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One of the biggest showdowns in college football is happening Saturday afternoon.
The Michigan Wolverines take on the Ohio State Buckeyes at noon Saturday at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. As far as the weather goes, it's going to be chilly, but much milder than in recent days.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the average temperature is 47 on Saturday and it will be partly sunny. Overnight, the temperature will drop to the mid-30s and it's expected to be partly cloudy.
At the moment, rain is not expected but it's also not ruled out, according to the agency. Wind speeds will also increase during the later parts of the game.
Be sure to bundle up with layers and extra gloves.
More:What Michigan football did, and didn't say, about Blake Corum ahead of Ohio State game
More:How a team 'nobody' knows about pulled off the biggest upset of MHSAA football playoffs
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Michigan-Ohio State weather: Columbus forecast looks sunny
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Make that four straight weeks of practicing without tackling, as the Spartans prepare for a critical final regular-season game Saturday at No. 10 Penn State.
MSU (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten) needs one more victory to reach the postseason after blowing a 17-point lead in Saturday’s 39-31 double-overtime home collapse against Indiana. Yet Tucker avoided the words “bowl eligibility” in his opening statement Monday — the same goes for conversations he and his staff are having with their players this week, he added.
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Mel Tucker explains why MSU's rush defense has failed lately
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Wearable art is becoming a thing in Detroit, thanks to one local brand and artist.
Detroit Denim Co, a denim company specializing in made-to-order items, is collaborating with Detroit artist Mike Han for a limited edition "Blackout Bag" design to highlight intentional, wearable art. There are only eight bags being made for this collection, and each will be unique. The bags are being made available starting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday to Detroit Denim and Mike Han email subscribers If the bags don't sell, they will be available for public sale on Friday.
"We hope this becomes a series. We just love the experience of working with artists and kind of stretching our wings in terms of what we can do and what we can make outside of just the jeans," said Detroit Denim co-owner Brenna Lane. "It's a lot of fun for us."
Detroit Denim Co was created in 2010 by Eric Yelsma and co-owner Lane.
"From the corridor nylon we chose to the webbing handles to the leather, to the deadstock Cone Mills lining, every piece of this is really, really thoughtful," she said. "We sourced stuff that is really sturdy and it's a little bit of an over-engineered bag, but I feel it should be. It's got that Detroit sturdiness to it."
The Blackout Bag is a hand-stitched, medium, two-handle nylon bag that features Korean-inspired calligraphy paintings on it by Han. His artwork typically includes sharp contrasts "to illuminate life's ubiquitous truths." He also works on manufactured, hand-crafted, or found objects that have a component of sustainability.
"The painting is sort of my visual language," said Han. "There's the alphabet, where I have sort of a finite amount of standard shapes, geometric and organic. But the combinations of them are very much like my fingerprint, or snowflakes where at first glance they resemble the same thing but each one is absolutely unique."
Han also added that the pattern on the bag is unique not only on the exterior but also on the interior.
"It's not like a pattern that's printed," he said. "That actually happens on the inside of the bag, on the pocket where I've even engineered the printing. I'm carving into a material directly, just like I paint on this directly, where if I mess up on the carving, it'll show but then that print is rotated and altered so that each pocket that's printed, will also have a unique variation in how that's made. Both the inside and exterior of the eight bags will be entirely unique."
The pressure was on with making this bag because there was no room for mistakes, Han said.
"I can't mess up, I'm not allowed to," he said. "We don't have backup bags, there's eight, that pressure is very hard. It's very hard for me to create, which is weird. I think people think I really enjoy making things, but making things is really hard for me because I feel like there's a responsibility in the thing that's made."
Han didn't have a grand reason behind only making eight bags.
"I'm obsessed with the number eight," he said. " I like it from a quantity standpoint to me, it felt right in terms of the scale, because these things are a premium product and, of course limited. The number eight is also if you tilt it on its side, the symbol for infinity. I love this idea of thinking about the whole lifecycle of the design, of art, the things that humans make. My hope for this bag is that it becomes a Detroit heirloom, something that you love and cherish during your lifetime."
The Blackout Bag also has an embossed luggage tag, with an authenticity card.
Bags will retail for approximately $2,000, and all bags will be made in January and then shipped out.
"We really liked the way it played on this idea of a really sturdy, solid bag with something that might feel a little bit more delicate," said Lane "It's like wearable art, you're taking it around, into the streets, and carrying it with you in your life. This isn't something that's in a museum or on a wall, or you're trying to keep fingerprints off of so that's what I got there."
Lane said that she hopes this isn't the last time they work with Han. The two brands have been friends for quite some time now but this is the biggest collaboration yet.
"This bag is kind of capturing a moment in time for us," she said "We're making eight of these, that's it. If we work together in the future, who knows what it'll look like, but there will only ever be eight of this bag in the world."
Detroit Denim Co. is also getting ready to open its retail store on Saturday.
"We're really excited, we're finally opening a store," she said ."We shut down our store during the pandemic and after two and a half years of being online only, we are just ecstatic to be reopening a brick-and-mortar retail space.
Detroit Denim is located at 4240 Cass Ave., Detroit.
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Detroit Denim, local artist team up on limited edition bags
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More:Who owns rental housing in Detroit? New report offers glimpse
Muñoz has 16 years of experience in real estate and rehabbed 450 properties in the city in 2021, according to a 55-page document he supplied, which included his biography as well as photos and references to several awards and community events showing Muñoz’s participation. Muñoz said he sits on the board of directors for the Detroit Association of Realtors.
“They really don't have a choice in where they're living because of the lack of affordable housing, lack of housing subsidies, lack of public housing. This is really the area of the market where single mothers, children, disabled people are stuck in housing of last resort that is really dangerous for their health,” Eisenberg, whose research focuses on housing, said.
If BSEED finds code violations, the department will issue a “correction order” for the landlord to repair the violations. If the landlord does not fix the issues, they could be ticketed.Outlier Media has put together a guide for how tenants can research their landlord before signing a lease. Go to https://bit.ly/outlierlandlordresearch.
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2022-11-22T13:55:45Z
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Tenants raise concerns about Detroit rental properties
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Detroit Pistons (3-15) vs. Denver Nuggets (10-6)
Where: Ball Arena in Denver.
Betting line: TBA.
MORE PISTONS:Mental lapses make growing pains more painful: 'It's attention to detail'
Game notes: The Pistons are looking to stop a seven-game losing streak and will be doing so without one of their best players, Cade Cunningham. Saddiq Bey missed Sunday's loss to the Sacramento Kings and, along with Cunningham, could miss a few more games. Jaden Ivey had 24 points and Bojan Bogdanovic had 21 in the loss to the Kings.
The Nuggets ended a two-game skid with a win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. They're 4-1 at home and look like an offensive juggernaut behind Nikola Jokic (20.8 points per game, 9.5 rebounds per game, 8.9 assists per game), Michael Porter Jr. (16.3 ppg on 43.8% 3-point shooting) and Jamal Murray (16.5 ppg on 35.5% 3-point shooting). Jokic missed Sunday's game with an illness.
Up next for the Nuggets: a Wednesday road game vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pistons are on the road Wednesday vs. the Utah Jazz.
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2022-11-22T13:56:15Z
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The new DraftKings Sports & Social, offering sports, dining, and entertainment that was announced for the Somerset Collection in Troy, is now set to open on Dec. 1, the two companies announced Tuesday morning.
This location, at Somerset Collection south, is the first cobranded collaboration in the country for Live! Hospitality & Entertainment’s Sports & Social concept and DraftKings, a fantasy sports contest and sports betting company.
“It’s been great collaborating with Live! Hospitality & Entertainment on this exciting project, which will deliver sports fans a great game day experience,” said Jeremy Elbaum Sr., vice president of business development at DraftKings, in a news release. “With a shared commitment to innovation and entertainment, we look forward to opening our doors to customers in the Metro Detroit area.”
The Troy venue features a full restaurant and bar, along with entertainment. There will be live multiple sports viewing on its 32-foot LED media wall and gameday watch parties. Guests will be able to access DraftKings' mobile platforms for fantasy sports and wagering from their mobile devices on various sports, including football, basketball, baseball, and golf. Daily fantasy sports from mobile devices are available across a variety of sports.
“Our core mission with DraftKings Sports & Social is to ‘raise the sports bar’ and set the new standard for dining and sports entertainment,” said Scott Steenrod, COO of Live! Hospitality & Entertainment in a news release. “Forging this strategic relationship with DraftKings, an industry leader in sports betting, has allowed us to create an iconic entertainment and dining destination where sports entertainment and sports betting will come together to create a truly premier experience.”
Scott Sadoff is the director of operations for the Somerset location and also handles all the location's marketing events. A West Bloomfield native, Sadoff has worked in and with many restaurants and hospitality companies in metro Detroit as well as in other states. Sadoff said the Troy location expects to employ about 100 full and part-time associates.
On the menu is Sports & Social renowned chicken wings, along with their signature nachos, baked crab dip served with a giant Bavarian pretzel, and grilled naan bread for dipping.
“It’s elevated, made-from-scratch game day favorites,” Sadoff said.
There are go-to snacks, according to the menu, such as Mexican-style street corn, quesadilla stacks, red bell pepper hummus, tuna poke nacho and vegan-friendly items like cauliflower wings. DraftKings Sports & Social also have a selection of burgers, soups, salad and hearty bowls with healthy options.
Nashville hot chicken is one of Sports & Social best sellers, Sadoff said.
Entrees include fish and chips, chamales (crispy cheese tamales served with pico de gallo, cotija cheese and avocado crema), New York strip steak frites and house made jumbo crab cakes.
Brunch will also be available on Saturday and Sunday. Expect items such as chicken and bliss, the restaurant's take on chicken and waffles. The brunch menu also includes avocado toast, savory breakfast skillets, a mimosa tower and savory French toast.
“We have a menu that runs the gamut for all of our guests,” Sadoff said. “You can choose game day fare or the go lighter route.”
Its bar menu includes cocktails, specialty drinks, including a cinnamon old-fashioned and three margarita offerings, and beer, including local favorite brews. On the drink menu also is Sports & Socials "Crushes" cocktails made with a variety of 100% fruit juices and spirits.
The Troy venue is a 10,400-square-foot space and a stand-alone building adjacent to Somerset Collection south. There’s a DraftKings Lounge for private parties and events. Live music and entertainment are expected several times a week. The spot will also have a variety of games, such as skeeball, hoops, Beirut, foosball, shufflepuck and arcade games. An outdoor patio with al fresco dining and live music is also dog-friendly.
DraftKings Sports & Social will be open daily for lunch and dinner. Hours are 11:30 a.m.-midnight Mon.-Thu., 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. -midnight Sun. Brunch is offered 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Hours are subject to change. For more Troy location information go to sportsandsocial.com.
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AAA offers Tow To Go free service for impaired drivers over holiday weekend: What to know
Blackout Wednesday is approaching and the American Automobile Association (AAA) has a way for drivers to not make a big mistake on one of the biggest bar nights of the year.
The auto insurance company created Tow to Go, a service to help get impaired drivers home after a night of too many shots. Over the past 25 years, the AAA has provided services to more than 25,000 impaired drivers.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is one of the biggest drinking evenings because most people don’t work the next day; friends and family are visiting; it’s another alternative to entertaining before the big meal; and the big meal the next day is a good hangover cure, according to Bar and Club Stats website.
How does Tow to Go work?
AAA wants people to know this free service should be a last resort. When drivers call the dispatch, a tow truck will arrive and take the car and owner to their destination within a 10-mile radius.
The numbers to call for dispatch:
855-2-Tow-2-Go or 855-286-9246
The services are only available in the following states:
Fort Wayne/ South Bend, Indiana
Guidelines for using Tow to Go
The service is only operating from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23 to 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
It’s free for AAA members and non-members.
Only one rider is allowed and it has to be within a 10-mile radius.
Appointments are not available and this service is for someone who did not plan ahead. The AAA encourages that this serves as a last resort and that drivers make sure to have a designated driver before they go out.
Make note that AAA may have to make other arrangements for an impaired driver to be picked up.
Tow to Go may not be available in rural areas or in severe weather.
More:Detroit Denim Company, artist Mike Han team up for limited edition bags
Why was it important to implement?
According to AAA, this will be the third-busiest Thanksgiving for roads in history.
Crash data reports from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that combing cocktails with crowded roads can be a deadly combination. According to NHTSA, in 2016-2020, over 800 people died in crashes involving drunk drivers during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
“AAA is proud to offer this service to help everyone make it home safely this Thanksgiving,” said Adrienne Woodland, spokeswoman, AAA – The Auto Club Group, in a written response. “Alcohol, drugs, and even prescription medications can affect your ability to drive. So don’t put yourself at risk. Find a designated driver or ridesharing program. If you’re tempted to drive impaired, call AAA instead and we’ll get you to a safe location.”
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will appoint state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden to the Michigan Supreme Court, according to The Associated Press.
Bolden will be the first Black woman to serve as a Michigan Supreme Court justice.
A spokesperson for the governor's office did not immediately return a request for comment. The governor is scheduled to make a formal announcement Tuesday afternoon in Lansing.
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Whitmer tabs Kyra Harris Bolden for Michigan Supreme Court vacancy
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Detroit is set to host college basketball’s biggest games of the 2027 season, along with the droves of fans sure to descend upon the city and its best in entertainment and dining.
The national semifinals, slotted for the first weekend of April, are anticipated to attract more than 100,000 fans and basketball enthusiasts, a beacon of blessings to come for local restaurants and bars. Tuesday’s announcement from the NCAA cements 2022 as a “banner year” for sports in Michigan, said Detroit Sports Commission Executive Director Dave Beachnau, as it comes just months after the NFL selected Detroit for the 2024 Draft.
“It’s significant,” Beachnau said. “It gives instant credibility to our city when we’re out pitching opportunities for major events. It just helps as we’re pursuing other events that Detroit is a great place to host a large-scale event.”
Beachnau points to the NFL’s selection as the catalyst for Detroit gaining momentum on a national scale. He recalled similar action in the early 2000s when Detroit was awarded to host the Super Bowl in 2006, the Ryder Cup in 2004, and the PGA Championship in 2008.
More:Final Four coming back to Ford Field in Detroit in 2027
More:Michigan football vs. Ohio State: Your guide to 'The Game'
“You can’t discount the fact that landing the draft helped us win the Final Four bid,” Beachnau said. “I think that that opened the eyes of the committee that the NFL has awarded Detroit the draft, and so as we look to pursue other opportunities, I can see that mirroring the early 2000s in a way. That’s all going to start in 2024.”
2027 will be the city’s first time hosting the NCAA Final Four at Ford Field since 2009. The decision to bring the semifinals to the Motor City has been a year in the making and involved a number of Michigan athletic entities, including the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Detroit Lions, and the City of Detroit.
“Detroit is increasingly being recognized as one of America's great sports towns and one of the best places in the country to visit,” said Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in a release.
The NCAA Final Four is just one of many sporting spectacles drawing national attention set to come to Detroit, including the 2023 USA Boxing National Qualifier, 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Regionals, 2024 NFL Draft, and eight future United States Golf Association (USGA) championships.
“The secret is out; southeast Michigan is the place to host world-class events, and the Final Four is another exciting win for Detroit that will be a powerful economic driver for our region,” said Claude Molinari, Visit Detroit president and CEO.
The national semifinals are set for April 3, 2027, at Ford Field, with the national championship game tipping off on April 5, 2027.
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NCAA Final Four set to bring thousands of fans to Detroit
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The Michigan High School Athletic Association Tuesday extended Crowell’s penalty for violating the undue influence rule, barring him from coaching any sport at any school for the next two academic years.
Ironically, Belleville will attempt to defend its Division 1 state championship at 1 p.m. Saturday when it plays Caledonia at Ford Field.
DeJuan Rogers has been the interim head coach since the state playoffs began.
The school immediately suspended Crowell for the playoffs after it received a letter of inquiry from the MHSAA once it began investigating Crowell for violating the undue influence rule.
Belleville athletic director Joe Brodie said there is no way Crowell will be coaching at Belleville for the 2025-26 school year when his suspension ends.
“At this point, the consensus is he can’t coach for us, so no,” Brodie said. “We have to find a new coach.”
Phone calls from the Free Press to Crowell were not immediately returned.
The football program was already on probation this season because of undue influence violations by an assistant coach no longer with the program.
MHSAA executive director Mark Uyl said there is no wiggle room left as far as the football program is concerned because it remains on probation through the 2024-25 school year.
“We also informed them,” Uyl said, “that if there’s any subsequent violations of undue influence during this period the school would become ineligible for the football playoffs.”
The inquiry began when a student at Detroit King said Crowell contacted him before he entered the ninth grade. He also said that Crowell picked him up and drove him to summer practice sessions and seven-on-seven competitions.
While investigating those allegations, the MHSAA discovered a 2018 episode of the TV show “Sports Stars of Tomorrow,” which carried a segment on Belleville seniors Devontae Dobbs and Julian Barnett. The show claimed the two were living with Crowell.
“It was certainly a violation and our staff has spent a lot of time since this whole process started around Oct. 21 or 22,” said Uyl. “The time that our staff has invested going over the last month, we found multiple cases of a violation and we’ve provided a penalty that we feel fits with the facts as we know them.”
When the MHSAA showed its case to Belleville administrators, it knocked them for a loop.
“This is stuff we were not aware of, so yes, we were surprised,” said Brodie. “It all surprised us. Given the things that they have looked into and some of the of the evidence, of course we were surprised by it.
“Are we surprised by the outcome and the penalties? No.”
The people least surprised by any of this were other coaches across the state who for years accused Crowell of cheating.
This was Crowell’s eighth season at Belleville and the Tigers made the state playoff every season.
Belleville is a school of choice district, but other coaches believed it unfathomable that any school of choice coach could amass the sheer number of high quality players that Crowell did without violating the undue influence rule many times over.
This case will relieve some of the pressure on Uyl and his staff. For years coaches have been reluctant to step forward and accuse other coaches of cheating because the MHSAA had earned a reputation of looking the other way.
It is a reputation Uyl is hoping to change.
“In Year 5 of this, I try to take them as they come,” Uyl said. “Sitting in this chair we really try to make decisions on the facts as we learn them and what gets presented to us. When a violation occurs we deal with it.”
As for Belleville, officials are hoping to direct the attention back to the players and Saturday’s championship game.
“We are focused on the coaches we have, the kids we have and we’re trying to make it a good experience for them on Saturday,” said Brodie. “That’s been our goal this whole way through. We’re trying to make this about the kids who are there and the coaches who are there and making sure they have a good experience with this tournament and that’s basically about how we’re handling it.”
After the game, however, Brodie and the administration will begin the process of hiring a coach.
Rogers has done a good job keeping the players focused on the state playoffs and could be a candidate to become the head coach on a full-time basis.
“We’re going to put the application out there and whoever wants to can apply and if he’s one of them he will be in the pool of candidates that we get,” Brodie said. “We’ll go through the whole interview process.”
In addition to being the football coach, Crowell also serves as the school’s student safety liaison. Brodie has no idea if that will change.
“I’m not going to comment or speculate on that,” he said. “I’m not his administrator when it comes to that. That would be more on the administration whether or not he will be retained in that position or not. In terms of his football coaching position: No.”
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Belleville football's Jermain Crowell fired after MHSAA violations
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The flood of children sick with respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, along with patients who have influenza and COVID-19 have led two Michigan hospitals to file emergency appeals to state health regulators to expand hospital bed capacity.
Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital submitted an Emergency Certificate of Need request with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services late last week, asking to add 48 beds to its Grand Rapids hospital and designate 117 beds as intensive care beds.
OSF Healthcare St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group in Escanaba submitted a similar emergency request to add 24 beds.
"We are in the middle of what some people might call an unprecedented surge in not only RSV respiratory syncytial virus infections, but also many other viral infections that are causing patients to be admitted to the hospital," said Dr. Hossain Marandi, president of DeVos Children's. "We are seeing some of the highest numbers on our floors that we have seen."
About one-third of the children being treated Tuesday at DeVos Children's had RSV, he said.
The emergency appeal for more licensed beds will "provide us with a certificate of need for additional ICU beds in order for us to continue to provide the care that we do. We are still awaiting response for that to be able to make sure that we abide by all the governing laws of the state of Michigan. ... Meanwhile, we are continuing to look for ways to care for these kids as we go through the process with the state to make sure that we have everything squared away from a legal standpoint."
In the Upper Peninsula, OSF St. Francis is "currently surging beyond capacity due to the sustained increase in respiratory illness, specifically RSV in pediatric patients, and COVID-19 and RSV in adult patients," wrote Tulika Bhattacharya, manager of the state's Certificate of Need evaluation section, in a letter dated Monday, approving the 24-bed expansion for up to six months.
In a statement issued Tuesday, OSF St. Francis leaders said expanding hospital capacity was "a proactive measure."
"This is a preemptive step to best serve our community if there is an increase in hospitalizations or limited bed capacity at our regional transfer facilities," the statement said. "We have also taken additional precautionary measures to reduce the number of support persons permitted in our facility while continuing to restrict visitors to limit potential exposure."
At DeVos, although the number of patients seeking hospital care for RSV has fallen slightly in the last week, Marandi said he's concerned that the Thanksgiving holiday could drive numbers back up again.
"We don't know what the future is going to bring," Marandi said. "We don't know what's going to happen with RSV itself or with flu as it comes or with any other virus that we might see as the seasons change. So we want to make sure that we're fully prepared and capable of taking care of those kids. ... We have extended our ICUs and we continue to flex those beds as the need arises. There are multiple patients that are ventilated.
"We're actually getting a lot of transfers in from many other hospitals that are incapable of taking care of some of these patients because of either lack of services or beds or other things. ... We are the referring center ... receiving transfers from many different places ... within the state of Michigan but even beyond the borders of Michigan."
The hospital is doubling up patients in single rooms where it can, and in some cases, families with more than one severely ill child share a room, Marandi said.
"We are seeing multiple siblings that are being admitted, especially ... under 1 year of age," Marandi said.
In southeastern Michigan, the RSV surge appears to be waning, said Dr. Whitney Minnock, pediatric chief of the emergency center at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak.
The number of kids seeking treatment for RSV at the eight hospitals and three emergency centers run by Corewell Health East, formerly known as Beaumont Health, dropped about 47% over the past three weeks, Minnock said.
"Minute-by-minute, day-by-day, things do change," she said. "But I think that we've opened up quite a few beds and we are not currently asking for any emergency help.
"As far as what Thanksgiving and the holidays will bring, it is very difficult to tell. … In addition to RSV, I think that there are other viruses, particularly influenza, that we're going to have to stand guard and … keep our precautions in place. I can't say what that's going to do as far as ICU and ventilator capacity."
Dr. Rahul Mehta, chief of emergency medicine at Trinity Health Oakland, told the Free Press Tuesday that the wave of patients needing medical care for RSV appears to have stabilized at the Pontiac hospital as well, but the emergency department is beginning to see a rise now in flu cases.
"It's slowly coming," he said. "There's a term called the triple-demic, where we have COVID, RSV and flu, all kind of hitting. RSV seems to be stabilizing. COVID seems to be in a steady state and flu seems to be rising. But which is higher, which is lower, that's all relative based on the age and symptoms of the patient."
Chelsea Wuth, a spokesperson for the state Department of Health and Human Services, said it's difficult to track spikes in RSV cases because it's not a disease that is required to be reported to public health departments. However, some RSV surveillance data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests "a bit of decline" in Michigan.
However, Laura Appel, executive vice president of government relations and public policy for the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, said: "It’s worth noting that even where hospitalizations have receded, many of our members continue to face severe space and staffing challenges."
Wuth urged families with severely ill children to go to the closest emergency medical facility, "not one that may or may not have an open bed. Providers will be able to assess the child and transfer them to a hospital with the correct level of care if necessary."
The state health department also recommends:
Staying up to date on flu and COVID-19 vaccines.
Avoiding close contact with those who are sick.
Covering coughs and sneezes.
Considering wearing a mask if you are at high risk for severe illness or are concerned about contracting or transmitting respiratory viruses.
Finding out if you are eligible for treatment options in advance of illness.
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Amid calls to certify the election that at times echoed loudly in the room where the Wayne County Board of Canvassers met Tuesday, the elections panel in Michigan's largest county unanimously signed off on the results of the recent midterm election.
The board's meeting — held on the final day under Michigan law for counties to certify election results — followed a smooth canvassing process throughout Michigan that saw every canvassing board across the state's 83 counties complete its work on time, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
Two years ago, this typically routine post-election review and the ministerial body that carries it out ended up in the national spotlight when the two Republican members serving on the Wayne County canvassing board at the time initially refused to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election before ultimately reversing course.
Bipartisan canvassing boards — made up of two Democrats and two Republicans nominated by local political party organizations — spend the two weeks after an election reviewing poll books and vote totals, correcting any mathematical errors identified and then signing off on the results. The job of certifying statewide election results falls to the Board of State Canvassers responsible for straightforward addition: adding up the vote totals certified by the counties.
Ahead of the Wayne County canvassing meeting, messages circulated on social media calling for people to show up and demand the board not certify the election results. Some did, in public comment.
But outside, before the meeting began, dozens demonstrated to urge the certification of the results, gathering on the sidewalk and chanting, "count every vote."
Branden Snyder, executive director of Detroit Action, a nonprofit focused on advocating for Detroiters of color throughout the metro region, held a megaphone and addressed a crowd urging the board to certify.
He chided those who "want to use dog whistle politics to tear us apart that want to continue to do things to harm our communities and make it seem as if Black and brown folks are illegitimate or unscrupulous and that ain’t right."
"We're not here to disrupt, we’re not here to cause any havoc. We come here to shine a little light on the process and make sure we count every vote, is that right?" he said.
The canvassing board's meeting saw a few hiccups such as interruptions from those tuning into the meeting over Zoom and an emphatic call from one Republican member for answers regarding an error in some Detroit precincts.
GOP canvasser Katherine Riley blasted state election officials, calling the issue that occurred in Michigan's largest city widespread. In a statement issued on Election Day, the city's elections department said that the electronic poll book in some precincts indicated that a ballot they were about to issue a voter had a number that was already issued as an absentee ballot. The department called the issue a "harmless data error" that was resolved by creating a mechanism to differentiate the two numbers.
Riley said that workers in Detroit had to scramble to address the problem, with some using paper poll books and others developing their own solutions so those impacted could vote.
"This unnecessary and irresponsible error created much chaos for us on the canvass as well," Riley said. She said she was met with "obfuscation" when she spoke with the state Bureau of Elections about what happened in Detroit. "This is unacceptable. These are the questions that must be answered. What went wrong and why," she said before joining the other board members in voting to certify the results.
During a public comment period that followed the vote, some celebrated the board's certification of the midterm results while others — including former GOP state senator and election conspiracist Patrick Colbeck — leveled allegations of misconduct and called for a so-called forensic audit.
Lisa Dresser of Farmington Hills waited over an hour in the hall outside the meeting room so she could attend in person.
"I think we're in a very fragile time in our country where there’s distrust on multiple fronts," she said. She thanked the board for working in a "nonpartisan" way to strengthen voters' trust.
Hundreds of audits, court rulings and post-election reviews undercut allegations of widespread fraud and misconduct and upheld the results of the 2020 election in Michigan. Trish Oliver, who addressed the canvassers over Zoom, called Detroit the epicenter of voter fraud in 2020 and said nothing had changed in the last two years.
Wayne County was not the only area that saw pushback against certifying the results. Ottawa County Clerk Justin Roebuck said the canvassing board unanimously certified the election results and resisted public pressure from commenters calling on the board not to do so.
Roebuck wrote in an email that "our Board of Canvassers is very solid in terms of their understanding of the statute and of their ministerial role and responsibility within the process – they take it seriously, and I’m thankful for them!"
Certification of midterm follows dramatic canvass in Wayne County in 2020
In 2020, former President Donald Trump refused to accept his loss in Michigan, a lawsuit attempted to delay the certification in Wayne County and the chair of the Michigan GOP at the time celebrated the GOP members of the Wayne County canvassing board at the time for initially refusing to certify the election results.
But this year, all but one Trump-endorsed candidate seeking statewide office — Republican secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo — have publicly conceded their losses to the Democratic incumbents Michigan voters reelected by large margins in the Nov. 8 election.
The recent midterm has also not seen a similar frenzy of litigation seeking to overturn the election. While some who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election have called for investigations, unlike in 2020, their calls have so far gone unmet by state lawmakers.
Following the 2020 election, local Republican parties nominated those to fill open GOP slots on canvassing boards who have embraced falsehoods and misinformation about fraud in the 2020 election. Their appointment raised the prospect that the boards could become a partisan bottleneck in the effort to certify the results of future elections.
In Wayne County, the GOP members who served on the canvassing board in 2020 were both replaced ahead of this year's midterm: one whose term expired and another who died last year.
Republican canvasser Robert Boyd, one of the new members of the board, told the Free Press last year that he wouldn't have certified the results of the 2020 presidential election and, at the time, gave no assurance that he would certify the results of future contests.
But Boyd and Riley, the other GOP canvasser, both joined the two Democrats on the board to certify the results of the primary election held in August and then the results of the November midterm.
During the August meeting to certify primary election results, Riley called her experience canvassing Detroit's election results in the primary "a great experience" and said that she was generally "very impressed with how smoothly it went."
Two years ago, the GOP chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers at the time suggested certifying the results everywhere but Detroit which initially recorded a significant number of unexplained imbalances between the number of ballots cast and the number of ballots recorded in the poll book. A post-election audit identified explanations for most of the mismatches.
An out-of-balance precinct — which election officials say typically reflects clerical errors — may have more voters' names listed in the poll book recorded as having voted than ballots or more ballots than names. In this year's midterm, Detroit balanced or identified explanations for any imbalances in 92% of its Election Day precincts and 100% of its absentee voting precincts, Wayne County elections director Gregory Mahar said during the canvassing meeting Tuesday.
The Board of State Canvassers is scheduled to meet Nov. 28 to certify the results of the recent midterm across Michigan.
Staff writer Arpan Lobo and Lansing Bureau Chief Paul Egan contributed to this report.
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'Beverly Hills Cop 4' notifies Detroit residents it will be using streets for filming
One burning question about the latest “Beverly Hills Cop” movie is now answered: At least some filming will take place in Detroit — and quite soon.
The Netflix project, titled “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley,” stars Eddie Murphy as Detroit cop Axel Foley, the character who first arrived on the big screen in the 1984 hit “Beverly Hills Cop.” It will be the fourth installment of the comedy franchise.
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Production has been underway for a few months. Now flyers have been sent to residents and businesses saying that filming for "Beverly Hills: Axel F" (either a shorthand title or a barely disguised one) will be happening from Sunday through Friday (Nov. 27-Dec. 2) in the neighborhood known as the Capitol Park Historic District.
Streets in the filming area will be designated as no parking/towaway zones and temporarily closed at times. They include:
● Both sides of northbound Washington Boulevard from State Street to Grand River Avenue from 7 a.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Dec. 2.
● The alley between Shelby Street and Washington Boulevard from State Street to Grand River Avenue (closed 7 a.m. Monday-6 p.m. Dec. 2).
● State Street between Washington Boulevard and Griswold (closed 5 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Intermittent traffic control of Grand River between Washington Boulevard to Griswold during the same period.
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Those in the neighborhood were given a general idea of what to expect. “Stunt driving will take place in this scene. Please be aware of simulated car crashes, smoke effects and sparks may occur. Please do not be alarmed,” read the flyer.
It also said that Detroit police officers and firefighters would be at the site during the special effects and stunts. The goal of the shooting was described as making filming “a positive experience for everyone involved.”
According to the Daily Mail, Murphy was spotted filming in Los Angeles this week, sitting in a Ford Bronco and wearing one of Foley's iconic wardrobe pieces, the iconic Detroit Lions jacket.
It’s not known yet whether next week will be the only shooting done here or whether more is expected. It's also not known whether Murphy will be making any visits to Detroit for filming. The original “Beverly Hills Cop” opened with a lengthy chase scene in the Motor City, but the remaining action unfolded in Los Angeles.
The on-site coordinator for next week’s filming had no comment on anything related to the movie.
In addition to Murphy, the cast will include newcomers to the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Bacon and returning actors Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot.
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The superintendent of Oxford Community Schools has resigned from the school district after only nine months in the top role.
