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The city brought in 775-thousand fans for the event, and Mayor Mike Duggan says it was unexpected to draw that many people. Duggan added he had never heard so many people from the Detroit suburbs referring to "we" for the entire city. He called it a spectacular team effort and praised the work of others including Dan Gilbert and Detroit Police Chief James White.

Interim township manager Timothy Schmitt says the money was "already contractually obligated." Walsh resigned effective April 21 and the township board started negotiating the deal with him on April 16. Meridian Township is located just east of East Lansing.

The vaccine clinic will be first-come, first-served at the Manchester United Methodist Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. HSHV Friends for Life coordinator Alicia Curley says they don't want people to have to give up anything to keep their pets healthy.

That is three-thousand-miles from Banff, Alberta in Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico and it has over 200-thousand feet of elevation change. Linder is doing it in honor of his late son, Kevin, who died at five-years-old from neuroblastoma cancer in 2013. He says Kevin never gave up, loved anything with an engine, and loved riding his bike up and down the driveway. Mark is raising fifty-thousand-dollars for three organizations that help kids fight cancer.

The bill comes after a dog named Queenie died after being subject to experiments at Wayne State University. Critics of the testing say taxpayer dollars have been put toward the experiments and that needs to stop.

The threat was reported around 7 p.m. Wednesday by a student who had said they were going to shoot students with a rifle and a handgun. Police have not said if the student they arrested had access to any guns. The student is in a juvenile detention facility.

Fifty-year-old Clint Dunning was sentenced to prison yesterday by a Van Buren County judge. The mother of three children, Krysta McFadden, was sentenced two weeks ago to between 18 and 21 years in prison after she pled guilty to second-degree murder. Both received new trials after their convictions were overturned last year based on ineffective counsel and failure to disclose evidence.

Visit Detroit's Chris Moyer says there are people coming here from all 50 states for the draft. SFX Downtown hotels have wait lists and Airbnb officials say searches for places to stay are up by 450-percent. Visitors are likely to spend hundreds of millions of dollars during the event.

The bear only touched the bag of sugar after getting in through the back door and took it to the sidewalk to eat it. The staff says the bear visited the store five straight evenings last week, and was inside for less than 20 seconds. They reinforced the door the next day to keep the bear out.

Superintendent Ben Kirby says the student died Friday on the trip to the national finals. The student's name has not been released. Officials say a crisis team is available for any students who need it.

Fouts was prohibited from seeking a fifth term as mayor due to term limits. Fouts says he is running as a Democrat over concerns about global warming and defending democratic governments internationally. Fouts will challenge incumbent Democratic Representative Mike McFall.

Detroit Police Chief James White says they have been planning for the past year and the plan is similar to other large-scale events in the city like Beyonce and Taylor Swift concerts, Detroit Lions games, and the fireworks. His department is aided by the Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb sheriff's offices, the FBI, Homeland Security, ATF, and Canadian police. The Detroit Fire Department will have four stationary medical tents, six ambulances, and more ready as well.

Katie Heid joins the Steve Gruber Show to discuss DeWitt Public Schools optional “mini lesson” on gender pronouns for its youngest students. https://www.michigannewssource.com/2024/04/dewitt-schools-superintendent-gender-pronouns-mini-lesson-only-being-offered-to-one-first-grade-classroom-in-response-to-concerns

The NRC held a forum Wednesday night at Lake Michigan College in Benton Township about the work in front of them as Holtec is trying to become the first nuclear power plant owner in the world to restart a plant that had been shut down. They say since the plant stopped making power in May 2022, Holtec did not keep equipment updated in the way it would have if the plant was still operating and there are pumps that haven't been used for nearly two years. The goal is to restart the plant in August 2025, but the NRC says if they find issues, it will take longer.

Fain is in their "Innovators" category and was named to the list by President Biden. Biden wrote the historic wage increases obtained under Fain's leadership "carry forward the powerful legacy of labor leader and fellow UAW president Walter Reuther, and have led virtually every auto-maker across the country to follow suit."

The results were shared at the Chamber's Policy Conference. The main concerns are public safety and the cost of living and education is a very close third. The survey found Gerald R. Ford International Airport has a 66-percent approval rating.

The sign for the Texas-based travel center chain has the logo and says "444 Miles," indicating their nearest location to west Michigigan in Richmond, Kentucky. SFX That's general Counsel Jeff Nadalo who says they are in early planning stages for new centers near Madison, Wisconsin and Dayton, Ohio.

These violations were committed by non coaching staff members who engaged in coaching activities. The penalties include a one-year show-cause order for involved individuals. Additionally, Michigan faces a separate NCAA investigation for an off-campus sign-stealing system led by a former staffer.

After eleven-years in business, the brewery recently announced that it was permanently closing following a February fire which left the building on Ionia Avenue Southwest heavily damaged. On Thursday, online bidding will begin for items inside the building, including bar stools, signs, lights, tap handles, kegs, and more. The building will also be open to the public on Thursday so that items can be seen in person before bidding.

Titled "Sins of the Parents," it details their failings as parents that led to their then-15-year-old son, Ethan, shooting and killing four students at Michigan;s Oxford High School in November 2021. They were the first parents of a mass shooter to be tried in the U.S. and both have been sentenced to between ten and 15 years in prison. The Oakland County chief assistant prosecutor says he hopes the documentary has a serious tone and is not just attention-grabbing.

City council members heard a presentation about a three-year plan to implement lifeguards once again. This year's phase-one would focus on training while 2025 would emphasize recruiting a staff of lifeguards ready to go by next Memorial Day weekend. South Haven is being sued for negligence by the families of two swimmers who drowned in Lake Michigan in 2022.

The Parade Company produces the show which is one of the largest fireworks displays in America. This year's theme is "Color The Sky With Sunshine" and Zambelli Fireworks will once again provide a musical arrangement for the show. Ford Motor Company will be sponsoring the show again this year along the Detroit River.

The Ionia, Isabella and Ottawa counties join Montcalm County in dealing with the outbreak. Federal experts are saying there is no threat to commercial milk supply and that there is no greater health risk to the general population.

The downtime is scheduled for the weeks of April 29, June 24 and July 8, and is so the assembly plant can prepare the plant for production of the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickups.

The 48505 ZIP code, located in Flint, has a median home price of $27,703, according to real estate website Zillow. Two other zip codes in the state were also in the top four, one being in Flint and one in Detroit. American Home Shield studied ZIP codes with at least 10,000 residents across the country, using data from October 2023. That included 325 communities in Michigan.