturday is shaping up...
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Key Takeaways: Hundreds turned out at Rochester Municipal Park for the Michigan Lupus Foundation’s annual lupus awareness walk About 80% of new lupus cases develop between ages 15 and 44, and the disease is more common in women The Michigan Lupus Foundation offers resources and u...
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It was a memorable home opener for the Red Wings against the Rangers Friday night, but for all the wrong reasons.
business
The breakdown: Michigan’s bottle deposit refund rate fell to 69.4% in 2025, its lowest level in decades, with $119.2 million in deposits going unclaimed. Independent grocers are pushing to remove bottle returns from grocery stores, citing labor costs, lost retail space, and healt...
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The breakdown: Stephanie Steen, a former Detroit Fire Department dispatcher, is facing a federal charge of making a false statement to a U.S. agent. The FBI, the Department of Labor, and other law enforcement agencies planned to execute a search warrant at a family member’s home....
safety
October is School Bus Safety Month — and the numbers make it clear why this matters. According to Michigan traffic crash data , there were nearly 1,200 school bus-related crashes in the state last year — three of them deadly. The data shows that 434 crashes occurred between 6-9 a...
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The breakdown: The parents of a 3-year-old boy were arraigned after he brought a loaded, holstered gun to a Canton daycare. The gun allegedly belonged to his father, Detroit police officer Brandon Ely, who faces fourth-degree child abuse charges; the boy’s mother faces an unsafe-...
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The breakdown: All four northbound lanes of Telegraph Road between Pennsylvania and Eureka, plus the I-75 ramp to northbound Telegraph, are closed indefinitely due to a damaged drain pipe and soil erosion. MDOT estimates the closure will affect about 30,000 drivers per day. The d...
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A Troy man was arrested after he was allegedly caught driving nearly three times the speed limit while drunk. Police said a 31-year-old Troy man was driving a 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E near E Maple and Rochester roads around 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 22, traveling 108 mph in a 40 mph zo...
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Michigan lawmakers are a big step closer to overhauling what have been called the weakest dam safety laws in the nation. The infrastructure debate sped up after that massive dam failure in mid-Michigan a few years ago. But the new legislation comes as many other dams in our area ...
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The infrastructure debate sped up after that massive dam failure in mid-Michigan a few years ago. But the new legislation comes as many other dams in our area could use a fixing up…according to experts....
Local
A man accused of shooting seven people at an after-hours party and killing three of them is claiming he acted in self-defense. The prosecution says this was premeditated murder....
safety
Gouch, a CPL holder, allegedly shot and killed three men, including Ansley Harris and Donahvan Gray. Police say he shot four additional people, who all survived. Gouch’s defense attorney says his client acted in self-defense, claiming the defendant was trying to prevent someone f...