Ken Weaver resigned in a letter to the community on Tuesday, citing health reasons. Weaver, who has been with the district for 19 years, replaced Tim Throne last March to lead the school district, several months after a school shooting that killed four students and injured six others plus a teacher.
"Over the last month, my health, wellness, and my own recovery from the events of November 30th has been greatly impacted by the stress and responsibility of my position," he wrote. "With the deterioration of my health, I have come to understand that my own recovery path must now lead me away from Oxford Community Schools."
Weaver will go on leave from November to February, he wrote. His resignation will be final Feb. 21. He wrote that he "underestimated the toll" of leading a district through such a difficult time.
Oxford's seven school board members will choose a new superintendent. The board voted Tuesday night to appoint Anita Qonja-Collins as interim superintendent. Qonja-Collins is an assistant superintendent of elementary instruction with the district. The board will use a professional search firm for the process of finding a permanent interim superintendent.
The board, in a statement posted online, expressed appreciation for Weaver.
"There are few words that meet the level of gratitude we have for Mr. Weaver for that service, for his leadership, and for his enduring advocacy for our schools," a statement reads.
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Oxford Schools superintendent Ken Weaver resigns after 9 months
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Charges have been filed against seven Michigan State football players for their involvement in a melee in the Lloyd Carr tunnel following the Michigan football's 29-7 victory over MSU in Ann Arbor.
"Following the altercation between members of the Michigan and Michigan State football teams on October 29, the University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security (UMDPSS) conducted a thorough investigation into potential criminal liability," the statement read. "At the conclusion of that investigation, UMDPSS submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office a request for criminal charges against several individuals—all student-athletes on the Michigan State football team.
After reviewing the evidence and the law, the Prosecutor’s Office has authorized the following charges against the following individuals:
While one attorney representing an undisclosed MSU player said there was evidence the Michigan players may h have started the incident, neither of them were charged criminally.
"We can have no further comment beyond the statement per our rules of professional conduct," an assistant in the prosecutor's office told the Free Press.
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You can celebrate the magic of the season with festive parades and outdoor winter wonderlands in metro Detroit this Thanksgiving weekend. Here's what's in the lineup.
Canterbury Village Holiday Stroll
This outdoor experience will transport guests to a winter wonderland with more than a million festive lights, a light show choreographed to classic holiday songs and the sounds of professional carolers, Christmas performances and re-creations of favorite holiday scenes. Visitors can also visit with Frosty, Buddy the Elf, the Grinch, Jack Frost, Anna, Elsa and Olaf. Santa will be there, too, and his personal mailbox will be available to accept letters from children.
The Holiday Stroll opens at 5 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Other dates are Dec. 2-4, 9-11, 16-18 and 22-23. Canterbury Village, 2359 Joslyn Court in Lake Orion. Tickets are $14.99 per person and must be purchased in advance at canterburyvillage. Children younger than 2, active military members and veterans get in free. Parking is $5.
The Detroit Zoo’s annual display features millions of twinkling LED lights illuminating buildings, trees and more than 290 sculptures at the front half of the zoo. This year's event includes an enchanted trail, live entertainment, a 4D movie and an option to dine on the Polar Patio.
The event runs through Jan. 8. on select weeknights and most Sundays from 5-9 p.m. Most Fridays and Saturdays, hours will be 5-10:30 p.m. Capacity is limited. Ticket prices start at $17 and can be purchased in advance online by clicking detroitzoo. A limited number of walk-up tickets will be sold at the gate. 8450 W. Ten Mile in Royal Oak.
61st Garden City Downtown Development Authority Santaland Parade
Kick off the season with this parade that will include inflatable characters, the Star Wars Guys, Detroit Ghostbusters, bands, floats, Miss Michigan, World War II veterans and more.
The parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Garden City High School, travels south on Middlebelt, turns left on Ford and ends in the Garden City Town Center parking lot.
Birmingham Shopping District - Horse-drawn Carriage Rides, Santa Walk and more
Hop aboard a complimentary horse-drawn carriage for a tour of holiday lights and decorations in downtown Birmingham. Rides will begin in Shain Park and are first come, first served. No reservations are needed. Carriage Rides will run 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Nov. 26 & 27, Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 and 24. Also, 4-8 p.m. on Dec. 3.
The Annual Birmingham Santa Walk will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday from the Surnow Building at 320 Martin, through downtown with stops at various shops before concluding at his home in Shain Park. Register to visit Santa before appointments that begin at noon.
Grosse Pointe Santa Clause Parade
The theme of this year’s parade is Christmas in Toyland! The Parade Company Big Heads and more will be a part of the event. The route on Kercheval starts at Lewiston in Grosse Pointe Farms down to Cadieux in Grosse Pointe Park.
Parade starts at 10 a.m. Friday.
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Gigette Bejin of Northville fired off an email at 11:59 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve, overjoyed that that her husband would be riding in America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit on the new Ford float that spotlights the all-new Super Duty he helped create.
"It's a dream come true," she wrote.
Bejin shared images on Facebook from her husband's childhood, including a first grade class assignment from 1978.
Peter Bejin, at age 7 and living in Grosse Pointe Woods, wrote (unedited): "If I drove a truck, I would like to drive a ford truck because I think a ford truck wud be good and becuse a ford truck is good for me and thae mace Ford trucks good and thae drive good and smoth. and thae are so good you shod drive one. how do you like my story?"
He accompanied his essay with a drawing of a black truck.
Teacher Kathleen Squillace at St. Joan of Arc School in St. Clair Shores sent the items to Ford Motor Co., which praised the work as "imaginative and well done. We think the story's great!"
Peter Bejin, 52, has been at Ford for 28 years now. He carpooled with Andrew Kernahan, chief engineer on the Super Duty project, as well as Aaron Bresky and David Rodgers to Detroit for the parade
"This is the beating heart of the Super Duty program right here," Bejin told the Free Press while sipping coffee in front of a Marathon gas station before his start in the parade.
Bresky, who knew as a child he would build trucks one day, said Thanksgiving is a time to honor the past and people who have inspired children like him. "This is a time for us to reminisce ... and be grateful for all we have."
Two little boys who loved trucks being in the parade together, celebrating the 119-year-old automaker, feels like coming full circle, they said.
"I was a little kid who loved Ford trucks," said Bejin, the features and software integration manager for Super Duty.
"My goal wasn't always to work at Ford, it just ended up working out that way. I wasn't like Aaron Bresky, where I knew all along," Bejin said laughing.
While the Ford F-150 full-size pickup often dominates the headlines, a bestselling truck that sits in millions of driveways, the heavy-duty Super Duty pickups are what really print cash for Ford. The Super Duty is used in various commercial industries, including utility companies, emergency response, mining and quarry, forestry and construction.
These rugged Super Duty trucks are built for really heavy towing, hauling, plowing, and off-road driving for work.
The 2023 Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks, which go on sale early next year, are built by UAW members at the Kentucky Truck Plant nearby, as well as the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake.
During the parade, Bejin told the Free Press, "Everybody is pointing to the step!"
He's referring to new design feature that allows people access the truck bed without lowering the tailgate.
Detroit Lions, too
In addition to spotlighting the Super Duty, Thanksgiving will be spent cheering for the Detroit Lions, Bejin said.
"It’s just been great to watch the Lions do so well and to see them have this success," he said. "I don’t think it's just the people of Detroit. I think everybody loves it, right?"
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Tens of thousands of spectators lined Woodward Avenue in Detroit Thursday morning under clear skies and crisp-yet-not-chilly temperatures to catch in person the 96th running of America's Thanksgiving Parade.
The hospitable weather brought out the largest live crowd for the three-mile parade since the COVID-19 pandemic, a year when spectators were urged to stay home. While the parade was back last year in its traditional format, a drizzle kept many away.
Downtown Detroit this year was especially bustling, with people here not only for the parade, but also the annual Turkey Trot road races and the Lions game at Ford Field against the Buffalo Bills.
Those watching the parade in person and on TV were treated to a show with 26 floats — nine of them new — along with multiple marching bands, dance teams, giant balloons, a large spectacle of papier-mache heads and more.
The parade lasted more than three hours from start to finish, when the last float delivered Santa Claus and his elf entourage downtown.
Many youngsters enjoyed an elevated view of the activity from the perch of their father's shoulders.
Michael Scamardella of Ferndale, who came with his two young sons and his father, said it was a lot more pleasant watching the parade this year than last year, when the weather was cloudy and drizzling.
“We came last year, and there probably a quarter of the people here," he said.
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While his family used to just watch the parade on TV, he said, they have started coming in person to experience the thrill and the energy of seeing it with the crowd.
Another dad, Andy Kah of Kingsville, Ontario, was deep in the crowd of spectators with his daughter, who will soon turn 2.
For Kah, it was his first time at the Thanksgiving Day parade in more than 20 years, back when he was a youngster in the tow of his parents.
“It’s just me and my daughter right now — my wife’s working," Kah explained. "Not everyone can take the day off on the Canadian side.”
The co-grand marshals of this year's parade were University of Michigan "Fab Five" legend Jalen Rose and the Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit Branch NAACP. They traveled the route in two blue Ford Mustangs.
The parade's lead sponsor was Gardner-White, which has picked up the role since former longtime sponsor Art Van Furniture experienced liquidation bankruptcy in 2020.
This year's lineup of giant balloons included a Transformer and Big Bird on a unicycle, and were crowd pleasers once again.
There was a moment of suspense near the end of the parade when the Kermit balloon, buffeted by light wind, bumped into tree branches at Campus Martius Park. But the balloon quickly and safely cleared the obstacles.
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"I thought Kermit was going to fall down on us for a moment!" Denise Lewis of Detroit said with a laugh.
Lewis watched the tail end of the parade with her kids. She said they try to catch at least a little of the parade in person every year.
"I wanted to come down just for the atmosphere," she said.
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Detroit's Thanksgiving Parade draws big crowd with comfy weather
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Two motorists died early Thursday after one vehicle driving the wrong way on a highway in Plymouth Township crashed head-on into another vehicle, according to Michigan State Police.
State police said on its official Twitter account that its metro Detroit communications center started to receive calls early Thursday about a wrong-way driver heading east in the westbound lanes of M-14.
As troopers headed to the area, state police received calls of a head-on crash on M-14 westbound near Beck Road about 2:30 a.m. The vehicles collided in the middle lane, according to authorities. State police said a 28-year-old man from Belleville was the driver at fault. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 44-year-old man from Canton, was also pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in the second vehicle, a 35-year-old man, was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries.
Families of the victims have been notified by authorities, but the identities of the deceased drivers as well as the injured passenger have not been released by state police. State police said alcohol is suspected in this incident.
In a separate crash, also early Thursday, two state troopers were assisting with a local traffic stop on South Sheridan Road near East Colby Road about 50 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, when their patrol vehicle was struck from behind.
The patrol vehicle spun around, striking both troopers and pinning one trooper between his vehicle and another law enforcement vehicle. The pinned trooper was freed and transported from the crash scene south of Stanton to the hospital with leg injuries. The trooper was treated and released. The second trooper suffered back pain but remained on scene, according to authorities.
The driver of the vehicle was not injured and was arrested for operating under the influence. State police did not release the name of the driver nor the names of the injured troopers.
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An early morning Thanksgiving crash claims 2 lives, injures 1
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Ford’s behind-the-scenes investment at Spelman College praised as success story
A behind-the-scenes investment from the Ford Motor Company Fund has earned praise from one prominent venture capitalist who said the company's strategy is recognition of Black Girl Magic.
What began as a pilot project at Spelman College — a prestigious, Atlanta-based school known for its commitment to educating Black students since 1887 — is now an established success story, Darryl Holloman, school vice president of student affairs, told the Free Press.
The Dearborn-based, 119-year-old automaker, which has a long history of investing in diverse and underserved communities through its charitable arm, created a program at Spelman College to help first-generation college students get the support they need to flourish. Ford Fund's continued investment is a recognition that Black women are in the spotlight as a fast-growing segment of entrepreneurs, major decision-makers and community leaders who are shaping and changing America's political landscape.
Since it began in 2018, the project has mentored more than 200 women; two of them graduated at the top of their classes as valedictorians and another led campus initiatives as senior class president.
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"First-generation college students come to college equipped with the intellect and the social mobility," he said. "It really, sometimes, comes down to them having the right support and wraparound services. The money from the Ford Fund allows us to do that for some of our first-gen students who come from all over the country," Holloman said.
Mary Culler, president of the Ford Fund, said investing in ambitious young women of Spelman is a priority.
"By pairing first generation college students with Ford female executives, we hope to expand their network of support to help ensure their success throughout their college experience and beyond," Culler said in a statement to the Free Press.
The Ford Fund has spent $830,000 on the program so far, Ford Fund spokeswoman RoNeisha Mullen confirmed.
"Kids born in the bottom half tend to stay in the bottom half," said Pamela Alexander, former community relations director who coordinated philanthropic partnerships for the Ford Fund, told the Free Press after creating the program.
"We’ve had a longtime relationship with United Negro College Fund. You hear a lot about large populations of first-generation students going to college. Well, graduation rates for them are lower than they were 30 years ago," she said. "We have to have programs like this emergency fund to support these students. If we don't work together, these students won't succeed. That's not acceptable. If we've learned anything in recent weeks, we don't want to lose these doctors, these nurses and these engineers of the future."
'Humbled'
Spelman sees the tutoring and mentoring as invaluable.
"We are very humbled and grateful to accept an increase in funding from the Ford Fund this year," Holloman said, adding that it "will allow for us to also provide scholarship support for the Ford mentees."
He credited Spelman board member Suzanne Shank, of Bloomfield Hills, for her ongoing leadership as a mentor and liaison to Detroit. Shank, a former engineer at General Dynamics, is known as an investment bank titan who has managed hundreds of billions of dollars in deals for state and local governments nationally.
The Ford Fund initiative is good for society and smart business, said venture capitalist Melissa Bradley, because "it demonstrates the significant role of engagement by people who care."
Bradley is a Georgetown University business professor and founder of the 1863 Ventures program — designed to create $100 billion in new wealth for the minority entrepreneurs now called the "new majority" by 2030.
Providing skill sets and support to ambitious people who lack access to resources yields extreme leadership and academic performance that can exceed expectations, she said.
"For companies, there's clearly a talent gap at the executive levels when it comes to diversity," Bradley said. "This is a recognition that the provision of mentorship, expansion of social capital and access to opportunity creates a potential affinity for that brand.
"Therefore, it is not surprising that Ford Motor Co., and the Ford Fund, like many others, want to be part of what we call Black Girl Magic," Bradley said.
Alyssa's dream
Alyssa Cabezas, 22, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, graduated from Spelman in May as class president. She was not only the first generation in her family to graduate from college but high school as well. The summer after her junior year, she won an internship with an asset management firm and reached out to her mentor at Ford immediately.
"I was really worried about what it was going to be like, the learning curve, if people in the office were going to look like me," Cabezas told the Free Press. "She spent time just telling me what to expect in the office, how to carry myself not to close myself off from different people."
Cabezas, who now works at J.P. Morgan in New York as a commercial banking analyst, was reared by grandparents Emma and Sylvester Parker, who worked on an assembly line at Boeing. They loved her without limits but had trouble guiding her professionally.
Enter the mentor.
"She was very helpful in helping me figure out what to look for in an offer letter, and once you have a job how to sign up for a 401k," Cabezas said. "Your parents are your first exposure to what's possible. Graduating high school is a very big accomplishment. but when you don't have someone that's able to show you how you need to be focused in high school to get to college, or taking an ACT or SAT (college board) test or what to look for when choosing a college. I had to figure that out on my own.
"When I first came to high school, I was very in my shell. I didn't want to be involved too much. ... The biggest thing for me is understanding my situation growing up doesn't have to be my future. I don't have to be a product of my circumstances. I feel like I had to acknowledge I wanted more for myself. I couldn't make excuses for why I couldn't get it done. Ultimately, it's my life."'
Cabezas worked multiple jobs when she started and learned what it means to build relationships with professors and go to their office hours. What came natural to others was foreign to her, she said.
It was a known fact you were going to have internships. And everyone is so diligent about applying for jobs in the fall," Cabezas said. "I’m like, 'oh my God, I didn’t think about doing a summer internship.' That was one of the biggest realizations. Everyone is so proactive and determined and ambitious and audacious. Being around those types of women encouraged me to be like that."
Being nurtured by the first-gen program created by the Ford Fund, building friendships with others who shared their experiences, created a feeling of possibility and safety.
"The program definitely does make a difference," Cabezas said. "From freshman year, you’re automatically connected with other first gens in a class of, like, 50 of us. You can feel like an imposter being with people whose parents who have been to college. They have a straight and narrow path versus those of us trying to figure it out."
Cabezas hadn't heard of Spelman before a high school counselor suggested applying, she said.
Her dream is to return home and work in politics to make life better for families, one day becoming the first Black and first female governor of Mississippi.
"I went to a public high school in Vicksburg that, when it rained, the windows leaked. Our textbooks were more than 10 years old and outdated. Most of our teachers were long-term substitutes," Cabezas said. "It wasn't a good place for student development and achievement."
She wants to see students taught how to file taxes, apply for college loans, shadow professionals.
"I’ve never met her but I really like AOC," Cabezas said, referring to New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "She’s very unapologetically herself and not afraid to push the envelope — definitely a rebel, definitely audacious."
Learning through the first-gen program allowed Cabezas to help her brother Brandon apply for, and win, a four-year community service-based scholarship to Morehouse. And now she's focused on her two youngest brothers. Her grandmother, at 81, is all smiles. Her grandfather died at 88 in August, three months after seeing his granddaughter earn her college diploma.
Steve Harvey's role
Watching a six-minute motivational video by Steve Harvey "helped change my life," she said, adding that Harvey preaches, "You'll never know the life God had for you if you don't trust him and just jump."
It was that advice that inspired Cabezas to "pursue something audacious like Spelman, which is like $60K a year and the No. 1 HBCU in the country," she said. "But I remembered I missed the deadline."
The high school counselor who recommended Spelman told Cabezas that God has no deadlines.
Pandemic inspires remote support
Charese Mignon Morrisette-Eason, 44, of Detroit, is a former math teacher who switched careers to become a project manager with the Ford global supply chain innovation team. She wanted to do something to help during the COVID-19 pandemic and volunteered to mentor Cabezas.
"I was able to give her some pointers and tips merging from the collegiate world into the professional world. She had two internships," Morrisette-Eason said. "Alyssa worked at a capital management company in New York and I was helping her navigate the corporate environment and culture and setting her own personal goals. There’s a job that has to be done, a goal and result they're looking for. But you need to set your own personal objectives to grow."
Tips for life
She worked to keep Cabezas from being overwhelmed by a corporate setting though she had the skills to succeed.
The two communicated by phone, email and text. They talked about how to find jobs, perhaps reaching out to judges or lawyers or local officials for internships.
"If you have already established that you have the knowledge and have been trained from a skills standpoint, that now is the time to build yourself personally as a professional," Morrisette-Eason said. "How do you like to led by your leader? Pay attention to things your leader is requiring of you and how they deliver, both good and bad. A leader doesn’t always mean it's somebody you like. ... You may not like the person but they push you to be the best or able to work around adversity. Sometimes, when you get into the professional world, those support systems aren’t always apparent."
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Shea Ruddy may go down in Ottawa Lake Whiteford football history as “Mr. Clutch.”
The 5-foot-11, 170-pound senior quarterback engineered a 17-play, 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter to give the Bobcats a 26-20 victory over Ubly in a battle of unbeatens in the Division 8 championship game at Ford Field on Friday.
Ruddy capped the near eight-minute drive with a 7-yard touchdown run with only 1:59 left to break a 20-all deadlock, completing a 14-0 season and helping claim Whiteford's second state title in football.
On the game-winning drive, he completed passes of 13 and 14 yards to Hunter DeBarr and Stephan Masserant, respectively, as well running it in from 7 yards out on third-and goal for the go-ahead TD. Ruddy also converted a fourth-and-5 with a 6-yard first-down run.
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Ruddy finished 8 of 12 passing for 112 yards, while also adding 65 on the ground. Hunter DeBarr added 94 yards on 19 carries.
Ubly (13-1), using a full house T-formation attack, got a game-best 129 yards rushing from Seth Maurer. Mark Heilig added 82 yards on 18 carries, but the Bearcats, who had thrown only 25 times all season, ran out of time when defensive back Ryin Ruddy knocked down Ubly QB Evan Peruski’s fourth-down desperation pass during the final minute to preserve the victory.
To start the second half, Whiteford marched 80 yards in 12 plays to go up 20-6 capped by DeBarr’s 4-yard TD run followed by Shea Ruddy’s two-point conversion run with 7:12 left. Ruddy hit Masserant on a 25-yard pass and scrambled 23 yards for another first down to set up the score.
But Ubly answered quickly, going 80 yards in just eight plays thanks to a 31-yard TD run by Maurer with 3:34 to go in the third. Brett Mueller’s PAT split the uprights to cut the deficit to 20-13.
And the Bearcats, who seemed to have all the momentum, kept coming behind Maurer's running, tying the game at 20 on a 9-yard TD run by the 5-foot-10, 190-pound senior with 9:41 to go in the fourth after Mueller’s extra point.
Whiteford got an interception from Shea Ruddy at his own 32 with only nine seconds left in the half to preserve a 12-6 advantage. The Bobcats had a 175-125 advantage in total offense as Ruddy hit 4 of 8 passes for 56 yards while DeBarr added 52 on the ground.
Whiteford also converted on 4 of 7 third-down conversions over the first two quarters.
With 7:46 remaining in the second quarter, Whiteford’s Brayden Luse came up with a big stop on Peruski on fourth-and-goal at the Bobcats’ own 4.
But Peruski’s interception of a Shea Ruddy pass at the Bobcats’ 30 set up a 2-yard TD run by Heilig to cut the deficit to 12-6 with 4:19 left in the half after the Bearcats were unable to convert the PAT.)
On fourth-and-9, Shea Ruddy made an unbelievable clutch scramble for 10-yard run and a first down putting the ball at the Uby 1. He then carried it in for the TD, but the Bobcats were stopped on their second straight two-point attempt to hold a 12-0 advantage.
Whiteford defensive end Trent Olrich recovered an Ubly fumble at his own 48 to set up the Bobcats’ first score of the game, a 26-yard TD run by DeBarr with 9:17 left in the first quarter. Whiteford, however, was unable to convert the two-point conversion run to lead 6-0.
Whiteford won the 2018 Division 8 state title, while Ubly, with a pair of runner-up finishes, was denied in its third attempt in the finals.
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Michigan high school football finals: Warren De La Salle easily repeats as Division 2 champ
Even Brady Drogosh might have thought duplicating last year’s performance in the Division 2 state football final would be hard do, but think again.
After he accounted for 319 yards in total offense in last year’s 41-14 title victory conquest over Traverse City Central, the 6-foot-4, 215-pound senior continued to make Ford Field his own personal playground Friday leading the Pilots to convincing 52-13 victory Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central.
It was a signature performance from Drogosh, passed for two touchdowns and ran for three more and totaled 401 yards to help claim the fifth state championship for the Pilots (13-1).
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The Cincinnati commit was a one-man demolition crew as he connected on 21 of 23 passes for 249 yards and added 152 yards rushing on just 15 attempts.
By halftime, the Pilots had 336 yards in total offense with Drogosh racking up 300 himself while roaring out to 35-0 lead.
And it was almost a perfect first-half quarterback rating for Drogosh, who completed 14 of 15 passes for 188 yards and two TDs. He also rushed 12 times for 112 and another two TDs.
He scored on a 3-yard run with 9:47 left in the opening quarter followed by Rhett Roeser’s 3-yard TD run at the five-minute mark.
After Payton Babich intercepted a Ranger pass thanks to a quarterback hit by defensive end Mason Muragin (Illinois commit), Drogosh hit Jack Yanachik on a 38-yard TD toss to make it 21-0 after one quarter.
The De La Salle offensive onslaught continued into the second quarter as Drogosh scored on a 2-yard keeper to cap a 10-play, 62-yard TD drive with 9:25 remaining in the half.
The Pilots’ Sherron Sutton II had a 68-yard TD punt return nullified by a face mask penalty, but it didn’t matter as Drogosh completed a 9-yard TD pass to Triston Nichols.
Forest Hills Central (13-1) showed some life answering with two quick scores, the first coming on a 22-yard TD pass from Justin Osterhouse to Roman Brummel with 2:34 to play.
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Rangers linebacker Raymond Cargill then caused a De La Salle fumble that was recovered by Nolan Hartl and Osterhouse followed by hitting Ty Hudkins on a 25-yard TD pass with only 1:41 remaining to cut the deficit to 35-13.
But the Pilots had the last word of the opening half as Landon Ryska booted a 25-yard field goal with one second on the clock to make it 38-13.
The Pilots took a 45-13 advantage with 8:41 remaining in the third on Drogosh’s third rushing TD of the game, a 9-yard keeper. Roeser then added a 19-yard TD run to start the running clock with 6:46 to go in the same period.
Forest Hills Central, making its first finals appearance since 1994, had a tough day all around. The Rangers used two quarterbacks, Osterhouse and Mason McDonald, who were a combined 7 of 20 passing for 91 yards. They also had just 61 yards rushing for a total of 151 compared to De La Salle’s 476.
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With four rushing touchdowns in the second half of Grand Rapids West Catholic’s 59-14 dismantling of Negaunee, Timmy Kloska showed his ability to turn on the jets.
That’s appropriate, since the senior has accepted an appointment to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
“It’s really great,” he said. “It’s a beautiful place, it’s a good football team, so it’s really exciting to go out there, play some football and continue my career.”
The Falcons are getting a bright student with a team-first attitude, a great work ethic and speed to burn.
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“This kid works harder than any kid I’ve ever been around,” GRWC coach Landon Grove said. “He deserves everything he gets. I don’t think he’s getting enough respect around the state, quite frankly. It’s one of those things — the more touches he gets, the better rhythm he gets in, so we try our best to feed him as much as we can. Our offensive line was un-freaking believable, and then this guy just does what he does.”
Kloska didn’t get a lot of spotlight during the first two quarters of the Division 6 final — carrying the ball 5 times for 69 yards — but he turned on the burners after Negaunee had worked its way back into a 14-14 tie.
From that point, Kloska scored on runs of 61, 16, 3 and 13 yards, finishing with 241 yards on 19 carries — an average of 12.7 yards a carry.
“We just started executing the play calls and our O-line was doing their job,” Kloska said. “Credit to my O-line because they got the holes open, I had a little speed burst and I just tried to turn on the jets and get downfield.”
This was West Catholic’s first state title since winning five straight from 2013-17.
“Me and all my friends and all the players on the team, we’ve worked hard for this, and this has been a dream since we were in seventh grade watching all the state championships won by those guys,” Kloska said.
But coming into high school, Kloska and his pals got a sudden reality check.
“When we came in freshman year, we thought we were going to be really good, and then we watched our varsity team go 1-8," Kloska said. "That really kicked in for us and we started working really hard, fighting to get back here. We just worked really hard together to get to where we are, and it’s a great feeling.”
His opposition Friday certainly saw the type of impact Kloska made.
“I’d love to have No. 22 from West Catholic on our team, he’s a heck of a running back,” Negaunee coach Paul Jacobson said. “Obviously he’s a load and a half.
"It’s kind of funny. When we played (in the finals) in ’02, 20 years ago, our running back went to Air Force. I don’t know if that’s good or bad — a bad omen is what it was. But it is what it is, and he’s a heck of a player, and we didn’t have an answer for him in the second half.”
There must be something the Negaunee Miners like about long drives.
Not only did it take the Division 6 finalists eight hours to arrive at Ford Field from their community located west of Marquette in the U.P., Negaunee also held the ball for long periods of time during their showdown with West Catholic.
After it only took the Falcons 16 seconds to grab a 7-0 lead, Negaunee slowed the pace by keeping the ball on the ground, moving slowly and deliberately.
Operating out of the I-formation, Negaunee sustained its drives with chunks of short yardage, usually by putting the ball in the hands of Kai Lucar and Nico Lukkarinen. The Miners converted even converted four of five fourth downs in the first half.
By halftime, Negaunee had held the ball 18:48 over three drives, compared to 3:57 for West Catholic’s three possessions.
“You’ve got to give Negaunee credit,” Grove said. “Early on, they did a great job of slowing down the game and keeping the ball out of our hands.”
Although Negaunee ended up with a decided edge in time of possession (34:25-13:35), they were outgained by West Catholic, 520-178.
“They’ll line up, and they’ll go no-huddle and stuff, but if you look at the time management, West Catholic is still going 25 or 30 seconds a pop, just like us," Jacobson said. "It’s a little different offense with the spread compared to the I, but you can do a lot of different stuff with it.”
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Metro Detroit’s entrepreneurs are gearing up for another Small Business Saturday full of events, sales and openings.
Detroit Denim and K. Walker Collective are opening their doors in Midtown on Saturday morning and there are several market pop-ups happening across the area. So there are plenty of opportunities to support small businesses during one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year.
The business holiday, which takes place the day after Black Friday, is a small shop campaign that was started by American Express in 2010.
Carrie Vestrand, retail strategist at TechTown Detroit, said at this point of small business recovery after entrepreneurs went through the pandemic, “There’s almost nothing you can throw at a small business owner or a microbusiness owner that they can’t handle.”
“All the pivoting that they've been required to do will pay off,” Vestrand said. “They've learned other ways of doing business through the last few years of the COVID shutdown. This was super hard on them in the very beginning of COVID, and continues to be challenging, but they're so resilient, and they've learned in order to stay in business, ‘I need to pivot and I need to learn how to service my customers in multiple ways.’ ”
Here are some of the happenings in metro Detroit:
Detroit’s businesses
At the newly opened Convent Detroit, a space focused on wellness and health, one of its tenants, Wellness with Wendy, is running a promotion with massages and facials at a discounted rate of $49. Each session at the space, located at 13301 Mound Road, in Detroit, is 50 minutes.
“I think coming to get a massage or getting a relaxing facial is just a way to kind of show love to yourself,” said Wendy Harmon, owner of Wellness with Wendy. She has been a massage therapist for 17 years. “Renew and refresh in the hustle and bustle and the busyness of life.”
A news release about the location states that the Convent Detroit has 20 offices and studios, including an Airbnb.
Tauntus Cosmetics Beauty Bar, located at 18979 Livernois Ave., is hosting a variety of doorbuster sales starting at 11 a.m. The Avenue of Fashion business plans to host a sale every hour, which will include the opportunity to get a dollar amount or percentage off of sequin totes, hand fans, vegan bags, lapel pins, cigar accessories, bracelets and wreaths.
The store is also hosting sales all day on face masks, makeup and clothing.
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In Midtown, Detroit Denim chose to host its grand opening on the business holiday for its new storefront, which is located at 4240 Cass Ave. The business closed its original location during the pandemic, and after receiving a Motor City Match grant, it was able to open a new space to provide an experience where its customers get to purchase custom jeans. The jeans typically cost between $275 and $350.
“Small Business Saturday is always such a joyous day for us,” said Brenna Lane, co-owner of Detroit Denim. “It's not easy to be a small business, and to have a day to celebrate and have your customers come support you, and your friends and family. And then to also have that be the opening day for our store — I just thought what a better conglomeration of all of the joy.”
K. Walker Collective is also opening its Midtown storefront Saturday, which is located at 4161 Cass Ave. in Detroit. The grand opening will start at 10 a.m.
Many holiday markets will be taking place across the area.
There are 18 businesses located at Bedrock’s Downtown Detroit Markets in Cadillac Square, which will be present through the holiday season.
“Small Business Saturday is going to be a huge influx of business for them,” said Carrie Vestrand, retail strategist at TechTown Detroit. “So they're all trying to work out — ‘how do we handle this much foot traffic that we normally don't see any other day of the year?’ So it's an exciting time for them. It's an opportunity for them to get you know, direct customer feedback on what they sell, or what they make or what their services are.”
Vestrand said there will also be a market happening inside of TechTown,
TechTown and The Platform also opened a pop-up space in the Fisher Building across from the theater’s box office. CommodiTeas will be open in the pop-up space on Saturday from noon to 11 p.m., and it will also be open during "Hamilton" showings.
The East Warren Development Corporation is starting its Saturday holiday markets, which will last from Nov. 26 to Dec. 17. The market takes place at the Cadieux Stage, which is located at 4925 Cadieux Road. There will be over 30 vendors, hot cocoa, cider and food trucks.
The Livernois Holiday Weekend Festival will take place Saturday starting at 11 a.m. between Eight Mile Road and Clarita Street. This event is hosted by the Motor City Business Roundtable and the Independent Business Association. According to a Facebook post, visitors can have the opportunity to get on a horse and carriage ride, enjoy cider and doughnuts, listen to some holiday caroling and watch the community tree lighting. There are also over 30 stores expected to offer discounts.
Let’s not forget about metro Detroit’s small businesses that sell products on vendor websites like Etsy. Ebony Bagley, the owner of the Ebony Heritage Collection, has a storefront on Etsy, where she sells educational designs that have a focus on Black culture. Many of her items are related to Kwanzaa, Juneteenth and historical Black figures. Bagley sells these products in the form of wall tapestries, wall art, books and blankets.
Bagley said although she also has a website, Etsy has been the foundation in the growth of her business. She has shipped to all 50 states, and even to Africa. Her Small Business Saturday sale includes 30% to 40% off of everything on the website.
“I know a lot of small business owners across the metro Detroit area who are listed on Etsy,” Bagley said. “They might have storefronts even, but they're also selling on Etsy because through their algorithm and the way they do their marketing, we're able to reach a larger clientele than just our local area.”
Dearborn, Royal Oak, Oakland County
The Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority is hosting a few programs to encourage customers to come out on the business holiday and through the rest of winter.
It is hosting a program where customers can visit an orange tent on Fifth Avenue and pick up a passport. Customers can then spend $25 or more at four different retailers, and the passport can be submitted for a chance to win a $2,500 gift card to use downtown.
There will also be free parking at any city-owned garage on Saturday, and it will continue through the month of December, where parking will be free every Thursday through Saturday. Sundays are always free.
“While yes, we are in a day and age where you can get anything at the hands or your fingers online, but that’s not what makes up a community,” said Daniel Hill, downtown manager at the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority. “What makes up a community is our small businesses.”
A shop called Sidetrack Bookshop is planning to participate in the passport program and will also give out limited edition holiday ornaments when customers make a purchase of $50 or more. The independent bookstore sells books for all ages ranging from fiction to nonfiction.
“I think what the programs that they do really encourage people to stop in and check us out as a new business,” said Jenny Carney, owner of Sidetrack Bookshop. “They drive sales. They drive foot traffic to us. So we are happy to participate.”
Carney said that small business owners in the community are excited to have gatherings in the community, and said it has been something that has been missing over the last three years. She said everyone has realized how important these gatherings can be.
“One way of showing that support is coming out on Small Business Saturday, or over the weekend and doing your shopping locally,” said Carney. “You're putting money back into your own community, instead of sending it off to somewhere else that’s not in your own community.”
Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn is expecting to host an Instagram competition for shoppers Saturday. If shoppers like a post about the competition and tag a friend on the mall’s Instagram page, @ShopFairlane, there is a chance to win a $150 gift card from Toyland.
The mall also started its photos with Santa on Friday.
And in Oakland County, there’s a campaign for residents and visitors to “Shop Small and Local” with a sweepstakes. The county is asking for people to take a selfie at small businesses that one would consider to be a local gem. With every business submitted, participants have the opportunity to be entered to win a $1,000 and $500 prize. More information about the contest can be found at OakGov.com/ShopSmall.
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But after losing her job in 2014, Leali fell behind on the home's property taxes. In 2020, when she tried to apply for programs to help with home repairs and paying off property back taxes, she realized that the house needed to be in her name. The fact that the house is still in Leali's grandfather's name disqualifies her from most of those programs. The home is in the probate process and the title hasn't yet been transferred to Leali.
“I've been stressed out trying to figure this out because the last thing you want to do is be homeless with your children,” Leali, 47, said.
It’s unclear how many Detroiters are living in homes involved in what some called "tangled titles." But it’s an issue that foreclosure prevention experts that focus on the city often come across. They say there needs to be more education on how to navigate the process. Title problems can prevent people from getting into assistance programs that help pay for home repairs or back property taxes. When a title doesn't transfer within a family, it can be a barrier for families building generational wealth through their homes.
“Every time we can keep someone in a family home, that's one more anchor in the community, that's one more family who can begin to build wealth through having a home and an asset that has remained in the family," said Alyssa Petroni, a staff attorney at Michigan Legal Services.
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Petroni, who provides probate assistance to the tax foreclosure prevention project at the United Community Housing Coalition, said that title issues arise when there is no will or trust in place. In those cases, when a homeowner dies and ownership of the home still remains in their name, transferring ownership is usually done through probate. But that process can be inaccessible to many because there are limited legal aid resources to help people who can't afford a lawyer.
People living in these homes often don't realize they must go through the legal proceeding to transfer the title until they need to do something with the home, housing experts said. That could include selling the home, applying for assistance for home repairs or to pay property taxes or applying for the city of Detroit's poverty tax exemption, known as the Homeowners Property Exemption.
It's an “on fire, red-hot emergency” for her clients who are facing tax foreclosure, she said.
"The need is far greater than what we can provide," Petroni said. Probate can be done without an attorney, she said, but it's much easier with legal help.
Wayne County Probate Court said in late September that it is on pace to have about 4,400 new decedent estate filings this year. That's when an estate is opened if a person dies and their property is still in just their name. In 2021, there were 4,708 such cases. The court does not track how many of these filings specifically involve the transfer of a house.
The cost of retaining an attorney can be a barrier for people with low incomes. Probate fees may start at $175, and that doesn't account for other court and register of deeds costs or paying for an attorney. The majority of Petroni's clients will spend under $1,000 on court fees and the property transfer, she said, but at her nonprofit firm, the legal aid is free.
Title troubles have the potential to disrupt the building of generational through home ownership.
"Once the property begins to fall behind and back taxes, we know that if they're three years behind, that asset is going to be pulled from the future of the family, they are no longer going to have legal rights to the home,” Petroni said.
"Most of the time people find out late in the foreclosure cycle,” he said, and they can’t access a slew of assistance programs.
Leali wants to stay in her Detroit home. It's the perfect size for her family, she said, and nine minutes from her job. She likes the neighborhood.
“I was raised in this home. I lived with my parents, but I spent a lot of time with my grandparents as well,” she said. “We had big family dinners. We had family gatherings. So this house means the world to me. My grandparents loved their home and for me to have the opportunity to keep up something they took so much pride in, gives me great honor, so I definitely don't want to lose it.”
Leali's property was taken out of the tax foreclosure this year because it was in probate. For that to happen next year, she would need to notify the Wayne County Treasurer's Office of being in the probate process again or pay off the back tax debt. But the fact that the home is not in her name disqualifies her from most payment plans.
Aside from one program for non-owner-occupied properties, the majority of payment plans through the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office are out of reach for this group.
They also can’t access the county's Pay As You Stay, or PAYS, program, which can reduce back taxes for some low-income residents.
"For households that don’t have a home in their name, we typically make a referral to a counseling agency or nonprofit legal services," MSHDA communications director Katie Bach said in an email.
"We know there is great need for this type of help, and we are working as fast as we can to get these services up and running. Title issues (probate, estate planning, property transfers, etc.) will be built into the Detroit Housing Network’s line of services in the very near future," said Dan Austin, a spokesperson for the city of Detroit's planning, housing and development departments in an email.
Often referred to as “tangled titles” or “heirs property” in other parts of the country, title snags can have repercussions for individual families and neighborhoods.
Homes in this situation may fall into disrepair, leading to abandonment and blight, and ultimately reduce the number of affordable housing units if occupants can't obtain help maintaining their homes, according to a 2021 report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, which looked at tangled titles in Philadelphia. The city has a grant program to help low-income residents clear titles to their homes.
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Dozens of Detroit Pistons employees — players, coaches, front office members and business staffers alike — were seated in a large room at Huntington Place downtown as Arn Tellem shared his family history.
Tellem paused and gathered himself as he talked about his grandfather, Max, who emigrated from the shtetl of Viduklė, Lithuania, to Philadelphia in 1910. An Orthodox Jew, Max hailed from a long line of rabbis. His frequent Sunday visits to his grandfather often consisted of playing chess and watching baseball.
“He used to say that being a Phillies fan was like being Jewish — it wasn’t easy, and every day, it was a test of faith,” Tellem, a former sports power agent and the Pistons’ current vice chairman, said, drawing laughter from the crowd.
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Tellem and his wife, Nancy, were honored at the Zekelman Holocaust Center’s 38th Anniversary Benefit on Nov. 13. Both of their families were affected by the tragedy, during which six million people — a significant portion Jewish — were murdered by Nazi Germany from 1941-45. Max was able to bring three of his siblings to the United States. Two others, Aaron and Bayla, remained in Europe and were eventually killed by Nazis.
Arn is named after Aaron, carrying his Hebrew name. As the NBA handles the fallout from Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving posting an antisemitic movie on Twitter a month ago, the Pistons have been able to learn, largely through Tellem, the history of Jewish people in Europe and America, and why antisemitic propaganda is dangerous.
Every coach on the roster — including head coach Dwane Casey — and nearly every player, attended the benefit despite that Sunday being a rare off day for the team. General manager Troy Weaver, assistant general managers George David, Josh Bartelstein, Tony Leotti and several others front office members were also present. Several Pistons players sent supportive texts to Tellem after his speech.
“For the players to see and witness and hear the memories in the film that was shown, I think the hope is when you have those events, the immeasurable pain of the Holocaust and the significance is not lost on this generation or any future generation,” Tellem told the Free Press in a phone interview this week. “That’s the importance. For all of us — for the players, for the coaching staff — I think it’s a reminder for all of us and for all of us that were there and for all of us as we talk about these things, is so we can never shut our eyes, never turn our backs, never refuse to acknowledge the truth no matter how unpleasant and we must remind ourselves of these tragedies, not just the Jewish ones but of all these tragedies that we suffered, and that it shouldn’t be lost on any future generation.”
On Oct. 27, Irving posted a documentary titled “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America.” The documentary, among many false claims, included a fake quote from Adolf Hitler claiming that “negroes” are the “true Hebrews,” and asserted that the Holocaust never happened. The next day, Nets owner Joe Tsai tweeted that he was “disappointed” that Irving shared the documentary. On Oct. 29, the NBA released a statement condemning hate speech.
After Irving failed to apologize for sharing the documentary on social media, NBA commissioner Adam Silver released a statement on Nov. 3 condemning Irving’s “reckless decision to post a link to a film containing deeply offensive antisemitic material.” Nike suspended its partnership with Irving and announced it wouldn’t release his next shoe, the Kyrie 8. The Nets eventually suspended Irving for at least five games; it ended up lasting for eight games. Irving has since apologized, but he received support from several NBA players, including LeBron James, who felt his punishment was excessive.
Tellem has seen a worrying rise in antisemitism in the United States over the last half-decade. He declined to weigh in on Irving for the story, but he wants to use his platform to educate — not just the Pistons, but broader society as well.
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“It’s about education and really, for me, what’s so hard and really since 2015 or 16, our country has really been divided,” Tellem told the Free Press. “There’s been so much hatred unleashed against all people, just recently against gays in Colorado. Racism and antisemitism and all forms of bigotry have been unleashed in this country. And for me, what was powerful about the night is that it brought all of us together in a moment of support for one another. What was so encouraging for me was that the players and coaching staff all reacted overwhelmingly positive about the experience they had there that night, and wanting to learn more, wanting an expression of support.”
Neither Tellem or the Pistons have shied away from politics since Tellem joined the franchise in 2015. In June 2020, the organization marched alongside protestors following George Floyd’s murder. Later that summer, the Henry Ford Pistons Performance Center was converted to a satellite center for that November’s presidential election.
Tellem sees sports as a vehicle to bring people together. In the wake of the NBA’s bout with antisemitism, he hopes sports can accomplish that goal once again.
“Hopefully it will open up better dialogue between us, which is the most important thing, having better dialogue among everyone,” Tellem said. “Everyone has suffered, and has tragedy and loss in their background and heartbreak. To better learn about everyone’s experience, whether it’s Blacks, Muslims, Hispanics or Jews, or anyone else, the list is endless. Hopefully it’ll enable us to get to a better place in our society through this kind of dialogue and education.”
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Before Hershey Shoes closes, it has one last thing to sell.
A rare merry-go-round that dates to the 1970s is going up for auction.
The play set, known as the Hollywood Jr, was created by Buster Brown, a famous Michigan shoe brand that dates to 1878, according to Nostalgia Central's website. The company originally made multiple designs of the carousels. Some feature four seats, and others, like the one at Hershey Shoes in Garden City, was a six-seater that featured small horses with names like Beauty, Fury, Ginger, or Silver, and wooden seats, wheels and pedals.
Collectible websites like Eldred's put the carousel's value at $600 to $900. This one is selling to the highest bidder.
Garden City resident Jackie Perrydore posted on Facebook that she and the Straight Farmhouse Historical Museum in Garden City are launching a campaign to raise funds to buy the carousel when it goes up for sale. They are seeking donations to fund the effort.
Potential donors can bring or mail donations to Friends of the Garden City Historical Museum at 6221 Merriman.
Every donation is tracked and will be returned if the museum isn't the highest bidder. The group is requesting to include contact information on the donation. Donations are also tax-deductible.
The museum is open Wednesday through Friday from noon to 3 p.m.
Hershey Shoes announced in earlier November, it was closing after 76 years. The closure comes after owner Tom Walch decided to retire. It's expected to close by year-end.
The bidding for the carousel is expected to end on Dec. 1 and the retirement sale ends on Dec. 31.
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Appeared left for dead due to costly turnovers and numerous penalties, Jackson Lumen Christi pulled a Lazarus-type act to notch its 12th state football championship in school history.
The Titans rallied from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to score 15 unanswered points to stun Traverse City St. Francis, 15-12, in the Division 7 final at Ford Field on Saturday.
With gritty senior quarterback Joe Lathers at the controls engineering a six-play, 49-yard drive, Lumen Christi (11-3) took the lead for keeps, 13-12, thanks to Derrick Walker’s 2-yard run with only 7:05 remaining. Lathers then ran in for the two-pointer to make it a three-point cushion.
Alex Pastoriza followed by coming up with a key interception at his own 37 with 6:21 to play and the Titans converted to a critical fourth-and-1 by Walker and were able to bleed out the clock on a pair of first down runs by Walker and another by Devian Walker to clinch the victory
Lumen Christi, which lost its first three games to start the season, finished with 11 straight victories and gave 43-year coach Herb Brogan his 10th title. St. Francis had beaten Lumen Christi in a shootout in the second game of the regular season, 42-35.
After a scoreless third quarter and trailing 12-0, Lumen Christi finally got on track as Lathers scored on an 18-yard keeper on fourth-and-3 with 11:20 remaining in the game to make it a five-point deficit following Andrew Salazar’s extra point.
It was all St. Francis (13-1) in the opening half as the Gladiators caused three turnovers and held a 200-64 margin in total yardage. Lumen Christi was minus-8 yards rushing on 11 attempts in the first half.
But the script flipped in the second half as the Titans ran for 159 yards on the ground with Lathers finishing with 115 on 21 carries. He also hit 9 of 15 passes for 99 yards. The Titans also held St. Francis to a mere 29 yards of total offense over the final two quarters.
St. Francis senior QB Wyatt Nausadis was 8 of 13 passing for 88 yards, while rushing for an additional 56. Meanwhile, Lathers was 6 of 12 for 72, but was picked off twice.
With 9:38 left in the second, St. Francis got on the board with a nine-play, 60-yard drive capped by Joey Donahue’s 1-yard run. But the Gladiators botched the extra point attempt. The touchdown was set up when John Hagelstein intercepted a Lumen Christi pass at his own 40.
The Gladiators took a 12-0 advantage after John Prichard came up with an interception at his own 44 with 3:16 left in the first half. Nausadis completed three straight passes for 21, 6 and 10 yards before keeping it himself for an 8-yard TD run with just 34 seconds remaining in the half, but St. Francis was unable to complete two-point pass.
Prior to Hagelstein’s interception, the Titans had recovered a St. Francis fumble at the Gladiators 35 but then turned it right back with the interception.
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MHSAA football finals: Jackson Lumen Christi rallies to win Division 7
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Grand Valley State 13, Northwest Missouri State 8: Tarik Reid’s 7-yard run with 1:55 remaining sent the top-seeded Lakers (13-0) on to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals, and a rematch with Ferris State.
GVSU’s defense stood stout all afternoon in Allendale, keeping the Bearcats out of the end zone; their only points came on two field goals and a third-quarter safety. But the Lakers struggled to reach the end zone for much of the afternoon as well after taking a 7-0 lead on Reid’s 4-yard TD run with 1:50 remaining in the first quarter. GVSU had 200 yards rushing and another 194 passing while holding the Bearcats to 53 on the ground and 249 through the air.
Reid had 15 carries for the Lakers for 98 yards, and quarterback Cade Peterson, who failed to get into the end zone on a 2-point try on the second TD, had 13 carries for 78 yards. Peterson was also 9-for-23 on the ground.
The Lakers will have a tougher challenge on the ground next week in Allendale, as Ferris State, the defending national champs, use a run-heavy attack. GVSU rallied from a 21-10 deficit to beat Ferris State, 22-21, on Oct. 15, ending the Bulldogs’ unbeaten streak at 43 games.
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Ferris State 17, Pittsburg (Kansas) St. 14: After Mylik Mitchell hit Brady Rose for a 69-yard touchdown with 92 seconds left in the first quarter, it looked like the Bulldogs would have an easy path to a rematch with the Lakers. But the Gorillas’ defense stiffened and rallied to tie Ferris State, thanks to an 18-yard interception return late in the first half.
But in the end, the Bulldogs prevailed, taking their final lead on a 20-yard field goal by Eddie Jewett with 9:47 remaining in the fourth quarter. Ferris State mustered just 104 yards on 34 carries, led by Marcus Taylor’s 13 for 59 yards, but Mitchell was mostly effective as a passer: 24-for-36 for 286 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.
The winner of next week’s game between the Lakers and Bulldogs will advance to the national semifinals, to be played on Dec. 10. The four national semifinalists are reseeded and play for the two berths in the final, slated for Dec. 17 in McKinney, Texas.
Division III: Scots fall at home to Aurora
Aurora 48, Alma 26: The Scots’ historic season, in which they finished the regular season undefeated for the first time in program history, is over as Alma (13-1) had no answer for the Spartans’ offensive attack. Aurora piled up 297 yards on the ground, on 61 carries, and added another 284 through the air. Alma, meanwhile, kept up passing, with 275 yards, but struggled on the ground with 38 carries for 156 yards. Jhequay Chretin led the Spartans with 38 carries for 225 yards and two touchdowns while quarterback Josh Swanson completed 22 of 37 passes for 284 yards and four TDs.
For Alma, freshman quarterback Carter St. John went 15-for-29 for 273 yards and two TDs, but only rushed eight times for 25 yards and a TD. Eddie Williams rushed 25 times for 113 yards.
The two teams traded TDs in the first quarter, but the second was all Aurora as Swanson picked up three of his four TDs and Chretin added a 5-yarder on the ground to build a 34-6 lead at the half. The lead swelled to 48-12 in the fourth quarter before St. John led a pair of scoring drives.
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Without Corum, a Heisman candidate and one of the nation's top rushers, Michigan still piled up 252 rushing yards Saturday, thumping the rival Buckeyes. U-M hardly trailed after the first quarter, committed no turnovers and got three touchdown passes from J.J. McCarthy.
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It's Harbaugh's second straight win over the Buckeyes and his team's second straight trip to the Big Ten title, where U-M will face one of the uninspiring teams that wins the West Division. Another College Football Playoff berth appears on the horizon as well.
For now, let's focus on The Game. What a game it was.
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Michigan football clobbers Ohio State: 'Props to Harbaugh'
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Caledonia was the latest team to learn just how tough it is to hold down the Belleville Tigers.
And quarterback Bryce Underwood, for that matter — the heralded 6-foot-3 sophomore guided Belleville to its second straight Michigan high school football Division 1 championship with a 35-17 victory over the Fighting Scots at Ford Field.
Belleville, able to overcome a 17-14 deficit late in the third quarter, completed a perfect 14-0 season despite the suspension, then firing, of coach Jermain Crowell.
Underwood did it not only with his arm, but also his long striding legs.
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A year ago as a freshman, Underwood threw five TD passes in a 55-33 win over Rochester Adams. In his second state final, he rushed for 149 yards on just 10 carries with a touchdown and went 15-for-25 through the air for another 155 yards and one TD.
The Tigers, in fact, put together an overall and effective run game as well, racking up 288 yards to finished with 443 yards of total offense.
The game-clinching touchdown came with 8:34 left in the final quarter when Underwood ran 48 yards to put the Tigers up by two scores, 28-17. That followed a 10-yard run by Jeremiah Beasley on fourth-and-2 at midfield.
The Tigers then put an exclamation point on the victory with just 3:50 remaining when Underwood hit Mychal Yharbrough for a 25-yard TD to complete the scoring.
Both teams were unable to convert on fourth downs to start the third quarter, however, as Belleville’s James Robinson tackled Justice Reed for a 3-yard loss at the Belleville 49, and Underwood threw incomplete on fourth-and-14 at the Caledonia 35.
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But Caledonia, behind the running of senior quarterback Mason McKenzie, got down to the Belleville 5 on its next possession before settling for a 22-yard Luke Vogler field goal to go back up 17-14 with 2:06 to go in the third.
The Caledonia lead didn’t last long, however, as the Tigers’ Andre Thomas ripped off a 36-yard TD run for a 21-17 advantage with 39 seconds to go in the third after Underwood had gained 40 on a keeper on the previous play.
Despite being the underdog, Caledonia proved it could go toe-to-toe with the Tigers during the first half, heading to intermission tied at 14.
The Fighting Scots got on the board first with 5:27 left in the first quarter on Brock Townsend’s 1-yard TD run to cap a seven-play, 66-yard drive.
But Belleville responded with a seven-play, 80-yard drive with Colbey Reed barreling through a host of Caledonia tacklers and into the end zone for a 38-yard TD to tie it at 7 with 3:57 to go in the first.
The Fighting Scots had another scoring threat thwarted with 10:47 to go in the second when Adrian Walker intercepted a McKenzie pass just outside the end zone.
Belleville, however, couldn’t take advantage of the turnover and Caledonia came back to take a 14-7 lead on another 1-yard TD run by Townsend to cap an eight-play, 61-yard drive with 3:48 remaining in the half.
The Fighting Scots were knocking on the door once again near the end of the half, getting down to the Belleville 27, but McKenzie was sacked on fourth-and-4 by Lamar Fairfax for a 20-yard loss with 1:12 remaining.
Taking over with prime field position at his own 47, Underwood made the Scots pay, hitting Walker for 24 yards, Dennis Simes for 13 and Dennis Crawford for another 27 during the final minute before connecting with Walker on a 7-yard TD strike with only 15 seconds left to make it 14-14.
Underwood was 11-for-17 passing for 117 yards in the first half, and the Tigers rushed for 99 for a total of 216, while Caledonia rushed for 130 yards with McKenzie going for 78 on 12 carries.
McKenzie, the 6-foot, 180-pound senior, carried most of Caledonia’s offense throughout the game, rushing for 134 yards on 23 carries. He added 77 yards passing, going 6-for-18 with a pair of interceptions.
Caledonia ended its season at 12-2 overall.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Say this for Michigan State football: despite missing a number of players on both sides of the ball Saturday, the Spartans summoned up enough resolve to nearly pull off an upset at No. 10 Penn State.
The defense applied pressure and got stops in the second half. The offense made key plays. The special teams units played big roles.
But it wasn’t enough. And it likely means MSU won’t have enough to go to a bowl game.
The Spartans made it a five-point game early in the fourth quarter, but the Nittany Lions went on a time-consuming march and delivered the knockout punch with an 12-yard touchdown pass from Sean Clifford to running back Nicholas Singleton. MSU quarterback Payton Thorne was intercepted three plays later, and PSU added another score on the next play en route to a 35-16 victory.
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The season is likely over for Spartans (5-7, 3-5 Big Ten), who would need fewer than 82 six-win teams to qualify for the 41 bowl games and get help from others to get a bid based upon Academic Progress Rate scores.
Clifford threw four touchdown passes and went 19 of 24 for 202 yards for Penn State (10-2, 7-2). Kaytron Allen and Singleton combined for 160 rushing yards as the Nittany Lions outgained MSU, 410-254.
The Spartans played without three defensive linemen (Jalen Hunt, Jeff Pietrowski and Khris Bogle), three defensive backs (Charles Brantley, Ronald Williams and Jaden Mangham) and three offensive linemen (Jarrett Horst, Matt Carrick and Brian Greene). That on top of eight suspended defensive players, three of them who were starters and two of them key backups at the time of the Oct. 29 incident at Michigan that resulted in charges being filed Wednesday against seven of them.
Thorne was 24-for-43 for 229 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and he had a 2-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that helped MSU pull within five. Keon Coleman caught eight passes for 91 yards, but the Spartans managed just 25 rushing yards on 25 carries. Thorne was sacked three times and hurried six times as his offensive line continually broke down under the pressure.
A week after missing field-goal attempts at the end of regulation and in overtime of their two-OT loss to Indiana, MSU benefitted from the Nittany Lions missing a pair of kicks in the first half. And the Spartans got a big boot of their own.
The game started as poorly as possible for MSU. Thorne’s backward lateral to Jayden Reed on the third play of the game fell low and was ruled a fumble. The receiver didn’t go for the ball on the turf, and the Nittany Lions recovered at the Spartans’ 29.
MSU’s defense managed to force a three-and-out, then Penn State’s Jake Pinegar’s 37-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide right.
Thorne spent the first half under near-constant duress as the MSU offensive line struggled to handle Penn State’s persistent pressure up front. The Spartans gave up their first sack in three games to end their second drive, and Thorne was officially hurried three other times and had a defender in his face frequently.
The Nittany Lions got on the board late in the first quarter, with Clifford converting on fourth-and-2 with a 7-yard pass in front of MSU cornerback Ameer Speed, then hitting tight end Theo Johnson on a third down for an 11-yard touchdown. That came as a result of presnap confusion in the Spartans’ secondary, allowing Johnson to run down the middle uncovered.
PSU made it 14-0 on its next possession, using a double pass to freeze MSU’s secondary. Clifford threw it behind the line of scrimmage on the left sideline to KeAndre Lambert-Smith, and the receiver launched a 48-yard strike to a wide-open Johnson in stride.
The Spartans watched Pinegar miss again from 28 yards out with 1:27 to play before half, then Thorne moved MSU to the Penn State 34 in hurry-up mode, but the clock was ticking when he completed a short pass to Elijah Collins in the middle of the field. The offense hustled to the line, with Thorne barely able to spike the ball with 1 second left. Freshman kicker Jack Stone entered and boomed a 51-yard field goal — the Spartans’ longest of the season, and his first since a 43-yarder at the end of the half against Akron in Week 2.
Comeback attempt
PSU had a 245-128 yardage edge at halftime, including a 127-8 advantage on the ground. The Nittany Lions also were 4-for-8 on third down and held the Spartans to 1-for-7.
Thorne continued to get heat in the second half, but MSU’s defense also turned it up on Clifford. However, Reed fumbled a punt that Penn State recovered at the Spartans’ 17-yard line. Two plays later, Clifford hit tight end Tyler Warren for a 14-yard touchdown pass to make it 21-3 with 5:42 left in the third quarter.
MSU answered, though. Collins had a 10-yard run on fourth-and-2 to extend the drive, then Thorne found tight end Maliq Carr, who made a one-handed catch for a 9-yard touchdown to help make it 21-10 with 1:37 left in the third.
The Spartans held Penn State to three straight plays of negative yardage to stop the next drive, then Thorne converted three third-and-long passes to move MSU down the field. The junior quarterback finished it with a 2-yard scoring run, but he got drilled trying to throw the two-point conversion pass, which got knocked to the ground like he did.
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Michigan State football drops season finale at Penn State, 35-16
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Two of the state’s most freewheeling teams went toe-to-toe in the Michigan high school football Division 3 state championship game Saturday night at Ford Field, and it didn’t take long for Detroit King to make its mark against Muskegon.
King’s Jameel Croft took the opening kick to the end zone from 56 yards away, grabbing a 7-0 lead just 15 seconds into the contest and establishing the tone for King’s 56-27 victory. Croft scored again on a 13-yard reception from Dante Moore just over five minutes into the first quarter, and the Big Reds had to try to work back from the early deficit all night.
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“The opening kickoff, it was just great blocks,” Croft said. “The coaches set it up perfect for me and they just sprung me, all the good teammates. It gave us a little bit of momentum, but I knew we had to keep working, for sure. We just had to keep putting points on the board to come out victorious.”
Muskegon quickly showed it could deliver a punch as well as take one, answering on a 60-yard burst from quarterback M’Khi Guy on the first play of the next series to cut the deficit in half. But Damon Stennis restored King’s two-score lead 1:55 before the end of the opening quarter. Stennis took a backward pass from Dante Moore and brought it to the end zone — credited as a 9-yard run.
Muskegon worked back to within a touchdown on their next possession, starting when Dustin Piggee’s 41-yard kickoff return brought the ball past midfield. With Guy and Jakob Price splitting the running assignments, the Big Reds quickly got the ball into the red zone.
On fourth-and-1 from the 8, Guy kept the ball and encountered a wall of King defenders. He reversed field and was able to make the turn around the right end and scrambled into the end zone to bring Muskegon within 21-14.
“I just knew what was coming up — this is a real great team; great head coach, great coaching staff on their side. Everybody saw what No. 3 (Guy) and No. 6 (Piggee) did today — quick speed, an O-line dominant up front and really just being the best they can be,” Moore said. “I knew I couldn’t lose to two Muskegon teams here. We played Mona Shores and Brady Rose (in the 2019 final) and I was just looking at that film all week and looking at my mistakes, and seeing what I needed to do to get better.”
The Crusaders (10-3) quickly re-established their two-touchdown lead with 4:33 to play in the half, on Sterling Anderson’s 19-yard off-tackle run.
King’s defense forced Muskegon (11-3) to punt the ball back with 2:24 left, an eternity for Moore and his offense. The Oregon-bound blue-chipper hit four of five passes on the drive, including a delivery to Anderson in the open field at the Muskegon 23. Anderson made two tacklers miss before being driven out of bounds at the 2. From there, Moore hit Stennis streaking across the end zone to go up 35-14 at the half.
The score remained that way until five minutes remained in the third quarter, when Jakob Price scored on a two-yard dive. That was set up by a 51-yard burst on the prior play by Guy, who faked a handoff and hit an interior seam.
“I knew they were going to be prepared, and I knew they were quick and had athletes,” King coach Tyrone Spencer said. “It’s hard to really prepare for that at practice. But we brought some J.V. kids up and had them play the quarterback and at first they gave us some problems, but as practice went on we started getting it and I felt really good. It showed today.”
On the final play of the third quarter, Moore spotted Jacobe Oglesby in the end zone, who went up over a Muskegon defender to haul in a high ball. Terrence Moore’s sixth extra point set King’s lead at 42-21.
The teams traded two more scores in quick fashion to start the fourth quarter. Piggee streaked into the end zone on a 71-yard pass reception, but King answered the blow on the first play of the next series with an 80-yard Anderson sprint, making the count 49-27.
King struck again with 5:17 to play, as Moore threw a 12-yard pass to Croft, who fell across the goal line while being tackled.
Both quarterbacks kept the tempo up all night. Moore completed 21 of 26 pass attempts for 275 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for another 29 yards. Guy only threw four passes, completing two, but they went for 97 yards and one score. He ended the night with 135 rushing yards and an appreciated for Moore.
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“The game pace was definitely fast; we played against a five-star quarterback,” Guy said. “I think he’s prepared mentally and physically to play at the next level. He played quarterback at a fast tempo, he completed passes and he made great decisions.”
Anderson had 207 yards on the ground on 13 attempts, averaging just short of 16 yards per carry, as the Crusaders racked up 529 yards of total offense.
For so much ball movement, it was a clean game, with just one turnover — a Muskegon fumble on its opening possession of the second half.
Muskegon seems to have King’s number everywhere but Ford Field. The Big Reds hold a 6-2 edge in head-to-head competition all-time, but King’s two victories came Saturday and in the 2018 Division 3 title game — another high-scoring affair at 41-25.
“Maybe it’s the ride, I don’t know, but at the end of the day I’m just glad that we’re able to get it done,” Spencer said. “That’s the winningest program in the state, so if you can beat them, it’s great for our program.”
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2022-11-27T05:17:24Z
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MHSAA football final: Detroit King mows Muskegon for D-3 title, 56-27
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And if you want a piece of that history, get a poster copy of our weekly college football section in Sunday's Free Press.
This high-quality poster, which is 14 inches wide and 27 inches tall, is printed on 120-pound paper with a premium matte coating, making it a long-lasting way to commemorate the Wolverines' second-half surge for the ages (and just in time for the holidays).
You can pre-order the front page today for $19.95 using this link at Pediment Publishing.
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Michigan football's win over Ohio State: Buy our front page poster
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Detroit Pistons (5-16) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (12-7)
Betting line: Cavs by 7.
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Game notes: The Pistons have won two of three, with road wins over the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz coming before a road loss to the Phoenix Suns. The Cavaliers have won four straight and looked to be one of the best teams in the East. The Cavs dominated the Pistons earlier this month while missing Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell, and those two are set to be back Sunay. Kevin Love had 30 points in the Nov. 4 blowout and three other Cavaliers scored at least 20. Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 19 points and Saddiq Bey had 18 but neither is expected to suit up Sunday.
Up next for the Pistons: a Tuesday home game vs. the New York Knicks. The Cavs stay on the raod for a Monday night game vs. the Toronto Raptors.
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Election Day in Michigan may have been weeks ago, but one more piece of business is left before its results can become official — the Board of State Canvassers must canvass and certify the election.
The board has been around for close to 175 years, but its role in state elections can often fly under the radar. Here's a quick primer on the board's purpose and what we can expect at Monday's meeting:
What is the Board of State Canvassers?
The Board of State Canvassers is a four-member body comprised of two Republicans and two Democrats, all appointed by the governor. Canvassers serve staggered, four-year terms.
Board members are tasked with canvassing and certifying, or making official, statewide elections, which is what's on their agenda for Monday. The board also has other duties, including conducting recounts for state-level offices when necessary, canvassing petitions for statewide candidates and ballot initiatives, adopting the ballot language for such petition initiatives and approving which electronic voting systems can be used in Michigan.
Monday's vote will focus on certifying the November election. All of Michigan's 83 counties have canvassing boards of their own, tasked with certifying local election results. Every county canvassing board certified its respective election results by last week's Tuesday deadline.
When are they meeting?
Canvassers are scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Monday in Lansing, with canvassing and certifying the November election the chief item on their agenda. The meeting will take place at the Binsfeld Office Building in room 1100 and is open to the public. It can also be viewed live on the Michigan Senate livestream.
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Meeting not expected to be contentious
Given that all 83 of Michigan's counties certified their elections, largely without issue, the expectation is that the Board of State Canvassers will likely follow suit. A group did protest certification at Wayne County's meeting Tuesday, but the county board unanimously signed off on certifying the county's election results.
Board of State Canvassers meetings in recent years have proven eventful and garnered substantial attention.
In 2020, the board eventually certified the results of that year's presidential election, but not before hearing a slew of false conspiracy theories attempting to cast doubt on Michigan's election processes that year. The board's ultimate vote to certify was 3-0, with one Republican member abstaining from the vote.
Earlier this year, the board deadlocked along partisan lines, keeping several Republican gubernatorial candidates from appearing on the August primary ballot after a petition signature scandal rocked the race. Several court challenges from the candidates seeking to appear on the ballot were unsuccessful.
And, most recently, the board split along partisan lines again to certify two petition initiatives from appearing on the November ballot. The Michigan Supreme Court eventually ruled that both initiatives should appear on the ballot, and voters ultimately approved measures protecting abortion access and clarifying voting rights.
Compared with 2020, there has been little noise around the results of the most recent election — the state's county canvassing boards certified county election results largely without incident. And unlike in the aftermath of the 2020 election, efforts to undermine election results have been largely shot down by Republicans, including House Speaker Jason Wentworth, R-Clare.
Wentworth, in an email to Republican state Rep. Steve Carra, R-Three Rivers, rebuffed attempts to investigate unfounded claims of election fraud in the 2022 election, calling it a "shameless and half-baked political stunt."
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2022-11-27T12:50:11Z
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Michigan's Board of Canvassers meeting: what to know
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Grand Rapids Meijer announced its supercenter stores will offer free home delivery to customers receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The free service is to help “families stretch their dollars even further throughout the busiest shopping season of the year,” Meijer said in a news release.
SNAP customers can use the service through Dec. 31. In October, Meijer began offering discounts on SNAP-qualifying produce items. To make the discount possible, which is 10% off fresh fruit and vegetables purchased in stores, Meijer received a waiver from the US Department of Agriculture. The discount will be offered to SNAP customers through Dec. 31.
Orders for home delivery need to be placed through meijer.com. The delivery fee is waived at checkout when SNAP benefits are used as a form of payment. SNAP customers can go to meijer.com/ebt-snap from a desktop or mobile phone and create an account or sign in to add an EBT card as a payment method.
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2022-11-27T16:44:52Z
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Meijer to offer free grocery delivery for SNAP recipients
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For three quarters, the Detroit Pistons appeared to be on the verge of avoiding a schedule loss. They were less than two days removed from a 12-day, six-game road trip, and faced a Cleveland Cavaliers team that appears to be a contender in the Eastern Conference.
But the Cavaliers used a late 23-10 run in the fourth quarter to rally for a 102-94 win over the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena, behind a 32-point night from star guard Donovan Mitchell. Evan Mobley added a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Darius Garland also had a double-double (19 points, 10 assists).
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Marvin Bagley III finished with a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double, Alec Burks provided 17 points off the bench and Killian Hayes added 16 points and eight assists. Saddiq Bey returned from a four-game absence and scored 15 points. The Pistons were without Jaden Ivey (right knee soreness) for the second straight game, and Bojan Bogdanovic (right knee and ankle soreness). Cade Cunningham and Isaiah Stewart also missed their 10th and seventh games in a row, respectively.
Through three quarters, the Pistons were mostly in control. They held the advantage for nearly 34 of 36 minutes, with the Cavs holding the lead for just 37 seconds. Detroit’s biggest lead was by 12 points in the first quarter; the Cavs otherwise kept the margin close before their game-winning run.
Cleveland finally found some consistency in the fourth quarter, using a 14-6 run to take a 93-90 lead with 4:54 to play. It was a Mobley 3, his second of the night, that gave Cleveland the lead for good. Hayes knocked down a floater with 2:30 on the clock to cut the deficit to 94-92, but Mitchell hit a dagger 3 with 2:09 remaining that effectively put the game away. Mitchell hit a pair of free throws with 1:16 to go to extend Cleveland’s lead to seven.
Bagley extends hot scoring streak
Sunday marked Bagley’s sixth straight game scoring in double figures, and the seventh time in eight games since he began starting on Nov. 14. In those other seven games as a starter, he averaged 13.2 points on a scorching-hot 60% shooting in just 24.2 minutes a game.
Detroit needed more minutes against the Cavaliers, though, with Bogdanovic, Cunningham and Ivey in street clothes. He delivered his best game of the season, setting a season high in points and tallying his second straight double-double.
Bagley scored in typical Bagley fashion — mostly inside — except for a late 3 in the second quarter that helped the Pistons carry a 56-51 lead into halftime. He also had perhaps his best defensive game of the season, finishing with three steals and a block.
Bey didn’t look rusty in return
Until a week ago, Bey had been an ironman for the Pistons. He only missed two games as a rookie, and both were coaching decisions rather than health-related. He then played all 82 games as a sophomore, one of just five players to accomplish the feat last season.
A sprained ankle, suffered against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 18, though, has already cost him more games this season than in his previous two combined. But he wasted little time picking up where he left off Sunday. His first points of the night were a three-point play, as he spun past Evan Mobley and finished through contact from Robin Lopez, who picked up his second foul, to extend Detroit’s lead to 10-2 early in the first quarter.
Bey’s next three buckets were layups — two in transition — before he finally hit his first 3-pointer with 8:55 remaining in the third quarter.
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2022-11-28T02:53:51Z
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Detroit Pistons zinged by Cavaliers, 102-94, in Saddiq Bey return
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There are three locations open through March 31 for those experiencing homelessness, according to the city of Detroit, which is working with two nonprofits to operate the centers. While the number of people in emergency shelters in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck is below pre-pandemic levels, their length of stay has ticked up, according to the Homeless Action Network of Detroit, or HAND.
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The warming centers provide a "safety net" of overnight beds during the winter months when more people seek emergency shelter, said Terra Linzner, homelessness solutions director at the city of Detroit's Housing and Revitalization Department.
There were 4,533 people in emergency shelters this year, according to HAND. That's below 2019 numbers but similar to 2020. However, the amount of time people stay in emergency shelters has gone up since 2016. This year, the average length of stay is 111 days.
One program, which has already started, is intended to keep families out of emergency shelter based on their needs — helping them pay for utilities, first month's rent or the security deposit. Another prevention program, implemented through Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, would help people staying with friends and family with finding alternative housing. That program is expected to start early next year.
Father Tim McCabe, executive director of the Pope Francis Center, which runs a day shelter, said his organization serves 220 people a day. That's 50% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, but below the need the center saw when the health crisis first started. For the past two winters, the Pope Francis Center has operated out of Huntington Place, to abide by social distancing rules and heightened need, McCabe said. This year, the organization's church location can accommodate the nonprofit's current demand, he said, but the center will consider a larger location, like Huntington Place, if demand increases.
"I am holding out hope that we don't have to do that," he said.
People seeking shelter services or warming center placement should call the Coordinated Assessment Model (CAM) — the main entry point for people facing homelessness in the city to get shelter. They can call CAM at 313-305-0311. The hours of operation are: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Outside of CAM hours and the holidays, people can come in person to the following warming center locations through the end of March:
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (for families and single women): Mack Warming Center, 11037 Mack Ave., Detroit, MI 48214; 313-331-8990
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (single men): Third Street Warming Center, 3535 Third Ave., Detroit, MI 48201; 313-993-6703
Cass Community Social Services (families and single women): 11850 Woodrow Wilson St., Detroit, MI 48206; 313-883-2277
The Pope Francis Center is located at 438 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI 48226 and is open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Services include two meals, showers, laundry, medical care and legal clinics.
Veterans who need shelter can go to the second floor of the John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s red tower located at 4646 John R St., Detroit, MI 48201. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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2022-11-28T13:24:40Z
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Detroit warming centers: Where to find open locations
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Despite record Thanksgiving gas prices, at some discount membership clubs in metro Detroit — such as Costo, Sam's and BJ's — were selling it Monday for less than $3 a gallon.
All three in Madison Heights are charging just $2.89.
As you might expect, that's lower that the state average of $3.64 for regular unleaded, according to AAA, the state's largest auto insurer. But at least one analyst is forecasting that the lower prices at the discount clubs is simply leading what could be the average gas price nationwide — under $3 a gallon — by Christmas.
Gas prices, like many things in America, are determined by supply and demand, although there are multiple factors that go into that calculation, among them: the price of crude oil, regional refinery capacity and costs, the cost of gas distribution, competition with other gas stations, state taxes — and the cost of marketing.
"As millions of Americans hit the road for Thanksgiving, we saw gasoline prices continue dropping coast to coast last week, and a new record was set for the largest single-day decline in the national average," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. "In addition, 47 of the nation’s 50 states have seen diesel prices falling as well, providing well-needed relief ahead of the holidays and helping to stem the rise in inflation."
Retailers are free to determine what they should charge for gasoline, and competition often will force one station across the street from another to match the other's price. But, under antitrust laws, competing retailers cannot agree to raise or lower prices together.
It's not unusual for drivers to pay less at the membership clubs than at nearby stations. Still, the below-$3-a-gallon prices give motorists a boost as they wrestle with inflation and head into the busy holiday travel and shopping season.
Warehouse clubs, which members pay a fee to join, can afford to charge less because of the volume of gas they sell — you've no doubt seen the long lines at those pumps — and use the lower prices to draw customers into the store to buy other things.
"All the metrics look very positive for motorists as this week is likely to continue seeing falling gasoline prices, with many areas falling to the lowest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. "It’s entirely possible the national average price of gasoline could fall under $3 per gallon by Christmas, which would be a huge gift to unwrap for motorists after a dizzying year at the pump."
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GasBuddy, which along with AAA, tracks gas prices at tens of thousands of outlets nationwide.
The top 10% of stations in the country average $4.89 per gallon, while the bottom 10% average $2.75 per gallon, according to GasBuddy. The states with the lowest average prices are Texas, $2.83; Oklahoma, $2.94 and Arkansas, $2.99. The states with the highest average: Hawaii, $5.14; California, $4.97; Nevada, $4.66.Gas prices in Michigan were somewhere in-between. The state average is 17 cents less than a week ago, 35 cents lessthan a month, and still 32 cents more than this time last year and more than the national average of $3.56 a gallon. The average price in metro Detroit is even lower, $3.46 a gallon, 19 cents less than last week, and one of the lowest averages in the state.
The other least-expensive gas price cities were Lansing and Ann Arbor, both selling gas for $3.65 a gallon.
The most expensive: Jackson, $3.80 a gallon; Grand Rapids, $3.79 and Benton Harbor, $3.77.
Price swings of 30-40 cents a gallon are common. However, if a station appears to be overcharging for gas, you can report it to the Attorney General's office, which will investigate retailers for price gouging, under the Consumer Protection Act.
The Attorney General's Office said it reviews retail profit margins and the actual cost of providing gasoline products to consumers throughout the State of Michigan, although, generally corner gas station owners "have not appeared to profit from high prices."
Instead, the attorney general's office said, high profits have been extracted further up the supply chain.
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2022-11-28T16:10:20Z
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Gas prices at some stations in Michigan fall below $3 a gallon
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A word of advice for truckers this week: be on your best behavior.
Michigan is joining a three-state crackdown on aggressive, reckless truck drivers on Interstate 94.
Operation “Eyes on 94” is an initiative created by the Michigan State Police (MSP_ to combat the number of crashes along I-94 with commercial vehicles. Troopers from Indiana State Police and Illinois State Police will also participate in the effort that kicks off Monday and runs through Friday, according to a news release.
Troopers will be looking for things like distracted driving, following too close, improper passing, speeding, improper lane usage, and failing to slow down or move over.
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“This enforcement effort is a great example of the commitment ... to reach our common goal of increasing traffic safety and reducing crashes,” said Capt. Richard Arnold, commander of the MSP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division, in a written statement. “This coordinated operation is an effort to increase awareness by means of high visibility enforcement on the I-94 freeway, which is prone to weather-related crashes involving interstate commercial vehicle drivers this time of year.”
MSP’s goal is to increase safety on Michigan roads.
“Eyes on 94” is also a part of the statewide “Drive Toward Zero Deaths” traffic safety campaign. That’s based on the national strategy toward highway safety that seeks to reduce the number of traffic deaths nationwide.
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2022-11-28T16:10:26Z
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Michigan State Police to crack down on reckless truck drivers on I-94
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Looking for a gift for the gamer in your life? Right now, you can shop the Meta Oculus Quest 2 Cyber Monday sale, which includes two free games, as well as the best VR headset we've ever tested, the Oculus Quest 2, for a savings of $120. This is a fantastic sale price on the virtual reality bundle, which rarely sees any markdowns during the rest of the year.
The Meta Quest 2 128 GB usually goes for $399.99 but you can save some sweet cash when you shop today's Cyber Monday sale, earning you $50 off the MSRP for a total bundled value of $349.99. You may be thinking a $50 price drop doesn't sound like something to get excited about, but there's more to uncover with this deal. The Oculus Quest 2 Cyber Monday bundle includes Resident Evil 4 ($39.99 MSRP) and Beat Saber ($30 MSRP). That's a total savings of up to $120, making both games free. The Quest 2 also comes with games and 125GB for storage.
Additionally, with the headset, you can also access other virtual reality experiences out there like Amazon's VR library, which unlocks a multitude of other content, in addition to what you're already getting in the Cyber Monday bundle.
Reminder: The price goes up tomorrow! Whether you've been wanting to dip your toes into the waters of VR or are looking for a gift to make their face light up with joy this holiday season, there's no better time to save on the Meta Quest 2 Bundle.
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2022-11-28T18:42:40Z
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Oculus Quest 2 Cyber Monday: $120 off this Meta Quest Bundle
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Metallica releases new album, to play two Detroit shows at Ford Field in 2023
Metallica on Monday announced the upcoming release of its first new album in six years, and a 22-city tour that includes two nights in Detroit.
The four-man metal band is scheduled to play Ford Field on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12, 2023.
"We can’t release an album without going on the road, so we’re super excited also to announce the M72 Tour today. Forty-six unique shows in 22 cities around the world," Metallica announced on its website.
Concert pre-sales begin Wednesday. Ticket information at metallica.com/tour.
The new album, '72 Seasons" his stores April 14, 2023. Pre-orders at metallica.com/store/72-seasons. The band revealed its first single from the album, "Lux Æterna," along with a music video Monday.
The new tour will hit Detroit one decade after Metallica's Orion Music + More festival, a two-day hard rock and metal extravaganza at Belle Isle topped by the band's weekend-closing performance.
Metallica played Comerica Park in 2017 during its Worldwired Tour in 2017.
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The 2023 concert schedule at Ford Field is shaping up to be a busy one. Shows so far include Luke Combs (April 22), Taylor Swift (June 9-10) and Ed Sheeran (July 15).
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Beverly Hills Cop 4 begins filming in Detroit: What to know
Detroit is adding the latest Beverly Hills Cop film to its "this was filmed here" resume.
The movie kicked off production in Detroit on Sunday and continues through Friday.
Netflix is filming the Beverly Hills Cop's fourth film adaption in the Motor City, starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a Detroit cop.
A few neighborhood streets in Detroit's Capitol Park Historic District will be a no-parking, tow-away zone so the film crew can park their vehicles and equipment.
From Sunday, Nov. 27, at 7 a.m. to Friday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. the following streets will be closed off:
Both sides of northbound Washington Boulevard from State Street to Grand River Avenue
Starting Monday, Nov. 28, at 7 a.m. to Friday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. the following alleys will be closed off:
Full closure of the alley between Shelby Street and Washington Boulevard from State Street to Grand River Avenue.
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Starting Wednesday, Nov. 30, to Thursday, Dec. 1 from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m.:
Full closure of State Street between Washington Boulevard to Griswold. There will be intermittent traffic control of Grand River Avenue between Washington Boulevard to Griswold Street.
What should residents expect?
The flyer that was posted states that there will be stunt driving taking place in scenes. Plus, be aware of simulated car crashes, smoke effects, and sparks that may occur but don't be alarmed. The Detroit Fire Department and Detroit Police Department will be on-site if anything goes wrong as they are filming stunts.
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Beverly Hills Cop 4: Eddie Murphy filming in Detroit neighborhood
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Southwest Detroit's long-standing Mexican Village Restaurant is closed until further notice.
A message posted on the restaurant's website reads: "Due to a small fire, Mexican Village Restaurant in Detroit only will be closed until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience."
A similar message was on the restaurant's telephone answering machine.
Mexican Village Restaurant is on the corner of Bagley and 18th streets in Detroit since 1958, according to its menu. The family-owned operation also has a location at 47350 Van Dyke Avenue in Utica.
The restaurant is well-known in Detroit's Mexicantown and noted for its vast menu that includes burritos, steaks, fajitas, specialty soups and traditional favorites such as chili Relleno and Guizado De Res, a Mexican stew dish in the restaurant's signature sauce.
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Calls and messages to the restaurant were not returned.
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Mexican Village Restaurant in southwest Detroit closed after fire
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Westin Book Cadillac renovations to begin in January will include a new restaurant
The new owner of the Westin Book Cadillac in downtown Detroit announced Monday that renovation work is to start early next year and the hotel will remain open during that time.
The 32-story, 453-room hotel at 1114 Washington Blvd. will undergo an estimated $20 million in renovations from January through summer 2023.
Every room will be renovated, according to a news release, along with the hotel's meeting and banquet rooms, and a new restaurant will go into the space formerly occupied by Michael Symon’s Roast restaurant, which closed early this year. Details about the new restaurant could come next month.
The renovations are part of a December 2021 deal in which a joint venture of Chicago-based real estate firm Oxford Capital Group and New York-based hedge fund Taconic Capital Advisors bought the hotel from the Ferchill Group by assuming $77 million in debt.
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The deal, which Oxford Capital's chief executive characterized to Detroit City Council members as "highly risky," hinged on the city approving a 12-year tax freeze for the hotel valued at about $26 million. At the time, downtown Detroit hotels in general were still suffering from low occupancy stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and less business travel.
The hotel market in Detroit has since rebounded and several new hotels are now under construction or planned.
The Westin Book Cadillac continues to be managed by Marriott.
The renovations will include new room designs, furnishings, bedding, flooring and window treatments, the news release said. Most of the guest rooms with bathtubs will be converted to walk-in showers, and new exercise equipment will be added to the fitness center.
The Book Cadillac dates to 1924 and remains one of the best-known hotels in Detroit.
The hotel closed in 1984 and, after sitting empty for years, reopened in 2008 following an extensive rehab that also added about 65 condos to its top floors.
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Hundreds of inmates at the Wayne County Jail were left defenseless to the bitter cold Sunday night and into Monday afternoon as the heat was out of service for a division of the jail.
Wayne County Sheriff's Office Chief Robert Dunlap arrived at the Division II facility on Clinton Street early Monday morning with heating and cooling professionals to assess the issue and come up with a potential solution, said Ed Foxworth, a spokesman for the jail. Temperatures were forecast to have dipped into the low 40s Sunday night.
"We've got to get a good assessment first and find out what it is and what we can do about it," Foxworth said Monday afternoon. "It could be a part so somebody could drive over to Home Depot, go pick it up, put it in and we're done, or it could be a bigger problem."
While what exactly caused the heating to go out Sunday night remains unknown as of Monday afternoon, Foxworth said it's likely due to aging infrastructure. The Division II jail first opened in 1929 and in recent years officials have faced issues regulating temperatures inside the building.
"It's just an old, old building, and this time next year, we're just so happy we won't be here because we're moving into a new facility," Foxworth said, referring to the upcoming Wayne County Criminal Justice Complex slated for completion in summer 2023. "One of the reasons that we're moving into the new facilities is because this is an antiquated building."
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Extra blankets are being distributed to help inmates fight the cold, Foxworth said. It is unclear when the heating is expected to return to working order.
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Heating out in part of old Wayne County Jail in Detroit
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“I am completely upset by what our players did, as Mel was. I would think that administratively, they should be upset and how the tunnel was handled and how those players ran in,” Izzo said Monday before Manuel's statement was released. “And as I said before, what starts bad, ends bad. And so if they were reprimanded enough, they must have found something wrong. .... Well, if it was managed right, there would have been no second part. I haven't talked to anybody here, the AD, the president. I haven't talked to the Big Ten office. It's none of my business. It disgusts me that it happened, so make sure don't change your little tidbits. But it really disgusts me, too, that it wasn't handled better on the front end, since they had a problem with Ohio State a year ago, Penn State this year. And then we get $100,000 fine and there's a reprimand. Well, what the hell does a reprimand mean, what does it stand for?
“I've been here a lot of years, been through a lot of things,” Izzo said. “I watched it happen to (Mark) Dantonio, when they went after our Spartan head. I got some other ones (for) the book I'm gonna write after I'm dead.
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Tom Izzo 'upset' about Big Ten punishment of tunnel fight
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Sheetz, the regional family-run convenience store and gas station chain with a loyal customer-base and a name that makes teenage boys giggle, announced Tuesday that it aims to open stores in Michigan, an expansion of its geographical footprint from neighboring Ohio.
The round-the-clock retailer said it plans to open a Detroit store in 2025 — and more later.
"We are thrilled to continue our growth into Michigan and bring the ultimate one-stop-shop to people across the state," said Travis Sheetz, the company's president and CEO. "Sheetz is dedicated to being a great employer and neighbor and we cannot wait to put those values into action as we expand into our first new state in two decades."
On its website — under the heading "What's a Sheetz?" — the company calls itself "a mecca for people on the go," adding that "if you need to refuel your car or refresh your body, we have what you need" all the time, "even on Christmas."
Loyal customers, the company said, call themselves "Sheetz Freakz."
The retailer's expansion is unusual at a time when other companies, and consumers, are cutting back on costs, and automakers are pushing to shift auto sales away from from gas-powered cars to more electric, but it also may tap into people's needs for low-priced goods in a 24/7 economy.
The retailer's announcement, which focused on touting its recognition as a good employer with wages that usually starting at $14.50 an hour, did not say exactly where else — or how many — stores it planned to open in the state.
But a spokesperson said the company believes what it is offering "will resonate" with local residents and it aimed to have a "major presence in the entire Detroit metro area" and eventually more stores through out the state adding up to a total of about 75.
Each Sheetz store, the company said, employs about 30 people, with competitive pay and benefits, including medical and dental insurance, a retirement plan, stock ownership and flexible schedules.
The Altoona, Pennsylvania-based retailer also said that USA Today, another news organization also owned by Gannett, had named Sheetz a "best regional fast food chain," a distinction that the company has held onto for at least the past three years.
In 2020, when Sheetz was No. 1 on the list, the award citation said: "If you’re in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio or North Carolina, be sure to stop at Sheetz, a combination gas station and made-to-order sandwich shop."
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Sheetz said it has a "vast selection" of made-to-order food, such as breakfast and dinner, and beverages, including "espresso beverages created on traditional Italian espresso machines." In the 1990s, it sold a private-label soft drink, It! Cola, billing it as a lower-cost alternative.
Sheetz offerings include some fresh fruit, but its menu also includes many fast food items.
New stores will offer Detroiters convenience, but will likely have little affect on the more serious concern that 69% of Detroit households struggle with a consistent diet of healthy foods because they do not have access to them, and cannot afford them.
Bob Sheetz, which is where the stores get their name, started the company in 1952. He bought one of his father’s dairy stores in Altoona, and opened a second store in 1963, calling it "Sheetz Kwik Shopper."
Five years later, the company opened a third store. In 1972, Sheetz had doubled from seven to fourteen stores, and the next year it added gasoline pumps. By 1983, the company opened 100 stores and it now operates in six states, with nearly 670 stores.
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UAW election vote count underway in Ohio
Vote counting got underway Tuesday in the first direct election of top union officers in the UAW.
It’s not clear when final results might be made available.
A message to a representative for the independent monitor tasked with overseeing the union as a result of the long-running corruption scandal was not immediately returned Tuesday.
UAW spokeswoman Sandra Engle said the UAW would update the union's website as unofficial results come in from the monitor. She said the union would also issue a news release at the end of the week with all results.
Unite All Workers for Democracy, a dissident group within the UAW that is supporting its own slate of candidates, began posting unofficial updates on the vote tally Tuesday “live from the vote count” in Dayton, Ohio, based on reports from its observers.
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The vote represents a significant shift from past practice, with individual members and retirees now eligible to vote for president, secretary-treasurer, vice presidents and regional directors. Previously, top union leaders were picked at conventions by delegates.
As of 5 p.m. Monday, the monitor’s website listed a total of 106,790 mail-in ballots being received, a fraction of the more than one million ballots that the monitor’s office said would be distributed.
A federal lawsuit filed in Detroit by Will Lehman, a candidate for president, that sought to extend the ballot return deadline past Monday was dismissed last week.
According to the suit, “since early November, a concerningly high number of UAW members have been submitting reports to the monitor complaining that they had not received ballots, either within a reasonable time or at all.”
Both the UAW and the monitor’s office declined comment on the suit.
The election is the result of the consent decree between federal prosecutors and the UAW following the corruption scandal involving the misuse of millions of dollars that sent top-ranking former union leaders, including two presidents, and auto executives to prison. Neil Barofsky was also named as the monitor to oversee the union and the election as a result.
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The Big Ten announced its annual awards for standout defensive and special teams players in the league on Tuesday afternoon as well select coaches awards and Michigan and Michigan State were well represented.
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The Wolverines also had two defenders named to the second team by the coaches: linebacker Junior Colson and defensive back DJ Turner. Colson, by far, had the most tackles on the team with 80 (34 solo). Turner also had a standout season, recording 29 tackles (23 solo) with a career-high eight passes deflected and an interception.
Linebacker Mike Barrett was named to the coaches' third team. He finished second on the team in tackles (57) which set a career best and included 30 solo stops. Barrett also had two interceptions, both which came in the third quarter against Rutgers and he even returned one of them all the way for a touchdown.
Michigan's Jake Moody was named the Big Ten Kicker of the Year. Last year's Lou Groza Award winner as the nation's best placekicker was once again stellar in his final college season, setting a new Big Ten record for field goals in a season (26) and passing Garrett Rivas (2003-06) for most kicks made in a U-M career (66). The senior also went a perfect 53-for-53 on extra points and has still not missed a single point-after attempt (141-for-141) in his career.
A.J. Henning was named to the second team by both the coaches and media as a return specialist. He has 184 punt return yards on 25 attempts and one touchdown.
Honorable mention: Gemon Green, Kris Jenkins, Mike Sainristil (coaches and media); Jaylen Harrell, Makari Paige and Rod Moore (media).
The Wolverines also had three players named for national position of the year awards: Moody for the Lou Groza Award, Blake Corum for the Doak Walker Award and Olu Oluwatimi for the Outland Trophy.
Corum has 247 carries or 1,463 yards (5.9 yards per attempt) and 18 touchdowns. He also caught 11 passes for 80 yards and a score. Except for last week at Ohio State when the senior tried to battle through a knee injury but was pulled after two carries, Corum had a touchdown in every game and ran for more than 100 yards in every conference game.
Oluwatimi, Michigan's center and the transfer from Virginia, has been the anchor in the middle of what might be the best offensive line in America, and been a weapon in both run blocking and pass protection.
MSU's honors
Bryce Baringer was the special teams star for Michigan State and was named the Big Ten Punter of the Year — the first Spartan to win the award since it began in 2011. Baringer, also named a finalist for the Ray Guy Award as the nation's best punter, went from walk-on to perhaps the best at the position in the school's history. He leads the nation with a school-record 49 yards per punt, downed 22 of them inside the 20-yard line and had 24 punts that traveled more than 50 yards.
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MSU linebacker Cal Haladay earned the top honor among Spartans making his way onto the All-Big Ten second team by both coaches and media. Haladay had 120 tackles (42 solo) to go along with 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble. He recorded a career-high 19 tackles against Rutgers earlier this month and had fewer than nine tackles just once in Big Ten play.
Defensive linemen Jacob Slade and Simeon Barrow were both named as honorable mentions. Slade missed a month early in the year, but helped the Spartans defense improve in the back half of the season, he finished with 20 tackles and 0.5 sacks. Barrow, a sophomore, had a career-high 40 tackles (18 solo), nine of which for a loss to go with four sacks. He too missed a game and was limited in others ass he battled injuries through the year.
Xavier Henderson, a captain and fifth-year senior, was named honorable mention by the media. He finished with 38 tackles, three for loss, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup despite missing five games with a lower body injury.
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Michigan football's Jim Harbaugh: Big Ten Coach of the Year
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The Washington Nationals believe former Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario will bounce back in 2023.
Candelario, who turned 29 on Thanksgiving, and the Nationals have agreed to a one-year, $5 million contract with $1 million in incentives, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press on Tuesday. Candelario has completed his physical.
The Tigers non-tendered Candelario on Nov. 18. He was projected for $7 million in his final year of salary arbitration. By cutting Candelario, the Tigers made him a free agent for the first time in his career.
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The Tigers and Candelario attempted to negotiate a new one-year contract ahead of the tender deadline, but the two sides didn't get close to an agreement. The Tigers offered to sign Candelario at a cheaper rate than his projected $7 million salary.
Candelario played parts of six seasons with the Tigers and thrived in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, earning back-to-back Tiger of the Year awards. He hit .278 with 53 doubles, 23 home runs, a 10.2% walk rate, a 22.1% strikeout rate and a .356 on-base percentage in 201 games.
His 5.8 fWAR (FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement) ranked third among 114 third basemen from 2020-21, behind only José Ramírez (9.7 fWAR) and Manny Machado (6.9 fWAR).
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In 2022, Candelario experienced an extreme regression and struggled to create damage against four-seam fastballs. He hit .217 with 19 doubles, 13 home runs, a 6.0% walk rate and a 23.3% strikeout rate in 124 games, along with a .272 on-base percentage and a .633 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
The Nationals finished last in the National League East in each of the past two seasons. They went 65-97 in 2021, then 55-107 in 2022. If Candelario finds success, he will become a name to watch at the trade deadline as the Nationals continue their rebuild.
In July 2017, the Tigers acquired Candelario and Isaac Paredes from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Alex Avila and Justin Wilson. He played 563 games for the Tigers from 2018-22, more than any player on the team during the five-year span.
Now, Candelario is a National.
And the Tigers will continue searching for a third baseman to replace him.
Tigers re-sign four to MiLB deals
The Tigers re-signed four players to minor-league contracts: infielder Jermaine Palacios, utility player Brendon Davis, catcher Michael Papierski and right-handed reliever Miguel Díaz.
Those four players aren't on the 40-man roster but will provide organizational depth in Triple-A Toledo. Díaz, who features an effective changeup with a high swing-and-miss rate, could play the biggest role in the big leagues next season.
Palacios and Papierski joined the Tigers from waiver claims earlier this offseason. The Tigers then removed both players — along with Davis and Díaz — from the 40-man roster in November. All four players became minor-league free agents and returned to the Tigers.
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BAY CITY − The restoration of the U.S. manufacturing economy runs through Michigan, one export at a time, President Joe Biden said in a wide-ranging speech aimed at instilling faith in the country's economic future.
"When you see these big projects in your hometown − cranes going up, shovels in the ground, workers in hard hats − I want you to feel the way I feel: pride. Pride in what we can do when we do it together," Biden said to a crowd of several hundred company employees, union members, Michigan elected leaders and others.
"It's been a rough few, hard years for hardworking Americans. A lot of families, things are still tough. But there are bright spots for America."
Speaking Tuesday afternoon at the SK Siltron CSS factory in Bay City, Biden used the venue as a platform to tout his domestic and international policies and emphasize his own sense of economic optimism. He also lauded the South Korean company's $300 million Michigan expansion last year. It's a move that may help the company add up 150 new jobs and quadruple its capacity to produce semiconductor "wafers," crucial components for electric vehicles.
The president pointed to the expansion of the Bay City factory and factories across the country as signs his economic policies are leading to a manufacturing boom.
"Instead of relying on chips made overseas in places like China, the supply chain for these chips will be here in America, in Michigan. It's a game changer."
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The president underscored the power of union labor while highlighting the passage of federal legislation approved over the summer that included more than $50 billion for the semiconductor industry. It's a significant component of the Michigan economy, with companies like Hemlock Semiconductor and SK benefitting from the legislation. Michigan ranks in the top 10 nationally in terms of the number of people working in the semiconductor industry, and it has the fifth most workers in electric vehicle battery manufacturing, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Much of Michigan's congressional delegation advocated for passage of the measure, including U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, who joined Biden on the visit to his district.
"This new law is fixing our broken supply chain," Kildee said. "Most importantly, this is strengthening our economy and strengthening American competitiveness."
Despite the cheerful rhetoric, the trip also comes at a time when food and commodity prices remain high, Michigan's unemployment rate is 41st in the nation and the president tries to fend off what could be a crushing rail worker strike just ahead of the holidays.
Michigan Republicans noted this while continuing to criticize an agenda they say helped the GOP narrowly take back the U.S. House in the midterms.
"President Biden has already failed Michigan families and his massive partisan spending bills have helped cause record-high inflation," said U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland.
The president acknowledged inflation won't go away overnight and many families continue to struggle. But he argued gas prices are down from their peak over the summer, nationally lower than they were before the war in Ukraine despite Michigan recording record-high prices on Thanksgiving. While he suggested it will take more time for people to see the full impact of his policies, Biden touted national efforts to vaccinate millions of people while improving the country's infrastructure.
"You're saving an average of $170 per month compared with what you were paying over the summer. That's real money," Biden said, about gas price reductions.
"Prices continue to go down. This isn't accidental."
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The visit to the mid-Michigan manufacturing hub is his first to the state since the midterm elections, where his Democratic party scored wins up and down the ballot. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the president's friend and purportedly a top vice presidential option in 2020, fared particularly well, as did a ballot proposal to include abortion rights in the state's Constitution.
Before Biden took the stage, Whitmer promoted the state's ability to attract, retain and grow the auto industry. The president thanked her for her ongoing support and heralded her "historic" successful reelection campaign.
"You stood for jobs...you stood up for women's fundamental rights, and insisted on democratic values," Biden said, to applause.
Whitmer visited the Bay City facility earlier this fall, also to praise its expansion. She's repeatedly pointed to economic development projects throughout the state as evidence her own legislative priorities are working, a sign she takes as businesses trusting her leadership.
Many of these companies, including SK Siltron CSS, have also benefited from some kind of state incentive. The company received a $1.5 million Michigan Business Development Program grant as part of its commitment to expand and hire more people. Some of these economic development programs garnered pushback − Ford laid off thousands of white-collar workers after receiving a $100 million incentive as part of a plan where it pledged to create more blue-collar jobs in the state.
But generally, Republicans and Democrats in the state Legislature have worked with Whitmer to dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars toward enticing businesses to locate or expand in Michigan.
Washington, D.C. correspondent Todd Spangler contributed to this report.
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Biden in Michigan: People should feel pride, optimism about economy
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New York Knicks star Julius Randle turned 28 years old on Tuesday. He celebrated by playing his best game of the season against the Detroit Pistons.
Randle scored 36 points in 31 minutes to lead the Knicks to a 140-110 blowing victory over the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena. Detroit used a 20-9 run to take a 45-44 lead, their first of the night, with 8:09 remaining in the second quarter. But the Knicks took over from there, using a 24-8 run to build a 14-point lead at halftime.
They dominated the rest of the game, outscoring the Pistons, 38-21, in the third period.
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Isaiah Stewart returned after missing the Pistons’ previous seven games with a great big toe sprain, and tallied 19 points and five rebounds. He set career-highs in made 3-pointers (five) and 3-point attempts (nine). Marvin Bagley III (13 points, seven rebounds, career-high 3-for-6 from 3), Bojan Bogdanovic (13 points) and Killian Hayes (11 points, six assists) also reached double figures among Detroit’s starters.
The Pistons shot 5-for-8 from 3 in the first quarter, but finished 13-for-39 for the night. It was one of the Pistons’ worst defensive efforts of the season, as the Knicks became their first opponent to crack 140 points and shot 56.3% overall and 45.7% (16-35) from behind the arc.
Stewart returns and lights up from 3, Bey moves back to bench
Tuesday marked the end of a two-week absence for Stewart, who sprained his right big toe against the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 14 after chasing an errant pass out of bounds. It wasn’t his best game of the season, as Randle went off with Stewart being his primary defensive assignment. Stewart drew a tech early in the third quarter after lightly shoving Randle following a Randle dunk.
But Stewart did showcase his improved outside shot, making a career-high five 3-pointers. Four of his five makes came in garbage time during the fourth quarter, but it was a good sign since the Pistons are committed to playing two big men together. Stewart started alongside Bagley, who knocked down three of six 3-point attempts. All three of Bagley’s makes were in the first quarter.
It was Bey’s second time coming off of the bench this season. He had a relatively quiet night , finishing with 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting. Bey, who’s been in a slump from outside this season, missed all five of his 3-pointers.
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Before Tuesday, Randle shot 33.1% from 3 on 6.1 attempts per game. The power forward has never been a marksman — he’s a career 33.2% outside shooter, with his 41.1% clip during the 2020-21 season being an outlier.
His first quarter against the Pistons was uncharacteristic, to say the least. Randle hit 5-of-8 3-point attempts in the opening period, giving him 17 points and supercharging his overall hot night. His fifth made 3-pointer at the 2:34 mark gave the Knicks an early 36-25 lead. The Knicks were 8-for-16 from 3 as a team in the first period.
Randle scored all 36 of his points through the first three periods, as the Knicks entered the fourth quarter with a 31-point lead.
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Detroit Pistons blown out at home by New York Knicks, 140-110
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Kobe Bufkin had timely buckets including a scoop and score to end the half and send the crowd into a frenzy with an 11-point leading going into the break. The only problem — there was still another half to play.
Dickinson scored 23 points and had seven rebounds for the Wolverines, followed by Howard with 15, and Bufkin with 11.
Reece Beekman scored 18 points, including 15 in the first half, to keep the Cavaliers in it. Kihei Clark scored 16, including the difference-making free throws with 14 seconds left while Jayden Gardner and Kadin Shedrick each had 12 and Ben Vander Plas scored 10.
The game-sealing sequence
The game was tied at 65 with less than two minutes to play when Dickinson was fouled. He went to the line and split the free throws to put Michigan up by one. After forcing a Virginia miss, Michigan’s 7-foot-1 center missed a lefty hook shot from close range on the next possession before Gardner buried a jumper from the elbow with 39.9 seconds left to give the Cavaliers a 67-66 lead. On the Wolverines’ ensuing possession, coach Juwan Howard elected not to call a timeout and set up a play, instead letting his team go on the fly.
It resulted in a turnover when a Llewellyn's pass intended for Howard was stolen by Beekman. Howard grabbed the guard who was about to break away for a layup and was called for an intentional foul. Beekman split the free throws, and with 14 seconds to go, Clark was fouled. One of the remaining members of Virginia's 2019 national championship team calmly knocked down both free throws to make it a four-point game.
He missed both free throws, which gave the Wolverines one last gasp but Howard couldn't get a long 3-pointer off at the buzzer. He lost control of the ball as he went up for it, and though the Michigan bench and Crisler Center crowd screamed for a foul call, there was none called.
Second-half flip
Entering the game making just 31.2% of its 3-pointers, the Wolverines went 7 of 13 on 3-pointers in the first half — Howard made 3 of 5 and Llewellyn hit 2 of 3.
But water found its level in the second half. After Terrance Williams hit a 3 from the corner with 18:40 to play in the half and push the lead back out to 11, the Wolverines went cold.
U-M wouldn’t make another 3-pointer the rest of the way.
Meanwhile, Virginia chipped away at the lead and turned things around midway through the second half. The Wolverines were up, 56-50, when there foul away from the play called on Francisco Caffaro, who was guarding Dickinson as both fell to the floor.
But after the media timeout, a replay review led officials to call Dickinson for a "hook and hold" technical foul and Clark made both free throws. That sparked a 15-4 Virginia run, nine of which came from the Ohio transfer Ben Vander Plas to put the Cavs up by five, their largest lead since the opening minutes of the game.
The Wolverines went more than seven minutes without a field goal during the stretch, but Bufkin, Williams and Dickinson went 5-for-6 at the line to keep Michigan in striking distance before Dickinson tipped in his own miss to tie the game at 65.
Michigan shot just 7 of 18 from the floor in the second half.
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Michigan basketball can't hold off No. 3 Virginia, lose at home, 70-68
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As a theater student at Wayne State University, Ivy Haralson had a moment in “The Crucible" that predicted her future as a performer.
For a scene in the Salem witch trials drama where her character was thrown to the floor and kicked in the stomach, Haralson had to convey the agony of the staged violence through her movements and timing. “I remember every show, the audience would gasp just because of me reacting. … Hearing that reaction every night I was like, 'OK, I did a good job.' I was always so excited to get that," she says. "It should have been my sign, like, 'OK, you were meant to do this physical acting.'”
It took a few years, but eventually the universe got its message through. Haralson, 31, has found her niche as a stunt actor with a list of international credits stretching from Marvel Universe Live! arena shows to Cirque du Soleil to Bollywood action films.
Her career has taken her to Europe, the United Arab Emirates, China, India and U.S. cities like Las Vegas and Atlanta. That last destination, now her home base, is where the metro Detroit native spent about nine months working on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” as part of the movie's elite women warriors, the Dora Milaje.
The sequel to 2018’s blockbuster hit “Black Panther” has remained the top film at the U.S. box office since opening nearly three weeks ago. So far, it has earned almost $368 million domestically and some $675 million globally. And it’s achieving those numbers while fulfilling the double mission of being a thrilling action movie and honoring the legacy of the original’s star, Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020 of colon cancer.
Haralson says she was a big fan of the first “Black Panther,” which had a tremendous cultural impact for a superhero film. It was the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to have a Black actor at its center, a Black director in Ryan Coogler and a mostly Black cast portraying the royalty and citizens of the fictional nation in Africa that was home to Boseman’s T’Challa/Black Panther character.
When Haralson saw “Black Panther,” she particularly was drawn to the fierce, all-women fighting force assigned to protect T’Challa. ”To see the Dora Milaje be introduced ... I was like: 'Whoa, that’s what I was meant to do. That’s what I’ve been working towards without even knowing I was working towards it.'”
Growing up in southwest Detroit and Belleville, Haralson was immersed in sports. She played softball and volleyball and, at Belleville High School, participated in track, running sprint relays and hurdles and becoming one of the school’s first female pole vaulters. Then, in her senior year, her theater teacher encouraged her to try out for the spring musical, which shifted her focus to acting.
She went to college at Wayne State University, which was close to her family and boasted a theater program (now officially titled the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance) that includes actors like S. Epatha Merkerson, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tom Skerritt and Sam Richardson among its alums.
“Wayne State felt like home from one of my first days. It’s such a good blend of people. It’s such a diverse campus,” she says.
Another major factor for Haralson, who has Black and Mexican heritage, was Wayne State’s Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (then called the Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies). She says it was the first place to provide her with a scholarship.
Haralson acted in a range of productions during her college years, from the musical “Hairspray” to Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night" and recalls attending a seminar on stage combat, another hint of things to come.
After graduating, she moved to New York to pursue a career in performing. Although she tried out for “The Book of Mormon” and had several callbacks, getting into Broadway musicals proved challenging. Several years after arriving, she had put her dream on hold and was managing a nightclub when a friend told her about auditions for a Marvel Universe Live! tour.
“”She was like, ‘You have to go!' I was terrified. I almost didn’t go because I hadn’t auditioned for anything in years,“ says Haralson, describing the tough, roughly six-hour process that winnowed out hopefuls for the tour through a series of increasingly strenuous tasks such as learning fight choreography on the spot.
She landed a spot in the European tour and was as an understudy for Storm (the role played by Halle Berry in “X-Men” films) and did stunt acting as a bunch of different villains, or “whoever the superheroes in that specific scene were fighting.” When a broken ankle sent her home to America, she used the time after recovering to increase her skills in acrobatics and gymnastics.
Haralson moved on next to Mirage Entertainment and found herself doing three or four live stunt shows each day at theme park-type attractions in Dubai and China. That led to a stunt acting gig with Cirque du Soleil's “R.U.N.,” which premiered in October 2019 in Las Vegas. A departure from the usual balletic Cirque du Soleil show, it was packed with action stunts and featured a story line by director Robert Rodriguez. “It was very ‘Kill Bill’ style,” says Haralson, who once again played bad guys — typically the parts that require the most skill in stunt acting.
The COVID-19 pandemic shut down “R.U.N.” in March 2020. In early 2021, Haralson traveled to India for stunt roles in two Bollywood action films. “It was a huge learning curve,” she says of her first brush with being on the screen. And it was great preparation for what would come next. After connecting on social media with a veteran Marvel Studios stunt actor who just happened to be involved with stunt casting for “Wakanda Forever,” she ended up landing her dream job as a Dora Milaje soldier.
“Sometimes I want to take a break from social media, but it’s also that’s where I get work,” says Haralson. “So it’s like, 'OK, I have to keep active on my Instagram.' Honestly, as a stunt person, uploading and having the content that shows you're capable to do these things is an easy selling point for someone who’s trying to hire us. You can’t really fake these skills they’re needing.”
Haralson did intense physical training for the role, which also brought the emotional challenge of becoming a woman warrior. Donning the iconic Dora Milaje costumes by Oscar-winning designer Ruth E. Carter was a lesson in how powerful the characters have become as symbols.
“Trying them on and doing the fittings was one thing, but being on set the first day and having all seven of us girls dressed and just walking to the stages, everywhere we walked everyone was like ... 'Oh my God.'…You just felt so regal and powerful walking out in that costume, for sure.”
She says the commitment to paying tribute to Boseman was mentioned often and almost palpable on the set. “Everyone was brought together with the idea of we need to do this, we need to continue this legacy that he began.”
Haralson attended the "Wakanda Forever" world premiere in Los Angeles, where she finally was able to see her work on the screen, particularly in the big action scenes near the end. She also got to see the underwater sequences, where she served as a stunt double for Angela Bassett, who portrays Queen Ramonda in both "Black Panther" movies.
Recently, not long before the Thanksgiving holidays, she again watched “Wakanda Forever” with an audience of friends and family inside a rented theater at the Ann Arbor 20 in Ypsilanti. “It was a great way to thank everyone who’s been involved in my life,” she says.
Since finishing filming for “Wakanda Forever,” Haralson has worked in Spain on the Peacock series "Vampire Academy” and in Hungary on an upcoming series, “The Continental," a prequel of sorts to the “John Wick” movies that focuses on that franchise’s hotel for assassins. Another upcoming project is a series adaptation of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” from “Atlanta” creator and star Donald Glover.
Being a member of film and TV stunt acting teams seems to suit Haralson's knack for collaboration. In a recent profile of her for Wayne State University, Mary Anderson, who chairs the theatre and dance department, described her this way: “She's an incredible star, but she's also an ensemble player because she's all about making everyone else on the production look good, too.”
Haralson puts it more modestly when she talks about crisscrossing the globe to do stunts for big-name projects. She says, "I’m just going from job to job, trying to keep the ball rolling."
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$1.5B District Detroit buildout faced some critical questions at first meeting
The Ilitch organization presented a five-year timeline to complete a newly proposed $1.5 billion buildout of their District Detroit and addressed some critical audience questions Tuesday night during the first of a series of public meetings concerning the project and its community benefits.
The project calls for the construction or redevelopment of 10 buildings in and around downtown Detroit and near Little Caesars Arena. The series of meetings is required under a city ordinance pertaining to large developments seeking tax breaks or other development incentives.
"We feel that we can get this accomplished over here within the next five years," Keith Bradford, president of Olympia Development of Michigan, said during the 2½-hour meeting, which was held before an audience of more than 100 in a Cass Technical High School auditorium and also streamed online.
He was joined on stage by representatives from New York-based The Related Cos., the real estate firm of mega-developer Stephen Ross, which is partnering with Olympia for the buildout and a separate project for a downtown research campus for the University of Michigan called the Detroit Center for Innovation.
Full details of the various tax breaks and tax-increment financing being sought will be presented at the third public meeting for the $1.5 billion project, set for Jan. 10, the development officials said. The project will only move forward if those incentives are approved.
The audience applauded at the conclusion of the developers' presentation, which laid out their vision for the buildout, including renderings of the proposed new buildings and rehabs. Much of the new construction would happen on land that is currently surface parking lots.
"There is no displacement here of anyone," Andrew Cantor, the Related Cos.' executive vice president of development, said of the proposal. "We are really building urban infill downtown."
During the question-and-answer segment of the meeting, Detroit resident Eric Williams, an attorney with the Detroit Justice Center, noted how some of Olympia's past development plans for around the LCA haven't come to fruition.
"Given Olympia's history of recent development in the city, why should we believe anything you promise?," Williams asked.
In response, Bradford said that things have changed and the current plan and circumstances are different.
“The economy changes, things morphed, and this new master plan that we’re laying out today is what I would ask you to think about as we go forward," he said.
Bradford said he feels great about the buildout plans for two particular reasons. One, the Detroit Center for Innovation, which breaks ground next year, will act as a catalyst for development and jobs and residential growth once it opens.
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The other reason, he said, is the partnership with Related Cos. and their deep expertise in commercial development as well as affordable housing.
One of Related Cos. best-known projects is the 28-acre Hudson Yards megadevelopment on the west side of Manhattan.
"We’ve got a phenomenal partner,” Bradford said. “Related has a tremendous track record in development. And while we were doing great things at Olympia in my mind, and we bring a lot of strengths to the table, Related brings some wonderful complements to our strengths.”
He continued, “Their national reach with all the projects they’ve done, as probably the premier developer in the country, can attract some of those businesses from across the country −and maybe Olympia didn’t have that reach. And so in that respect, I am very, very proud that they're a partner with us to make sure this vision comes to life.”
Cantor added that Related Cos. wants to see the proposed developments move forward.
“I sat in a community meeting 10 years ago in New York where people said Hudson Yards wasn’t going to get built and never was ... and the first phase is fully complete now.
“This is not Hudson Yards. This is not New York. I get all of that. But I think that in terms of trying to bring wherewithal and drive and creativity, and doing it in a way that’s inclusive, this is something that we’re committed to doing.”
The developers fielded more than a dozen other questions, including concerns about housing affordability, hiring plans for Detroiters and street parking in neighborhoods around LCA on game and event nights. One resident also observed that a few of the planned developments in the buildout were originally proposed by Olympia years ago − and not built.
The next public meetings for the proposal are set for Dec. 6, Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, Feb. 14 and Feb. 21.
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Temporary pause on food assistance produce program lifts in January
Michigan's Double Up Food Bucks Program, which offers people on food assistance matching dollars on produce purchases and has been partially on hold since Aug. 1 at grocery stores, is expected to resume in January with a lower cap on benefits.
When it’s fully operational, the Double Up Food Bucks program is available at more than 250 farmers markets, farm stands and grocery stores across Michigan. The program allows people to purchase additional fruits and vegetables if they are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, at the time of their purchase or in the future depending on the location.
Through Dec. 31, participants cannot earn more Double Up Food Bucks at grocery stores. However, they can still spend what they have earned on past purchases and the pause does not affect participating locations in Flint or purchases at farm stands and farmers markets.
The temporary pause at grocery stores will end Jan. 1. Starting Jan. 15, the cap on how much Double Up Food Bucks families can earn and spend will drop to $10 a day, from $20 a day. Also changing in mid January: people using the Double Up Food Bucks card or app will need to spend what they have earned within 90 days.
More:SNAP recipients can get free grocery delivery through Meijer
Participation in the program more than doubled since 2020. Demand "went through the roof" and has not decreased, said Holly Parker, chief strategy and program officer at the Fair Food Network, which operates Double Up Food Bucks.
"It is the combination of the pandemic — the ongoing impacts economically and health wise of the pandemic — and then added inflation that has really created this surge in demand and in need right now," Parker said.
Double Up Food Bucks temporarily paused earnings at grocery stores to slow down spending in order to keep the program running in the long term, and stay within the program's budget, Parker said.
The program also did not secure as much state funding as organizers anticipated, said Nathan Medina, senior manager of state policy at Fair Food Network. They expected $4 million but the state Legislature approved $900,000, he said. The program is backed by a combination of federal, state and philanthropic dollars.
Last year, the state's Food Security Council − created by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 to look into the scope and reasons behind food insecurity − reported that food insecurity, or not having access to enough affordable and nutritious food, was an ongoing issue only heightened by the pandemic. In 2019, about 1.3 million Michiganders faced food insecurity − more than 300,000 of whom were children − compared with roughly 1.9 million people in 2020, including 552,000 kids, according to the council.
Federal and state food assistance programs, such as SNAP, WIC and school meal programs, were a crucial safety net for families during the pandemic, the group reported earlier this year.
Parker said nutrition incentive programs like Double Up Food Bucks are important because they make healthy foods more affordable and accessible for families while also supporting local retailers.
This year, the program includes 37 locations in Wayne County, including 28 sites in Detroit. Shoppers spent $1.8 million in Double Up Food Bucks in Wayne County, with 90% of that shopping taking place at grocery stores.
For more information about the program, go to: https://doubleupfoodbucks.org/how-double-up-works/.
To find a participating location, go to: https://www.doubleupfoodbucks.org/find-a-location/#geo.
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One year without Hana. One year without Tate. One year without Madisyn. One year without Justin.
Across the state, Michiganders will observe a moment of silence at 12:51 p.m. Wednesday, while Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered flags to be lowered at half-staff at state buildings. The day marks one year after the Oxford High School shooting on Nov. 30, 2021, left four students dead and wounded six students and a teacher.
The community will mark the date in a few ways, all aimed at honoring the young lives lost in the attack: Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, Justin Shilling and Tate Myre. The school district has dubbed the day Wildcat Remembrance Day.
"Words will never be enough to meet the scale of the loss that this town has been through," Whitmer said in a news release issued Tuesday. "But all of Michigan sends its love, its prayers, and its commitment to working together to keep all our families and communities safe.”
All Oxford Community Schools students have Wednesday off, according to the district's superintendent. The decision was made by a team of administrators, social workers and teachers, who determined that students and staff who survived the Oxford High School shooting may all need to cope in different ways. The district is also expecting an increase in the number of threats it will receive on Wednesday.
"Spend this day how your family needs to — to heal, reflect, mourn, and most of all to love," Superintendent Ken Weaver, who resigned this month, wrote in an October message to district families.
Around Oxford, businesses are opening their doors for high school students and others for the day. Oxford Open-Handed, a nonprofit that provides resources like winter clothes to families in need, is inviting Oxford residents to spread messages of kindness around the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 22 W. Burdick St. in Oxford. The All For Oxford Resiliency Center at 1370 S. Lapeer Road will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., offering mental health resources.
In a joint news release, Leaders of End Gun Violence Michigan and No Future Without Today, an organization founded by Oxford survivors dedicated to gun reform, said, "We must hold onto our grief, our shock, our anger, and our compassion and fight for change."
In the same news release, Hana St. Juliana's sister, Reina St. Juliana, wrote: “We shouldn’t have to be doing any of this. We want to be able to live with our sisters, friends and classmates, not just remember them.”
Lawmakers and other prominent Michiganders are also sending prayers and love to Oxford as the community grieves through this milestone.
At the state Capitol on Tuesday, state Sen. Rosemary Bayer, D-Beverly Hills, called for a moment of silence among lawmakers to honor Oxford. Bayer's district includes Oxford, and she said she had family members in the building that day last November.
"The moment I heard what was going on in Oxford, I’ll never forget," she said. "Even now, I’m shaking as I think about it. Trying to just keep it together. Trying to not jump in the car and just drive."
Clara Hendrickson contributed to this report. Contact Lily Altavena: laltavena@freepress.com.
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One year after Oxford: Here's how Michigan is honoring the dead
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Expect major delays on I-275 as traffic shifts for construction
The next phase of construction work on Interstate 275 begins soon, bringing major traffic delays in the coming weeks.
The change is expected to take effect Wednesday, according to a Michigan Department of Transportation news release. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., there will be one southbound lane open as traffic is shifted to the new, rebuilt lanes. All entrance ramps to southbound I-275 will close for an hour at a time, with Michigan State Police assistance. Then, starting at 5 p.m., there will be one southbound lane open between 5 Mile to Eureka roads and all ramps will be open.
Beginning Thursday at 6:30 a.m., the northbound side will have only one lane open between Eureka Road and I-96/M-14, and all ramps will be open. During this time, workers will begin moving around 4,000 concrete barriers from one side of the road to the new concrete. This will accommodate the traffic shift and will occur over the next several weeks.
The work is part of the Revive 275 Project, a multi-year, $270-million initiative to revitalize the freeway, said MDOT spokesperson Diane Cross.
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The upcoming changes will likely cause significant traffic delays en route to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Cross said. It will also impact travel routes toward I-94 and I-96/M-14.
The start may need to be delayed until Thursday, pending weather conditions, MDOT said. Major traffic delays are expected through mid-December.
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Bavarian Inn matriarch Dorothy Zehnder to celebrate 101st birthday
It’s 101 years young for Frankenmuth’s beloved Dorothy Zehnder.
The co-founder and matriarch of the family-owned Bavarian Inn operations in Frankenmuth will be celebrating her 101st birthday on Thursday.
Plans are, according to family, for Zehnder to be with her immediate family celebrating with a private 101 Dalmatian-themed party.
Zehnder’s family operations include the Bavarian Inn and several businesses under the same name.
One of Zehnder’s favorite places, according to the family, is in close contact with her family and in the kitchens at the Bavarian Inn Restaurants, where she began working 85 years ago.
More:Judy Zehnder Keller, the founder of Bavarian Inn Lodge, dies at 77
“Even at 101, Dorothy still loves what she does,” granddaughter Amy Zehnder Grossi said in a statement. “She loves good food, being with people, and playing card games — and she’s still great at it, too.”
Zehnder has been behind the Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn operations that she founded with her late husband, William “Tiny” Zehnder. The couple married in 1943.
Zehnder's restaurant opened across the street from Fischer's, where he and his siblings worked, said granddaughter Martha Zehnder Kaczynski, vice president of the Bavarian Inn Lodge, for a previous Free Press story.
The Zehnder family bought Fischer's restaurant in 1950 and operated it along with Zehnder's in Frankenmuth. At Fischer's, Dorothy Zehnder wanted to cook so she went to the back of the house, and Tiny covered the front of the house. In the late 1950s, the couple eventually renamed Fischer's the Bavarian Inn and continued to operate it while Tiny's brother, Eddie Zehnder, ran Zehnder's restaurant.
Both restaurants were part of the same company up until 1984, when they split in order to build the Bavarian Inn Lodge — one of the largest Bavarian-themed resorts in the U.S.
Along with the restaurant, operations include the Bavarian Inn Castle Shops, the Bavarian Inn Lodge, Frankenmuth River Place Shops, Covered Bridge Shop, Frank’s Muth retail store, a specialty line of food products, a family foundation, and an online store. The Bavarian Inn Lodge is one of the state's largest indoor water park hotels.
Under the Bavarian Inn umbrella of companies, nearly 1,000 people are employed, who serve thousands of guests daily.
The Bavarian Inn Restaurant seats 1,200 people and is famous for its family-style fried chicken dinners and German cuisine.
Bavarian Inn’s famous chicken is seasoned with the restaurant's proprietary chicken seasoning, which you can buy at the restaurant and online. More than 900,000 meals are served annually, according to the company.
Zehnder’s children and their spouses and four of her grandchildren work at the Bavarian Inn. She has 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Zehnder is the author of three cookbooks. Her first book, "Cookies & Bars," was published in 1986. In 2011, she published "Come Cook with Me," featuring hundreds of recipes and Zehnder's kitchen wisdom. Zehnder followed up with "From My Kitchen to Yours" in 2014, featuring 195 family recipes from a vast collection of more than 1,000.
In October 2020, Zehnder was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. She's also the recipient of the Saginaw Lifetime Achievement Award.
If you’d like to wish Dorothy Zehnder a birthday greeting, you can email events@bavarianinn.com.
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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook said Wednesday that "inflation remains much too high" and how long the Fed keeps interest rates high and restrictive will depend on the progress that's made to bring inflation down.
Some prices are falling, she said, including wholesale prices for used cars and prices for key manufacturing components, like plastic resin and steel. The October report on consumer prices was encouraging, she said, and indicates that "inflation pressures on businesses may be easing."
"Services, however, make up about two-thirds of consumer spending, and inflation in that sector has not yet slowed," Cook said, speaking at a Detroit Economic Club meeting held at the Masonic Temple.
"Notably, inflation in housing costs shot up this year and will likely contribute substantially to overall inflation for some time."
Cook's remarks in Detroit gave a clear clue that higher interest rates and the fight against inflation aren't over yet. She referred to inflation as being "unacceptably high."
And she said inflation must be the Fed's "primary focus."
Referring to remarks made by the the Fed's policy committee in November, she said, the Fed anticipates "ongoing increases."
In her remarks, Cook noted that services overall have accelerated sharply this year and may prove to be a persistent factor keeping inflation elevated.
"Demand for services continues to recover from its pandemic lows, with the release of pent-up demand for travel evident to anyone who has spent much time in DTW and other airports recently," she told the audience.
The big question from the audience Wednesday appeared to be about the likelihood of a recession. Answering several recession-related questions, she urged "caution and humility" about signals of a recession ahead.
"Luckily, we don't have one" right now, she said of economic conditions in late November.
She acknowledged that the economy faces a highly uncertain time in the post-pandemic economy. "I am used to working in highly uncertain environments," she said, indicating that she wrote her dissertation on the Russian banking environment in the 1990s.
As for the slowdown in the housing market, which some worry could fuel a recession, she said the fall off in housing is not like what the economy saw in the financial meltdown of 2008 because credit quality has been stronger.
Formerly a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University, Cook made several references to her Michigan connection. She said she has toured an auto plant and visited businesses in the state as part of economic research at the Fed.
She referred to the "impressive innovation happening in the auto industry and what it tells us about future prospects for productivity in the U.S. manufacturing sector and in the economy more generally. I can think of no better place to do that than in the Motor City."
As part of her opening remarks, she warmly said she wished she had been in Detroit last week when she could have participated in the Turkey Trot run, an annual tradition for her family.
She was asked to describe Detroit in one word and said "resilient."
Cook made history this year when she became the first Black woman in the central bank's 108-year history to serve on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Cook took office on May 23 to fill an unexpired term ending Jan. 31, 2024.
Cook's experience includes serving as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, as well as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2012.
She faced intense criticism from Senate Republicans before ultimately being confirmed by the Senate on a party-line vote of 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the decisive vote. GOP opponents said she was unqualified and charged that Cook — who earned a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley — would serve as an "inflation dove" who wouldn't take rapidly rising prices seriously.
Inflation, though, remains top of mind for most consumers — and the Federal Reserve. On Monday, New York Fed President John Williams called inflation the No. 1 economic concern across the globe and noted that "those who can least afford the rise in costs for food, housing, and transportation suffer the most."
On Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powel said the Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period.
And Cook has been hitting the inflation message hard in her public speeches.
Cook expressed concerns in her first speech as a Fed governor at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in early October that inflation has remained "stubbornly and unacceptably high."
She noted then that a "Fed Listens" event in September heard how businesses, families, and communities are adapting to changes in the post-pandemic economy. "Notably, we heard about the burden that lower- and middle-income families are feeling from high inflation," she said then.
A key takeaway, she said then, is the important role that the Fed has in achieving two mandates — promoting a strong labor market and low inflation, often referred to as price-stability.
Cook noted in her talk in Detroit that she was appointed to the financial stability committee on the Fed.
"The labor market is strong," she said.
"One thing we know is that inflation erodes standards of living, especially for those at the bottom," she said. But she indicated that inflation must get under control to promote a strong environment for jobs and the economy.
For many consumers, inflation is a day-to-day battle when they're buying groceries for the week, filling up the car at the gas station and paying their utility bills each month.
But Cook noted that the longer inflation persists, the more of a serious threat it becomes for the overall economy if an "inflationary psychology" takes hold and people fall into a mindset where they spend quickly to avoid higher prices down the line and start hoarding goods. Such activity leaves little opportunity for economic growth.
"My time doing dissertation research in Russia in the mid-1990s taught me just how disruptive and painful an extremely high-inflation environment can be," Cook said in her speech in October.
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The Federal Reserve has been trying to cool down inflation by raising interest rates throughout most of 2022 ever since it kicked off a series of rate hikes with a small increase of 0.25 percentage points in March.
At subsequent meetings, the Fed moved more aggressively, including raising rates four times by 0.75 percentage points at Fed policy meetings in June, July, September and November.
Many economists anticipate that the Fed might slow down a tad and raise rates by half of a percentage point at its two day meeting Dec. 13 and Dec. 14.
A rate hike in December would mark the seventh time the Fed has raised rates in 2022. After the last rate hike in November, the short-term federal funds rate now runs in the range of 3.75% to 4%. It had been close to zero before the rate hikes began in March — and the short-term rate sits at the highest level in 15 years.
Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi said he'd expect a half percentage point hike in December.
In 2023, Zandi expects a 0.25 percentage point hike in January and then again another 0.25 percentage point hike in March, putting the funds rate then at between 4.75% to 5%.
After that, he said, the Fed is likely to pause with its rate hikes to to see the "full impact of their aggressive rate increases on inflation and economic growth."
"My sense is they will have enough evidence that wage and price pressures are headed in the right direction."
Zandi expects that inflation will be close to the Fed’s target by the spring and summer.
For consumers, interest rates have steadily moved higher on car loans, credit cards and mortgages in 2022.
The average new five-year car loan is 6.05% now, compared with 3.92% a year ago, according to Bankrate.com data through Nov. 30. But consumers with weaker credit pay far more than that average rate.
The average rate on a credit card now is 19.2%, up from 16.32% a year ago, according to Bankrate.com.
Rates on a home equity line of credit have climbed to 7.93% now, compared with 4.05% a year ago.
Mortgage rates shot up in the past year, and in late October soared above 7% for the first time in 20 years.
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined some in recent weeks and the weekly average hit 6.58%, according to the Nov. 23 report from Freddie Mac, which noted that home sales have been slowing across all price points.
The average rate in late November is about double from the 3.22% average at the start of 2022.
Inflation isn't as hot as it was back in June but it still is far above what any consumer would consider to be reasonable. The annual inflation rate climbed to a peak of 9.1% in June — the largest increase in 40 years — but was down to 7.7% in October. October's data represented the smallest 12-month increase since the period ending in January.
The most updated inflation data for November will be released Dec. 13 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The inflation fight is extremely challenging, as the Fed is walking a fine line between raising rates so dramatically that it drives the U.S. economy into a recession in 2023. The University of Michigan forecasting team has said a mild recession is likely in the cards for next year, noting that the Fed is "prepared to tolerate a mild recession" to combat high prices.
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One year later, Dan Campbell is still Oxford Strong.
Campbell, the second-year Detroit Lions coach, wore an Oxford hat to his weekly news conference Wednesday, a gesture he said he made to let the community know "we're thinking about them" on the one-year anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Oxford High.
"If you’re outside of that community, who was directly impacted, you go about your lives and you forget about it," Campbell said. "You got other things going on, this and that. I think just for this moment I want them to know we’re thinking about them. And there was just a little bit of thought that went into the fact that, 'Hey, this happened a year ago and we feel your pain.' And just because time has passed doesn’t mean those scars are still there. I think that more than anything, we just want you to know, 'Hey, we see you. We still see you,' and I think that’s a big thing."
Hana St. Juliana, 14; Tate Myre, 16; Justin Shilling, 17; and Madisyn Baldwin, 17 were killed last Nov. 30 in a shooting that left six other students and one teacher injured.
The Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings five days later for their first win of the season — and Campbell's first victory as head coach — and Campbell dedicated a game ball to the Oxford community after the game.
"I go back to that time last year and it was really, there was more to it than just we’re going out to win a game," Campbell said. "It was about, at the very least you wanted to just take their mind off of some of their pain for a three-hour period and give them something that they could be proud of, something that took their mind off of it, even for a little bit and know that, hey, we were playing for them. And so I was glad that we were able to give that to them, then give them the ball."
The Lions took the field for early warmups against the Vikings in white Oxford Wildcats T-shirts and baseball caps, they wore "O" decals in Oxford gold on their helmets and held a moment of silence for the victims before kickoff.
After the game, when Amon-Ra St. Brown caught the winning touchdown pass from Jared Goff as time expired, Campbell and players said the tragedy was inspiration for their performance.
In April, former Lions executive Bill Keenist delivered the game ball to Oxford athletic director Tony DeMare. In the months since, the ball has been on display at the high school and shared with organizations throughout the community.
Asked Wednesday about his relationship with Oxford football coach Zach Line, a former NFL fullback who played under Campbell with the New Orleans Saints, Campbell called Line "a great frend" and said the tragedy never will be forgotten.
“He was a guy that was a teammate that he endeared himself to his teammates," Campbell said. "Guys loved playing with him, but I just know that what our players did and were able to do, and just the awareness that was put forth and the caring, I know it meant a lot to him and to those guys and to everybody over there. But there again, it’s about them, not us."
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MSU Trustee O'Keefe steps down from board, blasts handling of sex abuse claims
Republican Michigan State University board member Pat O'Keefe resigned from the board Wednesday, blasting fellow board members in his departure for their handling of the school, specifically Title IX efforts.
"Knowing the institution's history, I can no longer serve on a Board that purports to promote cultural change yet struggles itself to be transparent," he wrote in a letter to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and copied to the board and university administrators. The Free Press obtained a copy from board chairwoman Dianne Byrum. She didn't comment on the letter's content.
O'Keefe was unable to be reached for comment.
O'Keefe was elected in January 2021. His term was slated to run until 2029. Whitmer will now appoint a replacement to fill his term.
"Michigan State University is a premier institution in the state," Whitmer spokesman Bobby Leddy said. "It is deeply important to Governor Whitmer, both as a Spartan and as governor, that students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the public have confidence in the board. That begins with having great partners and great leadership in these positions. We will begin our search to appoint someone who will stand up for those values and move the university forward."
O'Keefe upset faculty when he was among board members pushing for an independent investigation into how then-Provost Teresa Woodruff and then-President Samuel Stanley handled the university's business school dean being pushed out over a Title IX investigation. Stanley has since resigned; saying he didn't trust the board anymore. Woodruff was named the interim president to replace him.
That investigation was at the center of O'Keefe's letter. In it, he said he ran because of his "deep affection" for MSU, his alma mater, and his hope he could help MSU move past the "dark days of Nassar." Larry Nassar was an MSU team doctor who was convicted of sexually assaulting gymnasts for decades at the school. MSU had complaints about Nassar's behavior but cleared him of any wrongdoing before his eventual conviction and firing.
In his letter, O'Keefe said he had serious concerns about the dean's ouster.
"My fear is that the Board will bypass yet another opportunity for institutional transparency and never disclose the results of any internal or external reviews into the matter," he wrote. "The findings of these reviews also impacts the organization and the effectiveness of the Title 9/OIE office.
"I hope University influencers and stakeholders demand answers regarding the termination of the former Business School Dean, as well as the Interim President selection process.
"My belief is the shadows of the University's past will continue to linger if true change remains aspirational and the Board does not practice the transparency it seeks to promote."
O'Keefe also took shots at MSU's faculty during a board meeting after faculty passed no-confidence votes in the board's leadership.
“This vote and resolution to drop our investigations is a little bit like the fox telling the farmer not to fix the locks on the henhouse,” O’Keefe said during the Oct. 28 board meeting. “We are asked to accept that the processes have improved because the fox is eating only four chickens instead of eight. Both are unacceptable. I am tired of reading about the sexual transgressions of the faculty, which are like reading "50 Shades of Grey" and are as long as "Gone with the Wind," without knowing what the outcomes are of such behavior.
“This is about corralling the unchecked sexual promiscuity of faculty, who seems to have unfettered access to our most vulnerable student population with little to no repercussions in some instances.”
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O’Keefe donned a green hat with “No More Nassar” in white lettering toward the end of his speech that lasted several minutes.
In it, he defended investigations commissioned by the board into the resignation of former Broad College of Business Dean Sanjay Gupta this summer as well as how Stanley’s administration handled Title IX reports. He directly blamed Stanley, faculty and Woodruff, who pushed Gupta out over allegations he learned of but failed to report an incident of alleged sexual misconduct. The board hired legal counsel to investigate how the administration handled Gupta’s departure.
O'Keefe is the second board member to quit in the last three years, both over lack of transparency around Title IX claims.
Nancy Schlichting resigned from the board in October 2019 after less than a year on the board, saying she no longer wished to serve on a board unwilling to be open or to conduct an independent review of the actions in the past several years, including the Larry Nassar scandal.
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Schlichting, the former Henry Ford Health CEO, was a rare commodity at MSU — a board member without deep ties to the school. That outside perspective was greeted with cheers by members of the MSU community when she was appointed.
"I joined the board to provide expertise from my long career leading complex health care organizations, and my extensive governance experience serving on more than 80 boards. More importantly, I joined the board to help change the attitudes and beliefs of the legacy board members towards the extraordinary young women who have survived sexual assault by Larry Nassar, and to support the survivors in every way I could.
"During the last year, though, it has become very clear to me that my commitment to have an independent review of the Nassar situation, and to waive privilege so the truth can come out, is not shared by the MSU board chair, legacy board members and some newer trustees.
"After the recent decision to not go forward with the independent review/public report, which had been approved by the board, initiated and organized by Trustees Dan Kelly, Kelly Tebay, Brian Mosallam and me, and supported by three courageous survivors; I decided I could no longer serve on the board."
Lansing State Journal reporter Mark Johnson contributed to this story. Contact David Jesse: 313-222-8851 or djesse@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter: @reporterdavidj
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Detroit, city officials sued over ShotSpotter expansion
A pair of social justice groups is suing Detroit, its police department and a handful of city officials over the expansion of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology into more neighborhoods.
The Detroit Justice Center and the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice argue in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that Detroit City Council did not have the authority to approve a $7 million expansion of the controversial surveillance technology and a $1.5 million extension of the city's existing contract with the California-based company without adequate public input. City officials and the police department, the lawsuit claims, violated Detroit's Community Input over Government Surveillance Ordinance during the approval process.
The lawsuit asks the Third Circuit Court to urgently decide that the contracts are void, that the Detroit Police Department failed to comply with the ordinance and that the city exceeded its authority in approving the ShotSpotter contracts.
Attorneys filed the lawsuit on behalf of Detroit residents who live in neighborhoods where ShotSpotter is deployed — John Eagan, Sammie Lewis, Michael Shane, Phillip Shane and Sarah Torres — and the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership.
The lawsuit was filed against the city, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit Police Chief James White, the Detroit Police Department, Detroit Chief Deputy CFO and Finance Director John Naglick and Detroit Chief Procurement Officer Sandra Stahl.
"This lawsuit was filed by community members who are concerned with real safety in our communities and government accountability," Eric Williams, an attorney with the Detroit Justice Center, told the Free Press.
"The Civilian Input Over Government Surveillance ordinance was passed to ensure that the public could participate in an informed decision about the use of public funds on surveillance technology. Yes, it’s about the money and the failure of the city to follow the law. But it’s also about where tax dollars can go to create real public safety, the kind that produces safe housing, quality education, and support for those dealing with mental, emotional, or substance abuse issues."
Detroit's surveillance ordinance was adopted in May 2021 after concerns the city approved the Project Green Light video surveillance system, and facial recognition surveillance technology without enough public input. The ordinance requires stricter oversight when adopting surveillance technology that has the potential to harm.
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According to the ordinance, a Surveillance Technology Specification Report is required to be submitted and available to the public at least 14 days prior to any public hearings or meetings regarding the technology. The report must provide a description of the technology, its purpose, how it will used, its fiscal impact, its impact on civil rights and liberties, information on data collection and more.
And if that report is not submitted and made public in compliance with the ordinance, "no city department may engage in a surveillance technology procurement," the ordinance states.
The city's top attorney, Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett, said Wednesday: "We believe this lawsuit to be without merit."
The Detroit Police Department did submit a Surveillance Technology Specification Report, but the lawsuit alleges it did so in September, months after the city and the public began debating ShotSpotter.
ShotSpotter was first approved in March 2021 and was installed in Detroit's 8th and 9th precincts, prior to the city's adoption of its surveillance ordinance.
But in May of this year, after the ordinance had been adopted, city council became aware of procurement requests to renew ShotSpotter's contract and to approve a second one that would expand the technology into more neighborhoods, according to the lawsuit.
Council held public meetings to discuss the contracts on June 6 and July 25, the lawsuit states. The lawsuit alleges that White and his police department were required to submit a Surveillance Technology Specification Report 14 days before the June 6 meeting to allow for public comment.
The lawsuit states that Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield wrote a letter to the Detroit Police Department on Sept. 12, reminding the department of the ordinance and its requirement to submit a surveillance report.
A surveillance report was eventually submitted by Detroit police on or about Sept. 19, but was allegedly made public a day after city council voted to extend ShotSpotter's existing contract in the 8th and 9th precincts on Sept. 27, the lawsuit alleges.
The report, the lawsuit also alleges, is "deficient" and does not include concerns regarding the technology's efficiency and potential impacts to civil rights and liberties.
"The published ShotSpotter STSR failed to respond to direct inquiries concerning the potential adverse impacts on civil liberties and civil rights; potential uses that will be expressly prohibited; the potential data that may be inadvertently collected and how it would be addressed; and the specific ways in which data retention will be carried out," the lawsuit states.
After months of heated debate with hundreds of public commenters tapping into city council meetings and a series of vote postponements, the $7 million ShotSpotter expansion was approved by city council Oct. 11, using money from the city's general fund instead of its initial request to use federal COVID-19 relief funds.
The lawsuit further states that the current surveillance report does not reflect changes made in funding, length of contract and area of deployment.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday it will begin testing wastewater samples for polio in Michigan and Pennsylvania as part of an effort to target parts of the country with low poliovirus vaccination rates and connections to New York communities where the virus was identified over the summer.
Testing will begin in a few weeks and is likely to include sewer samples from Oakland County, said Chelsea Wuth, a spokesperson for the state health department.
"Oakland is preliminarily where we are looking in consultation with CDC due to history of (vaccine-preventable disease) outbreaks," she said. "But we continue to triangulate where we have low coverage, risk of importation, previous vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks and appropriate sewer sampling locations."
Why is polio such a concern?
Polio, a viral scourge that killed and crippled thousands of children in the 1940s and '50s, was thought to be eradicated in the United States. But a case was identified over the summer in a man from Rockland County, New York. He contracted vaccine-derived paralytic polio.
Since then, wastewater surveillance detected the virus in at least 82 sewage samples not only in Rockland County, but also in Orange, Sullivan and Nassau counties along with New York City, suggesting the virus has been spreading undetected for months in that region, according to the New York state health department.
The Rockland County case is only the second in the U.S. since 1979 with known community transmission of poliovirus, according to a CDC a report published in August.
The man was unvaccinated when he became ill in June with fever, neck stiffness, back and abdominal pain, constipation and weakness in his lower extremities.
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How will wastewater testing for polio help?
Poliovirus is shed in the feces of people who are infected and can be detected in wastewater.
"Finding vaccine-derived poliovirus ... in sewage or wastewater indicates that someone in the community is shedding poliovirus that could infect and cause disease in an unvaccinated person," Wuth said. "If found, the concern is that the viruses are being detected in communities that have low vaccination rates and many individuals at risk for becoming infected and developing polio."
Polio can spread silently through communities before anyone knows it's there. That's because most people who catch the virus don't have any symptoms. For 25% of people, symptoms are flu-like and can include:
It's the severe cases that can be devastating.
Anywhere from one to five in 100 people who contract polio can develop meningitis. That can cause potentially life-threatening swelling of the brain or the lining around the spinal cord, according to the CDC.
A smaller proportion of people are paralyzed by the virus, which can lead to permanent disability and, in some cases, death.
Even children who seem to recover can suffer from post-polio syndrome years later as adults, which can include muscle pain, weakness, muscle atrophy and joint pain.
Those at highest risk for illness from polio are those who are unvaccinated or undervaccinated — meaning they didn't complete the full vaccine series, which is four doses given between the ages of 2 months and 6 years. The vaccine offers 99% protection against severe disease, according to the CDC.
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Michigan is at risk for polio cases
Testing will give health leaders an idea of whether the virus is silently spreading in Michigan. Although it won't be able to pinpoint who is infected or exactly how many people have the virus, testing will give health officials a better idea of where to aim efforts to boost vaccinations.
About one-third of Michigan toddlers are not up to date on the primary childhood vaccine series — which includes immunizations for polio, measles, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis and pneumonia, according to the Michigan Care Improvement Registry. That means they're at risk.
In seven Michigan counties and the city of Detroit, the vaccination rate for the primary childhood series for toddlers has fallen below 60%.
Oscoda County has the lowest immunization rate in Michigan. It's where just 28.9% of toddlers are up to date on their vaccines, according to the state registry.
That's followed by the city of Detroit, which has a completion rate of 47.2%.
Others at highest risk are Keweenaw (52.4%), Gladwin (56.9%), Leelanau (58.4%), Iron (58.5%), Sanilac (58.8%), and Lake (59.8%) counties.
Oakland County links to New York
Oakland County is considered vulnerable as well because many residents have connections to New York communities where the polio was identified over the summer.
Rockland County, New York, was the site of a 2019 measles outbreak that spread to Oakland County and infected 46 people in the state — Michigan's largest measles outbreak in 28 years.
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Wastewater testing for poliovirus "is not routinely or broadly recommended," the CDC said in a statement Wednesday, adding that strict laboratory safety requirements are involved in this type of surveillance.
However, the agency aims to expand polio wastewater testing to select other parts of the U.S. in the months ahead to identify at-risk communities and "target vaccination efforts to rapidly improve local polio vaccination coverage if needed."
“Wastewater testing can be an important tool to help us understand if poliovirus may be circulating in communities in certain circumstances,” Dr. José R. Romero, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a statement. “Vaccination remains the best way to prevent another case of paralytic polio, and it is critically important that people get vaccinated to protect themselves, their families and their communities against this devastating disease.”
In Michigan, wastewater samples are to be collected over at least four months and will be analyzed at the CDC’s polio laboratory.
It could be a few weeks before sampling begins in the state, Wuth said, as health leaders work with the CDC to identify the best sampling sites and methodology for testing.
"There are multiple types of tests that can be used to test for polio in wastewater, including quantitative PCR, digital droplet PCR, and sequencing," Wuth said. "At this time, the initial plan for testing these samples in Michigan is to use digital droplet PCR, and if any samples are determined to be a preliminary positive then confirmatory testing would occur at CDC."
Digital droplet PCR testing is same technology being used by most of the laboratories testing wastewater samples for COVID-19 in Michigan, she said.
"We don’t know how exactly how long it will take to get sampling underway and then ... have results," Wuth said.
In the meantime, she encouraged people to ensure they're up to date with the polio vaccine.
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The state is asking every Michigander to take a little fact-checking into his or her own hands this holiday season and see if the feds know as much as they think they do about who really has access to high-speed internet and who doesn't.
And you need to do it quick.
On Thursday, Michigan's High-Speed Internet Office and associated agencies, including the state Infrastructure Office, urged residents and business owners to go online and punch their addresses into the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new broadband map at https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home. That shows what internet options are supposedly available at each location along with upload and download speeds and other data. (High-speed broadband is defined by federal statute as anything with download speeds of at least 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of at least 20 megabits per second.)
What's especially significant about this map, however, is not only can you see what's available and what's not but you can − and should, says the state of Michigan − contest the FCC's information if it's wrong by clicking on the "availability challenge" highlighted on the screen over the purportedly-available services. Doing so, said Eric Frederick, chief connectivity officer for the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office, will ultimately help the federal government decide where and how to spend some as-yet-unallocated $42.5 billion across the nation to expand high-speed broadband.
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You can also file, on a link next to the property address, a "location challenge," if it gets other details wrong, like having the address wrong or showing the internet service appears to go to a garage.
"The more accurate we can make that map, the more we ensure we get our fair allocation (to expand broadband)," said Frederick, who added that getting Michiganders to check their locations can also inform them about services that may be available (not that they would have purchased all or any of them, necessarily) and then research whether they're right for them.
But people need to check and challenge if they choose to do so fast, as FCC is taking challenges to its "pre-production map," which was made public in mid-November, until Jan. 13, 2023. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is expected to announce allocations based on the map by next summer.
"It's a very tall order (to get people to do this)," said Frederick, "but this is the first time the FCC has taken challenges to their map."
The state already knows that, per the FCC's own statistics, there are upwards of half a million locations in Michigan that lack access to high-speed internet, even though, when looking at the state on the broadband map overall, it almost appears as if 100% of the state is covered with fast broadband.
Then there are contradictions like that in Watertown Township, northwest of Lansing, where the FCC map shows one company providing high-speed access to homes along a section of Clark Road when engineering records and the company's own website indicate that access isn't yet available.
Frederick said his office and others are trying to gather as many such contradictions and mistakes as they can as well to challenge the map before the deadline.
Not everyone may know just by looking at a list of the supposedly available internet services at their home or business whether they are really offered. Frederick said the best way for a consumer to check is to do a little more digging if he or she needs to. The best way is to go to the providers' websites. Most have a "check availability" link of some kind where the consumer can enter their address. (And a screen shot showing that a service isn't available is a good way to bolster a challenge on the FCC's map by the way; the FCC has a place to submit additional documentation.)
Getting high-speed internet service to areas that don't currently have it, especially rural areas, is seen as vital to improving economic opportunities, educational services and more. Last year, President Joe Biden won approval of an infrastructure bill that committed billions to expand internet services, including millions to Michigan. In October, the state got a $250 million grant to extend high-speed internet to about 68,000 homes and businesses that currently lack it.
“With access to affordable, high-speed internet as our tool, we can connect Michiganders to education, economic opportunity, healthcare and more,” said Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, who has taken a lead role in expanding broadband. “As we make historic investments in high-speed internet access across Michigan, we must gather critical information about which locations don’t have access. The final FCC broadband map will play a major role in our efforts to gain federal funding to increase access, so I encourage every Michigander to check the FCC broadband map and help us get this right."
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Whitmer making the rounds in DC on Thursday: What's on her schedule
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was headed to Washington D.C. on Thursday for visits with Biden administration officials and the state's delegation to Congress.
Although Whitmer, who visited with President Joe Biden when he came to Michigan on Tuesday and toured a semiconductor manufacturer in Bay City, wasn't expected to go to the White House, it sounded from the information provided by her office that she had a full day planned in the nation's capital.
She was expected to:
Meet with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to talk about the prospects of more federal funding flowing to the state under a $280 billion American competitiveness bill, passed this year, that includes more than $50 billion to spur domestic production of semiconductor chips. Those chips are especially important to the auto industry as well as scores of other manufacturers. The state has already invested in several semiconductor expansions in Michigan that could be helped by the funding.
Meet with Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, advocating for additional military training and other missions in Michigan that could bolster the economy and improve the readiness of the Armed Service in her role as the commander-in-chief of the Michigan National Guard.
Meet with Democratic and Republican members of Michigan's congressional delegation. There were indications she would meet both with the members of the current delegation plus those of the incoming Congress, which begins Jan. 3.
That meeting with the congressional delegation could be particularly important with several issues still to be taken up in the lame-duck session already underway. Those issues include passing a government spending bill and averting a shutdown, approving same-sex marriage protections and raising the debt ceiling. On Wednesday, the House approved legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike — which could severely hurt automakers and other businesses in Michigan and across the U.S. — and is now sending it to the Senate for final approval.
One group Whitmer was not scheduled to meet with publicly, at least according to her schedule, were members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee. That committee will be meeting in Washington on Friday and Saturday with the expectation of recommending whether Michigan or some other state may join the list of early primary states in the 2024 presidential election.
Whitmer is coming off a midterm election in which she easily won reelection to a second term and led a Democratic ticket that also won the attorney general and secretary of state elections and recaptured control of the state Legislature.
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Troy-based Flagstar Bank acquired by New York bank
Troy-based Flagstar Bank was officially acquired Thursday by a New York bank after more than a year of waiting for the deal to close and will continue operating, at least for the time being, under the Flagstar brand name.
The all-stock acquisition deal by New York Community Bancorp Inc., first announced in April 2021, creates one of the top 25 banks in the U.S., based on assets, according to Thursday's announcement.
The combined bank has more than $88 billion in assets, $58 billion in depositions and 395 branches in nine states. A single brand name for the combined bank will be rolled out in the future, according to a news release.
A bank representative was not immediately available for comment Thursday morning about the completed deal, to explain the impact — if any — on current Flagstar branch operations.
The legacy Flagstar Bank had about 5,400 full-time equivalent employees at the start of the year, although several hundred in Flagstar's mortgage division were let go this year during the nationwide downturn in the mortgage business amid rising interest rates. New York Community Bancorp Inc. started the year with just over 2,800 employees.
The acquisition was originally expected to close by the end of last year, but encountered delays. Bank executives have been reluctant to detail the reasons for the delays during their quarterly earnings calls.
As part of the deal, five new members of the combined bank's 14-member board are former directors of the legacy Flagstar, including former Flagstar President and CEO Alessandro "Sandro" DiNello. DiNello will be a non-executive chairman of the board and receive a $6 million lump-sum payment for signing a three-year non-compete deal.
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ContactJC Reindl: 313-222-6631 or jcreindl@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @jcreindl.
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Lead-footed drivers in Michigan, beware: Law enforcement is coming for you.
Michigan police agencies are cracking down on speeders statewide for the next three months to cut down on the number of crashes, deaths, and injuries, according to the state Office of Highway Safety Planning.
According to the news release issued Thursday, the number of fatalities has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan State Police agencies will now work overtime conducting speed enforcement from Dec. 1 through Feb. 28.
In 2021, the agency said, 237 died in speed-related crashes on Michigan roads — an 18.5% increase from 2020 when 200 people died.
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Katie Bower, director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, said in the news release that the goal of increased enforcement is to change these risky driving behaviors and save lives.
“Speeding continues to be a critical issue in Michigan that leads to many needless crashes, serious injuries, and fatalities on our roadways,” Bower said. “With the arrival of winter comes snow, slush, and slick road conditions that make speeding even more dangerous and crashes more likely.”
For Michigan, in 2020 the number of traffic crashes was 245,432. By 2021, that number rose to 282,640, a 15% increase. Michigan also experienced a rise in traffic fatalities in 2021, there were 1,131 deaths and in 2020 there were 1,083.
The release also featured speed-involved data from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute in 2021 about Michigan drivers:
Speeding was the reason for 13.3% of unrestrained drivers being involved in crashes.
10.2% of drivers in the 15-to-20-year-old age group involved in crashes were speeding, which is higher than the overall speeding-driver rate of 5.2% in 2021.
In 2021, there were 24,555 speed-related crashes, a 10.3% increase. In 2020, there were 22,260 crashes.
And local roads are more dangerous than highways, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In 2020, 87% of speed-related traffic fatalities happened on non-interstate roadways. Insurance industry studies show that approximately 112,000 speeding tickets are issued every day or 41 million per year, according to the news release.
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Matthew Boyd is returning to the Detroit Tigers.
Boyd, a left-handed pitcher, agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with the Tigers on Thursday, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. His deal, pending a physical, includes $1 million in performance bonuses.
The club has not confirmed the signing.
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The 31-year-old previously pitched for the Tigers from 2015-21, earning the nod as the Opening Day starter in 2020 and 2021. After the 2021 season, the Tigers non-tendered Boyd — making him a first-time free agent — rather than paying him a projected $7.3 million in salary arbitration.
He will be a starting pitcher in the 2023 season.
Flexor tendon surgery in September 2021 derailed Boyd's chances of staying with the Tigers in 2022. Boyd, an unhealthy free agent last offseason, signed a one-year, $5.2 million contract with the San Francisco Giants in March 2022.
At the time, Scott Harris — now the Tigers' president of baseball operations — served as the general manager of the Giants.
"He finds ways to get wins in every aspect of the ballclub and make it a really well-tuned machine," Boyd told reporters in October when asked about Harris. "I was so impressed with him in San Francisco, in our conversations during the signing process and throughout the year. Detroit got a real winner in Scott. I'm excited to see what he's going to do going forward."
The Giants traded Boyd to the Seattle Mariners in August 2022. The southpaw didn't return to the big-league mound until Sept. 1 as a reliever in a game against the Tigers at Comerica Park.
In 2022, Boyd posted a 1.35 ERA with eight walks and 13 strikeouts in 13⅓ innings over 10 appearances out of the bullpen. His fastball averaged 92.6 mph, and his slider registered a 34.6% swing-and-miss rate. Boyd also pitched one game in the American League Division Series against the Houston Astros.
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Entering 2023, the Tigers have three guaranteed starters: Boyd, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and right-hander Matt Manning. Righty Spencer Turnbull (returning from Tommy John surgery), righty Beau Brieske, lefty prospect Joey Wentz and righty Alex Faedo should also play key roles in the rotation.
The Tigers first acquired Boyd at the July 2015 trade deadline (with left-hander Daniel Norris) from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for future AL Cy Young-winning pitcher David Price, who spent approximately a year in Detroit.
In parts of seven seasons with the Tigers, Boyd started 143 of his 147 games, tossed 777⅔ innings and logged a 4.87 ERA. He made 15 starts in 2021 and recorded a 3.89 ERA, 23 walks and 67 strikeouts over 78⅔ innings.
The Tigers still need to acquire a right-handed hitting outfielder and a left-handed hitting infielder this offseason. They are expected to check the market for a catcher and more pitchers, as well.
Jeff Passan of ESPN was the first to report the Tigers and Boyd were in agreement on a contract.
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Incident occured Oct. 7, charges filed Wednesday
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Smith played in Saturday's game against Ohio State, which U-M won to advance to the Big Ten championship game Saturday in Indianapolis. He is a senior from Grand Rapids.
Eastern Michigan basketball star Emoni Bates was pulled over by Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 18 and arrested on two gun charges. Bates was arraigned the next day. Charges were dropped against Bates in October.
Smith played in Michigan's game at Indiana the day following the incident. He had five tackles (four solo) in U-M's 31-10 win in Bloomington, Indiana. Smith has played in every other game since the incident.
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Michigan football star Mazi Smith facing felony weapon charge
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December kicks off in metro Detroit with lots of festive activities, including ice sculpture displays, holiday shopping, indoor and outdoor performances at downtown venues, a tour of a mansion in Grosse Pointe Shores and art markets.
Here are some things to do for the weekend of Dec. 2.
The 48th edition of this holiday season tradition in Detroit's Midtown and Cultural Center includes more than 90 venues offering free indoor and outdoor programming, shopping, art installations, caroling, family activities, food, live music, performances and more.
Participating venues include the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Michigan Science Center, along with the area’s historic churches, galleries, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, restaurants, breweries and more.
A few highlights and headlining performers will include: Snow Angles – an interactive video art installation, shadow puppet show by the Detroit Puppet Company, ice scraper demonstrations, Nuage Rhythm, Audivi, Frontier Ruckus, Luke Winslow-King Band, Thornetta Davis, The Soul Rebels, Detroit Party Marching Band and more.
Hours are 5-9 p.m. Saturday in the Cultural Center, north of Warren Avenue in Detroit and 5-10 p.m. in Midtown, south of Warren. Visit noelnight.org/2022-noel-night-map for a map of the area. Free.
Ford House Christmas Tours
Holiday tours of the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House start aboard a lighted shuttle ride to the mansion for a tour of the historic home. Festivities continue in the visitor center with crafts and entertainment.
Tours are 5:30-8:30 p.m. through Dec. 30 and entries begin every half hour. 1100 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores. General admission is $20 for adults and $12 per child.
More than 30,000 pieces of pottery made by Michigan and Midwest artists will be on display at this 45th annual show. More than 124 artists will offer hand-crafted work.
Pottery and crafts on display will include pots, vases, platters, tiles, mugs, bird baths, jewelry, ceramic framed mirrors, sculptures, lamps, ornaments and more.
Hours are 6-9 p.m. Thursday (preview night $10 admission); 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the Southfield Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road in Southfield. Admission and parking are free.
Participating artists have donated artwork, and proceeds from sales will be donated to Leader Dogs for the Blind.
Winter Lighting + Toyland at Beacon Park
Enjoy larger-than-life light features that include a giant teddy bear, nutcrackers, a walkthrough ornament, presents, sleighs and other festive lights as Beacon Park is transformed into a downtown winter wonderland.
A free toy train ride operates from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 3, 20 and 17.
Toyland is open through Jan. 16 at Beacon Park, 1903 Grand River in Detroit.
Birmingham Winter Market
This annual event will feature local artists, vendors, holiday lights, ice sculptures, food, live entertainment, warming stations, complimentary carriage rides, visits with Santa and activities for children.
A tree lighting ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Friday with Santa, caroling and more.
The event takes place 4-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at Shain Park, 270 W. Merrill St. in downtown Birmingham.
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The boy was charged with solicitation of assault with a dangerous weapon, a 4-year felony, and having a weapon in a weapon-free school, a 93-day misdemeanor.
The Prevail Academy will be the first school to receive the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Hero Award because of the student that prevented the potential tragedy.
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Student at Prevail Academy in Mt. Clemens had knife, hit list
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Earlier this year, GM said software-as-a-service will generate $20 billion to $25 billion annually in revenue by 2030. To get there, GM has hundreds of data scientists already studying consumer behavior, promising there will be more subscription services on GM vehicles and looking at ways to tie the sale of a car to software services or to other new GM businesses, such as GM's auto insurance through OnStar.
“I wouldn’t expect us to charge someone $18 for heated seats. We’re very in touch with our customers and where they find value. We know when it comes to features like safety or standard features, our customers expect it has to be included in the vehicle," said Alan Wexler, GM's senior vice president of strategy and innovation. "As much as we can standardize hardware in the vehicle and then unlock features with software, we will."
But, he said, electric vehicles are comprised of about 25% fewer parts than gasoline-powered cars, "So we’re moving into a world of simplification in terms of hardware and we’ll capitalize on it in different segments based on what people’s desires are and what they want to buy."
GM is studying you
Wexler spoke with Barclays auto analyst Dan Levy as part of a webcast for the Barclays Global Automotive and Mobility Tech Conference Thursday.
“Software is a business for us," Wexler said, noting that 70% of GM's new hires over the past two years have come from technology companies to work on GM's vehicle software.
Wexler said GM has 300 data scientists on its data insights team analyzing and forming insights into "what customers are interested in buying, when they’re interested in buying it and how they’re interested in buying it."
As GM develops new technology, it can garner insight from customers' vehicle data and interact with the car buyers to sell them more services beyond the initial car purchase, he said. For example, if GM notices a pattern of a certain highway you drive or a certain time or traffic pattern routinely taken, it can send an offer to the driver saying, “Would you like to try Super Cruise on your way home tonight?” Wexler said. "We can offer it to you as a try and buy."
Super Cruise is GM's hands-free driving technology that can be used on 400,000 miles of mapped roads in the U.S. and Canada. It will be offered on 22 vehicles next year. Ultra Cruise is GM's next iteration of Super Cruise, offering more roads it can be used on. It will debut on the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq EV.
Super Cruise costs $2,200 within the manufacturer's suggested retail price and includes 3 years of service. After that, the customer has the option to pay $25 a month or $250 per year to continue using it. Wexler said both Super Cruise and Ultra Cruise offer GM greater revenue opportunities in the future either through more subscriptions or by leading to the purchase of other GM products.
“We believe our autonomous technology, whether it is Super Cruise or Ultra Cruise, leads to safer driving, so that should lead to saving money on insurance," Wexler said. "What we’re doing on the innovation team is: How do we bring these services to life to delight our customers and (bring) what they’re willing to pay for? It’s stitching together a lot of new businesses to provide value to customers and should provide value to us.”
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GM has also eyed outside subscription businesses as a model to support its 2030 annual revenue target, Wexler said.
"We looked outside of what people were willing and interested to pay from a vehicle perspective," Wexler said. "We looked at subscriptions in people’s lives: What are you paying for Netflix or a music app? We took a very comprehensive look at peoples' willingness to buy."
Wexler said GM's success relies on owning its software so it can both procure and protect the vehicle data it has access to. In this regard, he said, GM is developing a software model similar to rival EV maker Tesla.
“I have a lot of respect for what Tesla has done," Wexler said. "They had the benefit of starting from scratch in developing an operating system within the vehicle and knowing that software is core to their business. They moved at speed. They also played it very smart in terms of the experiences they created, what they would outsource to partners versus what they would own."
GM's innovation challenge
In 2019, GM created the Vehicle Intelligence Platform (VIP), which is the wiring in a vehicle that will enable GM's future software platform, Ultifi. GM introduced Ultifi last year. The first vehicle it will go live on is the Chevrolet Silverado EV due out next year.
Think of VIP as a smartphone and Ultifi as the operating system that provides the functions. Similar to software on a smartphone, Ultifi can provide regular updates and let customers choose from a variety of over-the-air upgrades, personalization options and apps.
“We must own that, we’re building that," Wexler said, noting that GM did not start from scratch with Ultifi like Tesla did with its software. "It’s a little more difficult," he said, because GM has to design its vehicle software to work with gasoline-powered cars and EVs.
"It’s a little more complicated than starting from scratch, but we’re taking a very similar approach around the platform," Wexler said. "We just have to be agile over time."
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Debra Trenace Walker, 69, a community organizer, activist and longtime Corktown resident died Nov. 23.
“I am completely devastated,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who represents parts of Corktown in a Facebook post. “My dear friend Debra Walker has gotten her wings. She was one of the most thoughtful and kindest human beings. My boys know her as Gabriel's grandma, and for many of us she was a loving neighbor and good friend. She always showed up for others.”
Tlaib added, “I am sending her daughters, and grand babies prayers of strength. I can't imagine how they must be feeling right now. She was all about family and community.”
She was heavily involved in community most of her life, according to an October acknowledgement from Detroit City Council Member Gabriela Santiago-Romero's office spotlighting Walker as a leader and a "community resource."
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Walker was "an AmeriCorps volunteer, a member of several nonprofit boards, developed and (led) after-school programs, and created a support group for African American breast cancer patients and their families, Women Achieving Victory and Esteem (WAVE)," according to Santiago-Romero's office. "While working to enhance the safety of the neighborhood, her goal is to foster and create channels for communication to ensure residents are aware of issues and opportunities impacting their daily quality of life.”
Walker was also known as a writer, multi-media artist and poet.
She is survived by two daughters and three grandsons.
Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at O.H. Pye, III Funeral Home, 17600 Plymouth Road in Detroit. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, 18700 James Couzens Fwy. in Detroit.
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Results from the first general election held under new maps drawn by Michigan's independent redistricting commission seemed to demonstrate that the group achieved its aim of drawing fair maps while underscoring Black Detroiters' concerns that they took a hit in the process, redistricting experts said during a panel Wednesday night.
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Zach Gorchow, executive editor and publisher of Gongwer Michigan, said increased competition means more expensive campaigns to win control of the state Legislature. "We saw unbelievable sums of money sent into Michigan, so I suppose if you're not a fan of money of politics, thinks we need to get money out of politics, that's probably not going to be an outcome of this."
Congressman-elect Shri Thanedar's victory in a Detroit-based congressional district following a crowded Democratic primary along with the reelection of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, means the upcoming term marks the first time Detroit will not send a Black representative to Washington, D.C. in nearly 70 years. John James, a Republican, will be the only Black member of Congress from Michigan.
Wang noted that the commission currently faces a federal voting rights lawsuit that alleges the state legislative maps it drew illegally disenfranchise Black voters that will help determine whether the maps provide an opportunity for Black Detroiters' to elect their preferred candidates. But she said that the commission could have done a better job responding to public concerns.
Duchin echoed the comment. "There's a question of legal compliance with the Voting Rights Act, but there's also a question of procedural fairness, and I do think that we were hearing the voices of Detroiters coming to the commission and worrying about that maps."
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Ann Arbor police arrested Michigan football player Mazi Smith after discovering a gun in his car during an Oct. 7 traffic stop for speeding, the department said in a press release.
"Smith was arrested at the scene, processed at the police station, and released pending Washtenaw County Prosecutor review," the release, sent to the Free Press late Thursday afternoon said.
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, who told the Free Press earlier Thursday that Smith wasn't arrested, later clarified his statement and said if Smith had remained in custody, the clock would have started on needing to charge him or not. State law requires an arraignment within 48 hours of an arrest.
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Instead, prosecutors received the police department's report on the incident one week later, on Oct. 14. A month later, on Nov. 17, charges were approved and a warrant was "sworn out" in front of a magistrate judge this week, Savit said. Smith was arraigned Thursday afternoon on the charge and released on a personal recognizance bond. He is banned from traveling out of state, except when he is with the football team. That makes him eligible to play in the Big Ten championship on Saturday and in the College Football Playoff if the Wolverines, as expected, make it.
The police department said that an Ann Arbor officer pulled over Smith, 21, at 9:35 a.m. on Oct. 7 for speeding.
"Smith, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was found to be in possession of a handgun inside the vehicle without a valid CPL and did not have his driver’s license at the time of the stop," the press release said.
During a court appearance Thursday, Smith's attorney, John Shea, said that Smith was in the process of getting his concealed carry license when he was pulled over.
A probable cause hearing was set for 9 a.m. Dec. 8. The charge carries a possibility of up to five years in prison or a fine up to $2,500.
That's also the difference in the timeline when Eastern Michigan basketball star Emoni Bates was pulled over by Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 18 and arrested on two gun charges and held overnight. Bates was arraigned the next day. Charges were dropped against Bates in October.
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Entrepreneurial couple gives $2 million car collection to Northwood University in Midland
A Mount Pleasant couple who made their fortune by building a better wood chipper hopes their recent, and somewhat unusual, donation to Northwood University in Midland can help inspire and educate a new generation of inventors and entrepreneurs.
Michael and Dianne Morey gave the private university, which is about 30 minutes away from their home, most of their beloved $2-million car collection, 35 vehicles in all.
"The cars have been a large part of our lives and each tells a story," the Moreys said in a joint statement Thursday. "It’s time for these cars to write a new chapter, and support young men and women who want to work hard, build something of their own, and positively influence the communities they call home."
It's not a record gift to Northwood but a considerably large one, the university said.
However, unlike other noncash donations — such as its "Lincoln on the Prairie" statue of the young former president reading while riding a horse, which was gifted to the university in 1967 and installed on campus — Northwood said it had no need for nearly three dozen cars, but can use the cash when it sells them.
All but one have been placed in a no-reserve auction early next month in Florida.
"We are incredibly grateful to Michael and Dianne for this extraordinary gift," Northwood President Kent MacDonald said, adding that the auction proceeds will be used to "enhance our Midland campus, create scholarship opportunities, and build the university’s endowment for future students."
About half the money will go to enhance campus courtyards, the other half to scholarships.
The car collection includes street rods, pickups, coupes and convertibles, and nearly all of them are American-made.
One of the cars is a 1932 Ford Hi-Boy owned by movie star Sylvester Stallone, and at least two other classics, a 1967 Shelby GT500 fastback and a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda, have been valued at more than $200,000 each, the university said.
And there's a roadster in there that doesn't really fit in with the others — a 1990 Mazda Miata convertible — but the couple told the university they weren't driving it much anymore and also threw it in to be sold at Mecum’s Kissimmee Auction on Jan. 6.
Bids can be made in-person, online and on the phone.
In Northwood's announcement of the donation, the university's president touted the Morey family's personal and business story as "one of success from hard work" calling it "the epitome of what Northwood strives to instill in its students, and what its alumni exhibit daily in their respective fields."
According to the university, the business story begins in 1983, with the belief — and faith — that they could "build a wood chipper better than anyone else." Michael Morey quit his job, bought a workshop, hired six people and built what became known as the Model 100 Brush Bandit, a 12-inch disc chipper.
In 1987, Morey formed Bandit Industries and Dianne Morey joined in the business.
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And then four years ago, after turning down two offers to sell to private firms, the Moreys decided their company was better off in the hands of their 462 employees and sold it to them through an employee stock ownership plan. The Remus-based company now has 725 employees.
Justin Marshall — the university's chief development and engagement officer — said the Moreys were persuaded to donate their beloved collection of automobiles to Northwood by their cousin, Lon Morey, who also is a successful entrepreneur living in Mount Pleasant.
Lon Morey — who runs Morbark, another wood chipper company — had been recognized by Northwood for his business acumen and support, and helped the university set up a meeting.
Marshall said he visited with the Moreys, walked through their impressive garage housing the collection, and told them about the university's philosophy and creed that "free enterprise, personal responsibility, free markets, limited government, rule of law and, of course, freedom are fundamental tenets to democracy and human progress."
And a day or two later, Marshall said, the Moreys agreed to donate their collection, which opens up space in their large garage for other projects and passions — or perhaps an entirely new car collection.
They are holding onto three cars that have extra sentimental value, including the first one Michael Morey restored.
The Moreys said Northwood "is a special place" with "wonderful students."
The one car the university is keeping — school officials said, it was a difficult decision to pick just one — is a silver and black 1958 Corvette. Northwood said it selected that one because the Corvette is a worldwide symbol of American innovation, a characteristic that also represents the university.
It also was the car year closest in the collection to the year the university was founded: 1959.
The 'Vette, the university added, will make quite a statement at homecoming parades and during the annual free, three-day car show on campus that students organize and run in the fall. The show usually draws more than 400 vehicles of all makes, including a few supercars.
The only other thing that might have made it more perfect is if it were Columbia blue and white, the school colors.
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Fifty-four school districts with 112 low-performing schools will get extra support through a Michigan turnaround program that has proven to be helpful to many districts. But each district’s share of the resources may be more limited than in the past.
That’s because state funding for the program remains at $6 million, the same as last year, when just 36 districts were in the program. Those districts entered the program between 2017 and 2019 in three separate cohorts. Districts move out of the program as their struggling schools meet performance goals or once they complete the three-year partnership program.
Some districts that completed the program will continue receiving support as other schools in those districts are flagged.
The increase in the number of so-called partnership districts is not a sign schools are performing worse, said Katharine Strunk, who studies the districts as director of the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University. Rather, she said, it means that the lowest performing schools across the state are less concentrated. For example, the Detroit Public Schools Community District previously had 39 qualifying schools, but now has 21.
Michigan created the Partnership District program in 2017 to meet requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states to identify and provide extra support to their lowest performing schools.
Districts become part of the program if any school within them has a four-year graduation rate of 67% or less, or scores in the bottom 5% on the state’s index accountability system, which rates districts on student performance, attendance, graduation rates, availability of career and college preparation courses, and more.
No districts entered the program in 2020 and 2021 because of pandemic-related disruptions to student testing used to identify districts that need help.
Partnership districts receive extra help from the Michigan Department of Education and from their local or regional educational service agencies. Liaisons from those agencies help districts set improvement goals and access resources to meet them.
Daveda Colbert, superintendent of the Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency, said her staff will help local district administrators use data to identify root causes of academic needs and then will develop plans to address them.
“Working together with the focus on improving student outcomes will help our identified schools make the necessary improvements to achieve success,” Colbert said in an email message to Chalkbeat and Bridge.
But the program’s finite resources and funding pool — the Legislature set aside $6 million — will now be stretched across 50% more districts than last year. That may make it harder for MDE and educational service agencies to help, Strunk said.
“The challenge about 54 districts is that it’s 54 different organizations with which to work,” she said.
Principals in the partnership districts use the extra money to improve technology, staffing, and teacher training, but they’ve said it isn’t enough.
State Superintendent Michael Rice agrees with them.
“What we’re experiencing is the consequence of underfunding Michigan public school students, educators, and education for many years, the resultant teacher shortage, and a once-in-a-century pandemic,” he said in a press release.
Strunk and other researchers at EPIC found that students in partnership districts made academic gains before the pandemic. Later, progress stalled, but students in partnership district schools still tested as well as or better than students in demographically similar schools that were not in the program.
The lowest performing students, in particular, benefited the most from resources provided to partnership districts, Strunk said.
School choice advocates prefer a different solution. They are pressing for passage of the Let MI Kids Learn plan, which would give tax breaks to people who contribute to voucher-like scholarships for students to attend private schools or obtain other private education services.
“Michigan’s public school bureaucracy has failed our kids,” said Beth DeShone, executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project, an advocacy group that supports the scholarship plan.
But the proposal’s prospects are dimming.
Let MI Kids Learn submitted signatures on petitions for a ballot issue earlier this year, but they weren’t in time to make the November ballot, and supporters hoped to have the plan enacted instead through a vote by the GOP-controlled Legislature.
But Republicans will lose control of both houses of the Legislature after the current legislative session, and the Bureau of Elections is unlikely to certify the petitions by then. Democrats largely oppose the scholarship proposal.
Chalkbeat Detroit staff writer Koby Levin contributed.
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NBA player development is rarely linear, with some clicking immediately but the majority becoming productive nightly contributors in fits and starts.
That's certainly been true for the Detroit Pistons' young roster. Third-year players Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart have been productive but have also struggled to adapt to new roles. Cade Cunningham took time to get going last season, and a shin injury could end his second season early. Despite the solid starts by rookies Jalen Duren and Jaden Ivey, there have been plenty of reminders they’re barely a quarter of the way into their first pro seasons.
But no Piston's growth curve has been as non-linear as Killian Hayes'. And that made his performance on Thursday more special.
Hayes put together the best game of his career, scoring 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to power the Pistons to a 131-125 win over the Dallas Mavericks. He got there on 10-for-13 shooting and also dished out eight assists.
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He did so on a night where the Pistons were in the national spotlight: the only game on the schedule, and broadcast on NBA TV. And thus NBA Twitter dissected his breakout performance in real time, and fans united to cheer for his turnaround. It was the latest in what’s been three weeks of career-redefining performances for the young guard.
Hayes’ back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 75 seconds won the game for Detroit. He hit a pull-up 3 with 1:15 on the clock to give Detroit a 128-125 advantage, and followed it with a side-step 3 a possession later to clinch the win. It was a great highlight for a player who experienced more than a few lowlights over his first two seasons.
“It feels good to finally get on the side where things start working for you,” Hayes said. “Just gotta keep working. I put in a lot of work. I have the trust from coach, all my teammates, they’re always pushing me every day. It feels good.”
The spotlight has been on Hayes since the Pistons drafted him seventh overall in 2020. He was the first player drafted by general manager Troy Weaver — which made his struggles stand out more than most non top-three picks. A torn labrum limited him to 26 games as a rookie. He mostly stayed healthy last season, playing 66 games, but his strengths as a passer and defender were overshadowed by his shooting issues: During Hayes’ first two seasons, he shot 37.4% overall and 26.8% from 3.
This season, however, Hayes has been a different player since mid-November. He spent the offseason overhauling his shot mechanics, and that work has finally begun to show. Over his past 13 games, he’s averaging 12.1 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 44.4% overall and 37.5% from 3. And his performance against Dallas encapsulated all of the strides he’s made in recent weeks, as the Pistons have leaned on him while Cunningham mulls surgery for his shin.
Hayes scored or assisted on 10 straight points in the fourth quarter to power a 14-5 run that gave them a 117-109 lead with 1:47 remaining. The run included two assists from Hayes to Marvin Bagley III — including a bounce pass that led to a dunk and capped the run — and three pull-up midrange jumpers. He also got the Pistons on the board early in overtime with a pull-up long midrange jumper that was intended to be a 3. His foot was on the line, but that miscue ultimately didn’t matter.
“The guy I’m proud of is Killian Hayes,” coach Dwane Casey said after the game. “He made some big shots, big plays, big passes. Defensively, he was active in our blitzes. Really proud of the way he played and bounced back. I can’t say enough good things about him.”
His recent play is virtually the opposite of his first 11 games, during which he shot 20% overall and 16.7% from 3. He’s visibly more confident and thriving with the ball in his hands. He was Detroit’s go-to player down the stretch on Thursday.
“He’s more settled,” Stewart said. “When I see a difference between then and now, obviously you mention confidence but he believes he’s that kinda player. He hit some big shots tonight, and it was great to see.”
The coaching staff has made a point not to pressure Hayes into prioritizing his offense over the other parts of his game. With Cunningham out, they still need Hayes to play to his strengths. He’s the best playmaker on the roster, and his 5.8 assists a game (with just 1.8 turnovers) during his strong 13-game stretch underscores how good he is at moving the ball. The Pistons need that' Thursday, he didn’t let his scoring distract him from creating for others.
But getting more consistent scoring from Hayes does matter. It matters for his confidence and overall growth, and for the Pistons’ ability to close out tough games. Shooting better will enable him to thrive alongside Cunningham, when he returns, and Ivey. It forces defenses to account for him, which creates plays for others.
Hayes showed Thursday he can create offense in other ways. He darted from the corner to the rim midway through the second quarter, and Bojan Bogdanovic found him for an easy layup that broke a 48-48 tie.
“He’s a great cutter off the ball,” Casey said. “When (Bogdanovic) has the ball, the ball’s on the weakside, in the post or whatever, he is an excellent cutter. He’s got so many skills other than shooting. Everybody is laser-focused on him shooting, and that’s probably third on the list for me. But we’ll take it. If he’s open, I told him he has the green light to shoot it."
It took a while, but Hayes is finally finding his comfort level in the NBA. It helped the Pistons pick up their sixth win of the season — and third win in six games.
“He’s just growing at the right pace, at the right time,” Casey added. “He’s not growing on somebody else’s watch. He’s growing at his pace, his speed. That’s what young players do. Everybody wants him to be that 10-year vet. What is he, Year 3? That’s why it’s not a surprise to me. We just have to be patient. Unfortunately, this league is not full of patience, it’s winning games. But he is growing in front of our eyes.”
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Killian Hayes' sudden development paying dividends for Detroit Pistons
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On Nov. 8, voters across the country and here in Michigan exercised one of our most fundamental rights: the right to vote.
For months, pundits and the political class told us there would be a red wave. MAGA Republicans campaigned across Michigan to take away our reproductive rights and our sacred right to vote, confident they would triumph. And most egregiously, many of them campaigned on taking away our constitutional right to choose who leads us, supporting former President Donald Trump in his criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Michigan proved them wrong.
Voters in Michigan delivered a “stiff rebuke” to election deniers and affirmed voting protections. Michiganders voted for democracy on Nov. 8, rejecting high-profile, anti-voter election deniers such as Tudor Dixon, Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who wanted to be Michigan's governor, attorney general and secretary of state, respectively.
Democrats flipped control of the state Legislature to gain a trifecta for the first time in 40 years. MAGA conspiracy theorist John Gibbs was defeated by Hillary Scholten in Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, and Elissa Slotkin defeated an election denier to return to Congress in the 8th District.
On top of that, Michigan voters passed Proposal 2, which protects the fundamental right to vote without harassment, a 6-day grace period after Election Day for military serving overseas to have their ballots counted and provides nine days of early in-person voting.
All of this should be heartening to anyone who cares about democracy. However, the fight to make Michigan’s elections safe, secure and accessible isn't over. Staggeringly, half of the incoming Michigan GOP lawmakers to the state Legislature are election deniers.
Additionally, DePerno, a far-right conspiracy theorist who is under investigation for tampering with voting machines in 2020, is a leading candidate for chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. Dixon has also hinted at running for party chair. One of the current co-chairs, Meshawn Maddock, is a hardline election denier and insurrectionist who played an active role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Three Republicans re-elected to Congress from Michigan — U.S. Reps. Lisa McClain (R-Bruce Twp.), Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) and Tim Walberg (R-Tipton) — voted to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election. A fourth, Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland), joined these three in signing a lawsuit to block Michigan and three other states from casting their Electoral College votes for President Joe Biden.
Voting is critical to the integrity of our democracy. All Michigan voters should have confidence that our voices will be heard and our votes counted no matter what political party or candidate we support, where we live or what we look like. For Michigan to be a place where everyone has an opportunity to succeed, we must ensure that voters pick our government, not the other way around — where politicians rig elections.
We must continue to be vigilant and defend democracy at every opportunity.
Rep. Donna Lasinski (Scio Township) is Michigan House Democratic Leader.
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LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shuffled her cabinet Friday as she prepares to begin her second four-year term Jan. 1, announcing that four cabinet members are leaving their posts, including the official in charge of "fixing the damn roads."
Whitmer, a Democrat, announced that Sen. Adam Hollier, D-Detroit, who is leaving the Senate at the end of the year, will be the new director of the Veteran Affairs Agency. She also named Michelle Lange as director of the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget and Brian Hanna as executive director of the Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Both of those agencies had been headed by acting directors.
She also announced the departures from the cabinet of:
Paul Ajegba, director of the Department of Transportation;
Liesl Clark, director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
Gary McDowell, director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; and
Zaneta Adams, director of the Veteran Affairs Agency.
It's not uncommon for governors to shuffle their cabinets and top advisers as they begin a new term.
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“When we took office four years ago, we set out to make Michigan a home for opportunity for everyone," Whitmer said in a news release. "None of us could’ve anticipated the challenges thrown our way, but our team stood Michigan strong and never gave up doing what was right for Michiganders. For that, I’m grateful to the entire cabinet for their service during our first term. With a new term, comes new opportunities and challenges. Today’s appointments and promotions will only build on the work that we’ve done over the last four years. We know it won’t be easy, but it will be gratifying when we build a state that enables every Michigander to succeed."
Whitmer announced acting directors for several affected agencies. She said Dan Eichinger, who is currently director of the Department of Natural Resources was named acting director at EGLE; Brad Wieferich will be acting director of the Department of Transportation; Kathy Angerer will serve as acting director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; and Shannon Lott will be acting director of the Department of Natural Resources.
Ajegba, who was a longtime MDOT employee before Whitmer named him director in 2019, said he plans to retire at the end of this year.
Fixing the roads was a signature campaign promise by Whitmer in 2018 and a promise she has pledged to continue into her second term. Reviews have been mixed on how successful Whitmer has been in following through on her roads promise, but the governor has clearly increased road funding and construction in recent years, using state government road bonds, and, more recently, federal infrastructure money.
"Under Director Ajegba’s leadership, Michigan fixed 16,000 lane miles of road and 1,200 bridges while supporting 89,000 jobs, all without raising taxes by a dime," Whitmer said in the news release.
In a recent interview with the Free Press, Whitmer said an entirely new funding model is needed to fix the roads, as the state expects to move to greater use of electric vehicles and away from gas-powered vehicles. Fuel taxes are a significant source of funds for road construction and maintenance.
Whitmer, first elected in 2018, was reelected Nov. 8 with over 54% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Tudor Dixon. This term, she will have the backing of a Democratic-controlled Legislature, after serving her first four years with Republican majorities in both the House and Senate. Under the state constitution, Whitmer can only serve two terms as governor.
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After waiting three years, a bright 'Tomorrow' finally arrived for this Detroit restaurant
While growing up, first on Detroit’s North End, then in the Joy Road-North Martindale area, and later in the Dexter-Linwood neighborhood, Damon Cann, the kitchen manager at the recently opened See You Tomorrow restaurant (7740 Woodward), says he learned enough good things about how to treat people to last a lifetime.
Damon Cann is the kitchen manager at See You Tomorrow, a restaurant on Woodward avenue that recently opened in New Center Detroit, Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022. Cann was a cook at a Birmingham restaurant, but after disagreements with his boss there he left to work at this restaurant not far from where he grew up. Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press
“Between my family background and being born in the 1970s and growing up in the 80s, it was still that sense of it takes a village to raise a child,” recalled the 47-year-old Cann, who attended six different Detroit schools during his childhood journey through multiple neighborhoods.
“We were getting that love, not just in the house, but throughout the neighborhoods where I lived. No matter whose house you were at, you never felt like you were out of place, you always felt like you were at home. Walking down the street, randomly people would speak. And I’m that way today, if I walk past someone I’m going to speak. Genuine niceness and kindness, that’s how I was raised.”
Shortly after the 8 o’clock hour on Wednesday morning, while seated at a small table within See You Tomorrow, Cann spoke in a calm, soothing manner. His tone and demeanor never wavered, even when he described a life-changing sequence of events that brought him to his new job.
Before finding employment at See You Tomorrow, Cann worked eight years at a restaurant in Birmingham, where Cann says he rose from a busser to a prep cook, to a cook. With pride, Cann described training staff members that were hired after him; helping coworkers with issues they faced both on and outside of the job; and providing the restaurant’s management recommendations that were implemented. But toward the tail-end of this past summer, Cann said he had an encounter with a “floating” manager who was not a part of the restaurant’s everyday staff and knew nothing about Cann’s history with the restaurant or the way Cann was raised. When told to “shut up” and more, Cann described responding with his own “verbal assault,” which days later resulted in him being terminated from the restaurant. And without naming the restaurant or the manager he had the confrontation with, Cann said he could not have responded any other way given the code he was brought up to live by.
See You Tomorrow cafe before it opens at 8 am on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022. Damon Cann is the kitchen manager here. He was a cook at a Birmingham restaurant but after disagreements with his boss there he left to work at this restaurant not far from where he grew up. Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press
“With all communication there must be respect,” said Cann, who revealed that he expected his response would result in consequences but thought he would be given a few weeks off rather than fired. “I told him that I was a man, and I will be treated as one. And his response was ‘Quit crying and do your job,’ and that’s when I lost it.”
Cann was told that he was done at the restaurant during a morning shift he had already started. By this time, Cann, a father of eight, said he was “at peace” because he was standing on his personal values. Cann said he even thanked the manager who gave him the news for eight years of employment. After having an emotional talk with an employee he mentored, Cann says he walked out the door of the restaurant for the last time. But as it turned out, Cann did not walk alone for long. As Cann tells it, literally before the door closed all the way behind him, a couple came through the same door and told Cann they had overheard his conversation with his former colleague before he departed. That couple was Julian and Lisa Hill, owners of See You Tomorrow, and they asked Cann if he would be interested in interviewing for a position as a cook at their restaurant, which had not yet opened.
“God is good,” Cann said he recalls saying to himself after meeting the Hills, even though there was no guarantee he would be hired by them.
For Julian Hill, who extended the interview opportunity to Cann, the spontaneous gesture was a matter of following the good book. In this instance, that good book is The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield, which Julian Hill says he purchased in a New York basement bookstore nearly 30 years ago.
“The book references that nothing happens by chance, and I have let my spirit guide me around that principle for almost 30 years,” Julian Hill said about the novel, which Lisa Hill also has read. “So, when I saw Damon, I saw an opportunity, I saw a window, I saw a divine beautiful moment. To be somewhere at the absolute precise moment, when something is meant for you to observe, is a spiritually defining moment; it's either you recognize it, or you don't … Whether Damon feels the same way, only time will tell. But for me it was destined that our paths were meant to cross.”
Cann may not have read The Celestine Prophecy, yet, but he expressed his feelings about the specialness of coming together with the Detroit restaurant owners his own way when he said this year his Christmas came on Sept. 21 — the day he was offered the interview from Julian Hill.
It also would be appropriate to think of Cann as a gift to the Hills and their business. Before Cann began work at See You Tomorrow, not as a cook, but as a kitchen manager who also prepares dishes on the restaurant’s menu, including smoked salmon croquette patties and a variety of signature egg scrambles, the restaurant’s anticipated opening had been a “three-year upward battle,” in the words of Julian Hill. However, when Cann started work on Oct. 19, a push began to open the restaurant on Nov. 1, and this time the mission was finally accomplished.
Damon Cann is the kitchen manager at See You Tomorrow, a restaurant on Woodward avenue in New Center Detroit, and works at scrambling eggs before they open at 8 a.m. on Wed., Nov 30, 2022. Cann was a cook at a Birmingham restaurant before coming to work at See You Tomorrow, not far from where he grew up. Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press
“I got it done. We got it done. Our entire team (Jesse Johnson, front house lead; Marichona Berta, manager; Jimmy Rais Jr., sous chef; Takiella Fields, steam table assistant) got it done,” said Cann, who noted that he got his work ethic from his grandfather, the late Bishop Rudolph Stansfield Sr.
The volume of Cann’s voice picks up just slightly and a slight smile can be seen as he described a 12-day flurry of activity that he was centrally involved with from Oct. 19 up until the Nov. 1 opening. There was the tweaking of recipes and the menu, which has more than 25 breakfast and brunch offerings (including a la carte selections), obtaining supplies and ordering food.
At some point, as Cann talks and 10 customers enter the restaurant between 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. on Wednesday, See You Tomorrow’s Operations Manager Suzette Daye could be seen smiling at the front of the house. Daye calls Cann’s journey and his early significant contributions to the restaurant a “great story.”
(L to R) Damon Cann, the kitchen manager at See You Tomorrow, talks with operations manager Suzette Daye before they open at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022. Cann was a cook at a Birmingham restaurant but after disagreements with his boss there he left to work at this restaurant not far from where he grew up. Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press
And Cann is hopeful that the story will only get better with time.
“I was complacent on the path that I was on, but that wasn’t where God wanted me to be,” said Cann, who did not realize he would be working just blocks away from the North End neighborhood he grew up in until just before his first interview at See You Tomorrow. “It was divine timing that put us (Cann and the Hills) in the same place and now we’re starting a journey together. I have a chance to be a part of something special on the ground floor, and this is my opportunity to put my imprint on the cooking industry in the city of Detroit.”
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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported on Thursday that Corum was scheduled to have surgery on the injured knee, ending the season for the junior.
The potential Heisman Trophy candidate suffered a left knee injury late in the first half of the game against Illinois. Corum tried to play last week against Ohio State, but after gaining just 6 yards on the first series, he sat out the rest of the game until the final two kneel downs of the 45-23 victory in Columbus.
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"Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers, surgery was a success!" Corum posted on Twitter. "I believe God does everything for a reason and this is just (an) obstacle to overcome along my journey. Even though I won't be at game today I will be there in spirit and best believe my guys are ready."
The Wolverines, No. 2 in the College Football Playoff, will play Purdue in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday night in Indianapolis. A win cements their spot in the national semifinals. Some believe even with a loss, U-M is destined to make a second consecutive appearance in the college football final four.
This season, Corum, the Big Ten Running Back of the Year, had 247 carries for 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns.
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Get your groove on with Smokey this holiday season.
Detroit is celebrating the 58th anniversary of the Temptations' hit single "My Girl" on Dec. 21. Audiences and fans now can celebrate the song with the help of SmashUps by American Greetings.
Smokey Robinson will appear along the video e-card, performing his adaption of "My Girl." This personalized, customizable e-card can be used for birthdays, Mother's Day and Father-Daughter Day, plus it features words of encouragement from Robinson as well.
Once the SmashUps are selected, it's required to pick the recipient from a drop-down list. There are other options where users can personalize the card and preview the video message.
It takes less than one minute to create the SmashUps and can be shared via email, text and social media.
Users can schedule e-card video messages months in advance so they never miss another birthday or anniversary.
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American Greetings is offering a free trial to first-time members for seven days. Their monthly membership price is $6.99. Other membership price options are $29.99 per year or $39.99 for two years.
Memberships allow shoppers to use any of the ecards and share them across networks.
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Fletcher, out of Flint Carmen-Ainsworth, played in eight of the 12 games this season and has 22 games played in four seasons at MSU, including 2019 in which he played in just one game before redshirting.
The 6-foot-6, 260-pounder had a career-best 13 tackles this season and half of a tackle for loss. He was the top defensive lineman in the state of Michigan in the class of 2019.
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Fletcher is the second Spartan to enter the portal since the season ended, joining freshman kicker Jack Stone.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Three down, one to go.
Michigan had four goals entering the season. It checked off the first when it beat Michigan State by three scores at the end of October. It checked off the second when it topped Ohio State by 22 a week ago.
And it finished the third as Saturday night turned to Sunday morning at Lucas Oil Stadium, when J.J. McCarthy threw for three touchdowns, Donovan Edwards ran for 185 yards and a score and Kalel Mullings had two more scores on the ground to lead Michigan to a 43-22 victory to clinch its second straight Big Ten Championship and an-all-but-certain bid in the College Football Playoff.
"I don't think I need to say what the last (goal) is," said Edwards as he accepted the Big Ten Championship's MVP award. "We're on our way there."
It was Michigan football's formula all season and it didn't change with a title on the line.
Start slow, finish strong and as it had in each of the first 12 games of the season, the best second-half team in the nation showed exactly how it got its reputation.
On the first play of the third quarter in a one-score game, Michigan lined up in a three tight-end set, all on the left side of the line. The Wolverines ran Edwards directly behind the overloaded set, he juked past defensive back Reese Taylor before he scampered up the left sideline for a gain of 60 yards.
Four plays later, Mullings, who played running back and linebacker on the night, pounded in a score from 1-yard out, the first of his career with 12:25 left in the third quarter.
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U-M (13-0) forced a three-and-out on defense and was in the end zone less than two minutes later. After J.J. McCarthy found Luke Schoonmaker for a 40-yard gain on a crossing route on the drive's first play, Edwards broke three tackles as he ran in a score from 27 yards out.
Michigan would score again late, a 3-yard run by Mullings with 1:22 to play to put the game to bed.
Its the first 13-win season in Michigan program history and the first time the Wolverines have won consecutive league titles outright since 1991-92.
No. 1 Georgia figures to hold onto the top spot and would likely select the Peach Bowl in Atlanta vs. whichever team is No. 4, TCU, Ohio State or Alabama. That would line the Wolverines up for the Fiesta Bowl against either TCU or potentially a rematch with the Buckeyes.
Edwards ran 11 times for 37 yards (3.4 per carry) in the first 30 minutes, his longest rush of the half going for 9 yards. That put the impetus on McCarthy to carry the offense and much like he did in Columbus, the sophomore had no problem shouldering the load.
On U-M's first drive, his first connection was a 9-yard drag route to Cornelius Johnson on third-and-9 to move the sticks. His second came after he was flushed from the pocket, rolled left and then threw across his body to find Ronnie Bell for a gain of 16.
After the Wolverines went three-and-out on their next drive — McCarthy nearly connected with Bell on what would've been a gain of at least 50 but the ball was just too far for the senior receiver and it ricocheted off his hands − Michigan got back to its methodical ways.
Jones finished the first half with seven catches for 74 yards. While the Wolverines dedicated more resources his way in the second half, Jones still got his, catching six more passes to finish the game with 13 receptions for 162 yards.
The Wolverines seemed to know Purdue couldn't run on them, the Boilermakers carried the ball 37 times and managed just 90 yards, so they played a bend-don't-break defense against one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the conference in Aidan O'Connell.
The senior completed 32-of-47 passes for 366 yards, the most through the air Michigan allowed all season, but threw two back-breaking interceptions.
On the second drive of the second half, Purdue had a 32-yard gain to Jones followed by a fake flea-flicker that gained 25 yards to get to the Michigan 18. But on the next play, O'Connell forced a lob to Jones but Will Johnson, who'd just subbed in for the briefly injured DJ Turner, located the ball and intercepted it on the Michigan 1.
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The UAW, a labor union started in Detroit to represent the rights of autoworkers, is leading a strike 2,400 miles away involving some 48,000 academic workers in 10 University of California cities — including Berkeley, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
The strike, believed to be the biggest organized labor action in the U.S. this year and the biggest in history involving higher education, began early on Nov. 14 after contract talks stalled on improving wages, job security and workplace protections.
It exceeds the size of the widespread UAW strike on General Motors that involved 46,000 workers at 55 sites in 10 states just three years ago and it clashed with final exams, forced some classes to go from in-person to virtual, and stopped laboratory research.
And it shows the potential influence the UAW has on shaping worker benefits well beyond traditional autoworkers.
"This is one of the most striking examples of a resurgence of the labor movement that we’ve seen," said Harley Shaiken, an emeritus professor at the University of California-Berkeley who specializes in labor and the global economy. "It's a bit like autoworkers sitting down at Flint 85 years ago, except on a college campus today. Workers then and student workers today, seeking to improve their lives through solidarity."
The work these strikers do for the university and their impact is not trivial: “They perform experiments, write research grant proposals, and generate creative ideas that push the boundaries of their fields. Their hard work and dedication is a major reason why the school system received $3.7 billion in federal research contracts and grant revenue in fiscal year 2020," U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, said in a 2021 letter to the UC president expressing support for the academic workers.
UAW officials pointed to past court battles that reflect a long-term union investment in protecting rights on college campuses.
Ray Curry, president of the UAW, told the Free Press in a statement Friday: "Our union has been a part of the fight for academic workers to have the legal right to bargain since the 1980s. We have laid the groundwork to establish that right through numerous court cases and strategic campaigns. We will continue to lead in this sector as we bargain innovative contracts that set the standard for workers in higher education.”
The intensity of this fight cannot be overstated, said Shaiken, whose grandfather, a Russian immigrant, moved from Ohio to Detroit to earn $5 a day at Ford’s Highland Park plant and spent most of his 33 years on the line at The Rouge.
"When they had a strike vote, over 36,000 voted, which is very high as a percentage, and 98% voted to strike. That kind of an outpouring is very significant," Shaiken said of academic workers at UC. "We’re seeing history being made, given the size of this strike and its location ... that will leave a lasting mark."
After 15 days on strike, the UAW units representing about 12,000 postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers reached tentative five-year agreements with the university. They vote whether to ratify Monday through Friday this week.
“We are proud to have reached agreements that address the soaring cost of living, and reflect the value of our contributions at UC,” said Neal Sweeney, 46, of Davis, who is president of UAW Local 5810.
Now, all eyes are on negotiations bargaining for 36,000 academic student employees and student researchers.
Lifeblood of the operation
The UAW-represented academic workers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Davis, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Riverside, Irvine and Merced do much of the research and teaching at the University of California.
UC has more than 800 research centers, institutes, laboratories, and programs that include five medical centers and three Department of Energy National Laboratories. Areas of study range from human cognition and the development of machine learning to the creation of disease-resistant crops and mitigation strategies for climate change, according to the UC website.
The academic workers on strike over the past three weeks have been postdoctoral scholars who do professional research, teaching assistants, academic student employees, graduate student researchers, academic researchers, readers, tutors and others.
"We're all bargaining to make the university more fair and equitable," Sweeney told the Free Press. "This is about making the university welcoming for working parents with more paid leave, child care benefits, job security."
The UAW has taken great pride in bargaining as a united front despite having separate contracts because there's strength in numbers, he said. "Classes are being canceled. Labs are shut down," he said.
Sweeney, a Birmingham, Michigan, native whose father worked on a GM assembly line in college, is both a postdoctoral scholar and an academic researcher in Santa Cruz, studying how stem cells may be used in late-stage eye diseases such as macular degeneration.
Until their tentative agreements are ratified, postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers plan to continue striking in support of the 36,000 other UAW-represented members still bargaining for a contract.
One ongoing snag is the short length of job appointments, which can create hardship for teaching assistants and tutors who need to sign housing leases but have a limited work commitment, said Kavitha Iyengar, 29, a Lansing native now living in Berkeley. She's a doctoral student in legal history who grades legal coursework while also serving as vice president of UAW Local 2865, which represents students who work as teaching assistants, tutors and readers.
"This is really the minutes-before-midnight phenomenon, when the end of classes, grading and exams facilitate compromise between parties which want an agreement," said William Gould IV, emeritus professor of law at Stanford University.
"If the union is successful in negotiating what objectively could be seen as real improvements in the areas of wages and rent supplements, in particular, this undoubtedly is going to resonate with other workers who are similarly situated," he said. "Particularly in this part of the country and in other geographical locations where the cost of living is so high compared to the rest of the country."
Gould, who wrote "For Labor to Build Upon" (Cambridge University Press, spring 2022), finds a lasting legacy of the U.S. Civil War is that democracy in the workforce is an essential part of societal democracy. He looks in his writing at the world of low-paying, gig-economy jobs that lack union protection.
Casino workers, beermakers, scientists
For many, the UAW is closely associated with America's automobile industry. Its name is officially the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
But things have changed drastically for the union founded in 1935. Just under half of the estimated 400,000 dues-paying members come from outside the auto industry.
About 52% are hourly and salaried workers affiliated with auto suppliers and the Detroit Three — Ford Motor Co., General Motors or Stellantis, which builds Jeeps, Ram Trucks and Chrysler vehicles, according to May 2021 UAW data.
The UAW represents members who work in everything from casino gaming to beer production to farm equipment — as well as academics.
"It's going to where the action is," Gould said. "The action is increasingly in this world of the unorganized and the more vulnerable."
All members pay into the same strike fund, which gives the UAW leverage.
The UAW had nearly $841 million in strike funds, according to its Aug. 31, 2022, financial report. This is a pot of money, fed by member union dues, that pays a $400 stipend for workers going to the strike line instead of going to work.
Union leaders have compared the strike fund to having a strong military when preparing for war.
Not your father's labor union
Just two years ago, academic workers made up 20% of the UAW membership, or 80,000 of some 400,000 from public and private universities such as the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, the University of California, Harvard University, Brown University, Boston College, the University of Washington, New York University, University of Connecticut and the New School in New York.
The UAW added Columbia University postdoctoral researchers last year, many working to eradicate cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes and other diseases.
A majority of academic workers in the UAW are based at the University of California, California State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, which specializes in clean energy, supercomputing and atomic structure.
“Sometimes there’s a bit of an eyebrow raise when you say UAW. People ask, ‘United Auto Workers?’ But we chose the UAW because it represents the most academic workers of any union in the country. And it bargains great contracts,” David Parsons, then-president of UAW Local 4121, representing graduate and undergraduate students and researchers at the University of Washington, said in 2019.
Anke Schennink, then-president of UAW Local 5810, which represents postdoctoral researchers on University of California campuses, said in 2019, "The UAW provides us access to labor lawyers, professional negotiators and training."
Organizing the UC system and higher ed overall was considered critical to the national UAW strategy.
UC officials praise success on negotiations so far as talks continue on the final two contracts.
“Our dedicated colleagues are vital to UC’s research activities and we are very pleased to have reached agreements that honor their many important contributions,” Letitia Silas, executive director of systemwide labor relations, said in a Nov. 29 news release from the UC Office of the President. “These agreements also uphold our tradition of supporting these employees with compensation and benefits packages that are among the best in the country.”
She noted that the other two UAW groups, graduate student researchers and academic student employees who work as teaching assistants and tutors and readers, remain in ongoing contact negotiations.
Supporting a family on $24,000
As a professor, Shaiken said he has seen tremendous sympathy for the striking workers. The average pay for graduate students in STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math at these prestigious California schools ranges from $38,000 to $45,000 a year while their peers in other fields earn about $24,000 annually on average, he noted.
"You cannot live on that," Shaiken said. "Here’s why we’re seeing ... 48,000 people paralyzing the university right now. Rents have skyrocketed in California. For these students, many don’t have a decent place to live or have to sacrifice other essentials. Costs have gone up and wages won’t cover it. That is something that has gotten a lot of good people angry."
Andy Ross, a literary agent based in Berkeley whose daughter attends college there, told the Free Press: "Students are back to taking classes on Zoom. Some professors are striking in solidarity. The other thing is that term papers and tests aren't being graded, which indicates how important these grad students are. Everything is falling apart without them.
"California is an expensive place to live. The grad students have been exploited for a long time."
At issue for union activists and supporters is the rapid growth or "bloat" of administrators with significantly higher salaries while wages for hard-working classroom workers and researchers have remained static and outdated, Shaiken said. "That has contributed to a lot of concern about what’s going on," he said.
Support for the strike also comes from the California Labor Federation, which represents 1.2 million workers in manufacturing, retail, construction, health care, delivery and other industries. Many of their members have refused to cross academic worker picket lines.
23% salary increase
Negotiators reached a deal for postdoctoral scholars who will vote on whether to ratify this week.
"The agreement reached will include the vast majority of postdocs getting a 20% to 23% salary increase," Sweeney said in a Zoom call with reporters Nov. 29. "This was a significant movement from the university. … That’s really what got us over the finish line."
In addition, postdoctoral scholars will get two-year appointments rather than just one year. It helps with job security and stability as well as cost reduction for international researchers required to apply for visas. Postdoc scholars who currently earn $54,500 a year will see their wage increase by $12,000 a year to $66,000, Sweeney said.
"That's very significant," he said.
An entry-level academic researcher in a junior specialist position currently making $49,000 would see compensation increase by $5,549 to $54,549 by July, Sweeney said.
Contract highlights of tentative agreements
Two of four UAW-represented local unions in California will vote this week on proposed contracts.
Postdoctoral scholars, who do scientific research at the university, are being offered:
Implementation of a new salary scale by April 1, 2023, which will result in average salary increases of 8% for all.
Annual pay increases each October, with an increase of about 7.5% in the first year and 3.5% in each remaining year.
Annual experience-based pay increases of 3.7% for eligible postdocs.
Up to $2,500 annual reimbursement for child care expenses. Annual $100 increases in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, a new special Postdoc Paid Leave program of eight weeks of 100% paid family leave for all postdocs.
'29% salary increase'
Academic researchers, who make scientific discoveries in their fields of expertise, will vote this week on a proposed contract that includes:
Pay increases of 4.5% in the first year, 3.5% in the second, third and fourth years; and 4% in the fifth year.
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, eight weeks 100% pay for family care and bonding for eligible academic researchers.
A typical academic researcher will receive 29% in salary increases (between scale and merit increases) over the life of the contract.
Both tentative agreements include:
Access to a pre-tax program to pay for transit costs and an e-bike purchase discount program.
Academic researchers at UC joined the UAW in 2018, getting their first contract in 2019. Academic student employees formed in the late 1990s and won their first contract in 2000. Postdoctoral researchers formed around 2008 and won their first contract in 2010. Student researchers won recognition from the University of California in late 2021, and this will be their first contract.
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No. 2 Michigan (13-0, 9-0 Big Ten) will face No. 3 Texas Christian University (12-1, 8-0 Big 12) on Dec. 31 at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.
The Wolverines are headed to Arizona because No. 1-seed Georgia (13-0, 9-0 SEC) elected to take on No. 4-seed Ohio State (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The Buckeyes snuck into the final playoff spot despite a 45-23 loss in the regular season finale to Michigan because USC lost in the Pac-12 title game Friday to Utah, 47-24.
The Fiesta Bowl is scheduled for 4 p.m. New Years Eve and the Peach Bowl for 8 p.m. New Years Eve. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN.
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Alabama (10-2) and its coach Nick Saban, who went on Fox at halftime of the Big Ten title game to plead the Tide's case for a spot, were the first team out, finishing the season at No. 5. Tennessee was ranked No. 6.
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The only way for that to happen is both teams getting to the national championship game.
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The Vikings have clinched at least a share of the division title by beating the Jets on Sunday.
The Lions have scored 25 or more points in four straight games for the first time since 2012, and have six 30-point offensive outputs this season, the second-most in franchise history behind only the 2011 Lions (seven).
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Detroit Lions dominate Jaguars, 40-14, for fourth win in five games
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Harbaugh, speaking with reporters via Zoom to preview U-M's College Football Playoff semifinal matchup in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 3 TCU (12-1), explained that he heard about Smith's incident from the senior himself and said it was a collaborative decision to allow Smith to play ever since.
Smith was pulled over for speeding in Ann Arbor at 9:35 a.m. on Oct. 7. At the scene, he told officers he was in possession of a gun, though he did not have his driver's license on him nor a proper CPL. According to his attorney, John Shea, Smith's CPL was pending approval and he has since received it.
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Smith is scheduled for a probably cause hearing on Thursday.
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Through two quarters, Ja Morant let his teammates run the show. After halftime, he took the reins and put the finishing touches on a blowout loss for the Detroit Pistons.
Morant scored 21 of 33 points in the third period, defeating the Pistons, 122-112, at Little Caesars Arena. Morant finished with a double-double, as he also dished out 10 assists. Detroit fell behind by 19 in the first quarter, but cut the deficit to four in the second quarter before falling further behind again. The game was ultimately lost early, as the Grizzlies led during the entire second half after entering halftime with a 12-point advantage. Detroit outscored Memphis 55-53 in the second half.
Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points, and Killian Hayes (13 points, 3-for-4 from 3) and Jaden Ivey (10 points, five rebounds) also reached double figures in scoring. Michigan State alumnus Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 22 points for the Grizzlies, and Dillon Brooks added 20 points.
OFF THE BENCH:Killian Hayes' scoring surge for Pistons: What it means and why it matters
BRING IT ON HOME:Why, despite blowout loss, Pistons may be playing their best ball of the season
The Pistons made the Grizzlies sweat late, as a floater from Hayes with 2:10 remaining cut the deficit to 11. Hamidou Diallo added a layup with 1:45 to play to cut the deficit to nine points. It’s as close as they got, though, as Ivey and Hayes missed close shots that could’ve turned the game into a free throw battle.
Bey gives scoring punch off bench
Bey has had an up-and-down season. The third-year forward entered Sunday shooting 27.4% from 3 — the worst mark of his short career by a wide margin — and 40.2% overall. It’s the second consecutive year he has opened in a slump. Unlike last year, the Pistons have toyed with his role to try to get him going.
Sunday was Bey’s third straight game off the bench, and his fourth this season. There are multiple reasons why the Pistons are utilizing him off of the bench, and coach Dwane Casey has been quick to state it isn’t a demotion. It makes room for the two-big starting lineup of Isaiah Stewart and Marvin Bagley III and should hypothetically also give Bey an opportunity to receive more touches.
The latter proved true against the Grizzlies, as Bey scored 20 of his 24 points through the first three quarters. It was the first time cracking the 20-point threshold since Nov. 7, and he led the team in shot attempts (16). He brought immediate energy after checking in midway through the first quarter. The Pistons trailed by 19, 34-15, with 3:26 to play in the period. He scored 12 during a 28-13 run that cut the deficit to four with 8:04 to play until halftime.
Bey has acknowledged that coming off the bench has been an adjustment for him, but it worked on Sunday. It wasn’t his most efficient night, but he made up for it by attempting a career-high 12 free throws, making nine, and also dishing out a season-high seven assists.
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Detroit Pistons dunked by slow start in 122-112 loss to Memphis
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The 20th-ranked Spartans showed fight through their frustration, but Northwestern displayed defensive grit and toughness all Sunday night, disrupting MSU for long stretches and hanging on for a 70-63 victory at Breslin Center in the conference opener for both teams.
"Most of all, we didn't play good enough, and they did a hell of a job," MSU coach Tom Izzo said. "I thought they outcoached us, outplayed us, out-toughed us."
Northwestern went 21 of 24 at the free-throw line. It was the Wildcats’ first back-to-back wins over MSU since 1982 and '83, part of a stretch in which they won three of four through 1984.
"That's where they won the game," said senior forward Joey Hauser, who had 10 points and eight rebounds but made just 3 of 12 shots. "We gotta be stronger going to the rim and draw more fouls, but we gotta make sure we're playing without fouling. They attacked us, they got downhill. Those two or three guards did a really good job of getting down and getting fouled. So we've just got to be better."
Hoggard finished with 12 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Sissoko added 12 points and five rebounds, while Pierre Brooks and Tyson Walker each had nine points. MSU shot 41.8% and went 8-for-22 from deep while getting outrebounded, 31-30.
"I think it was just our poise, having older guys, older players," Buie said. "We were just able to go and drive in strong, take the contact and try to finish."
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Michigan State basketball loses to Northwestern in 70-63 home loss
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Child poverty was driven to an unprecedented low last year, thanks in part to a bigger-than-ever child tax credit. As U.S. lawmakers enter their lame-duck session, they’ll have to decide whether to permanently expand the credits, which dropped back to pre-pandemic levels this year. Advocates for children say doing so could keep more than half a million Michigan kids out of poverty.
“The success of the 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion showed us that high child poverty rates are a policy choice, not an inevitability,” wrote Chuck Marr, vice president for federal tax policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “The choice before Congress this year is simple: They can act, or they can see millions of children fall back into poverty.”
How much is the child tax credit?
Pandemic-era changes to the child tax credit were part of the reason child poverty dropped by half in 2021, to a historic low of around 5%. But the Michigan League for Public Policy points out what it calls a flaw in the credit’s design: It was never available to families with the lowest incomes.
The proposed expansion would permanently increase the annual child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per qualifying child, with an additional $600 for children who are 6 years old or younger in households within adjusted gross income limits. The proposed expansion would also allow parents to claim the credit for children up to 17 years old.
The expansion proposal would allow all families with children who make less than the income ceiling to receive the full amount, regardless of how many hours they work or how much they earn.
More:Child tax credit helped Michigan kids — and numbers prove it
That has some tax experts shaking their heads, including Scott Hodge, the founding father of the very idea of a child tax credit and longtime leader of the Tax Foundation. Hodge published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal saying expanding it would be a “bad idea.” He wrote that the credit, which he originally suggested in a 1993 paper and which was first enacted in 1997, should take the blame for driving up the number of households who don’t pay income tax. The Tax Policy Center expects 44 million tax filers to pay no income tax in 2022, thanks in part to the child tax credit.
Furthermore, Hodge pointed to an analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation that found the proposed expansion would cause people to leave the workforce and ultimately shrink economic output, reducing revenue by $1.3 trillion over the next 10 years.
Other research shows otherwise, including a University of Michigan paper that found no evidence the expanded child tax credit affected labor supply or led to significant decline in employment among families with low incomes.
Support from former Treasury secretaries
“This is not enough money for people to go quit their jobs and go to the Bahamas,” said Danielle Atkinson, founder and national executive director of Detroit-based Mothering Justice. Mothers who did receive the credit last year told Atkinson they were able to stop working third shift hours and instead could spend time helping kids with homework. Most of the moms she heard from spent it on things like after-school programs or an extra pair of shoes for their kids.
“In Michigan, we have 44% of the population not able to meet the basic needs,” Atkinson said. “Something like this is not only good for an individual but it's good for the economy.”
U.S. Reps. Andy Levin and Rashida Tlaib were two of 58 lawmakers who signed a letter urging congressional leadership to oppose legislation containing corporate tax breaks without also enshrining the child tax credit for working-class families.
"In the lame duck session, Congress will be taking up legislation to pass the largest annual military budget of any nation in the world. What does that say about our priorities?" Tlaib wrote in an email to the Free Press. "Instead, we should be fighting like hell to invest those funds in working families, making sure that every child has clean air and water, and the opportunity to thrive."
Tlaib introduced the End Child Poverty Act in February 2022, a bill that replaces the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit with a universal child assistance program that would send monthly payments to each child of a taxpayer under the age of 19.
"I will not stop fighting to advance this legislation," Tlaib wrote. "It’s absolutely critical that we deliver for working families struggling to make ends meet and reinstate the child tax credit before the 117th Congress adjourns. Inaction is unacceptable.”
Two former secretaries of the Treasury also expressed their support for the expansion in a New York Times op-ed, arguing the proposal would, on the whole, “tamp down inflationary pressure.” They also pointed out the inequitable effects of current policy.
“Before last year’s changes to the child tax credit, the parents of 23 million children received either a partial credit or none at all, because their earnings were too low to qualify for the full credit,” Robert Rubin and Jacob Lew wrote. “This left out or shortchanged about half of Black and Latino children, half of children in rural areas and almost one in four white children. The families who needed the credit the most received the least.”
The former secretaries wrote that expanding the credit was the morally right thing to do.
More:Michigan’s child care crisis worse than policymakers believe
Monique Stanton, president and CEO for the Michigan League for Public Policy, agrees. “We go back to prioritizing our values,” she said. “We value young people, we value children, we value families. And so, in a time when we're looking at large corporate tax cuts, we really want to make sure that our most vulnerable people —– who are parents and children — have access to this needed resource.”
Stanton said not passing the legislation would be “devastating” for children in Michigan — and up to 19 million kids nationwide.
“We saw how successful it was during COVID and we can do it again,” said Stanton. “If we want to help children and prevent them from living in poverty and all the poor outcomes that go along with that, here's a great opportunity for us to do that.”
Politico reported that Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, said the Child Tax Credit was front and center in what was likely to be a big debate in the lame duck session.
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Roughly an hour and a half before the Detroit Pistons took on the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, Niele Ivey was minutes away from pulling off one of the biggest wins of her career.
The seventh-ranked Fighting Irish women's basketball team defeated third-ranked UConn, 74-60, in South Bend. Ivey, in her third season leading the program, is positioning the program for another deep NCAA tournament run.
Between her final season as an assistant at Notre Dame and her first season as head coach, though, Jaden Ivey's mom was an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies, during the 2019-20 season. The Grizzlies still very much appreciate what she brought as a coach. The Pistons and Grizzlies were about to battle, but they were united in rooting for Niele.
"Quick shoutout to Niele, I think she’s in a tight battle right now," Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said during his pregame press conference Sunday. "The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are playing UConn, I think, right now. I think they’re in a tight battle, it’s in the fourth quarter. Hopefully she’s able to pull it out."
SUNDAY'S GAME:Slow start costly for Pistons in 122-112 loss to Grizzlies
OFF THE BENCH:Killian Hayes' scoring surge for Detroit Pistons: What it means and why it matters
Niele Ivey was unable to attend the Pistons' 122-112 loss to the Grizzlies, but it was a moment for her and Jaden. Both Iveys share a close relationship with the Grizzlies, and particularly with Ja Morant, with whom Jaden shares a brotherly relationship. Niele was one of the first coaches Jenkins hired in Memphis. She handled pregame scouting reports and also did individual skill work with players. Her positivity and energy rubbed off on everyone.
As a former Notre Dame and WNBA point guard (with the Detroit Shock, among other teams), she had a firsthand perspective of the rigors of transitioning from college to the pros. As a fifth-year senior, she helped lead the Fighting Irish to their first national championship in 2001 while averaging 21.2 points, 6.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. She's seventh in Notre Dame history in made 3-pointers (190), fourth in 3-point percentage (40.5%), fourth in total assists (747) and second in total steals (348).
Her decorated résumé and extensive experience in collegiate recruiting and player development made her an ideal fit for a young Grizzlies team. Morant, who tallied 33 points and 10 assists to lead Memphis to a win Sunday, was a rookie during Ivey's season with the franchise. (Michigan State alumnus Jaren Jackson Jr. was in his second season.)
"Her ability to connect with the guys was unbelievable," Jenkins said. "Being in the women’s game for a long time, I didn’t have any doubt that she was going to come in. She was super successful as a player in college, coach in college, played in the WNBA. She knows the game, she can teach the game, and she just has this personality, this positively, where she’s got this ultimate care factor. I tried to surround myself with a lot of people that just care for others and care for players and invest in their craft. We only had her for one year, wish we could’ve had her for more. She left a huge imprint on our players and our staff because of that care factor, that investment in other people."
"I just remember that she was super involved, super nice," Jackson added after Sunday's game. "But she knew her (expletive). You see where it got her. We always knew she knew her stuff because she was coming from basketball. She was super involved and we were lucky to have her."
Through his mom, Jaden got a taste of the NBA while he was still a high schooler at La Lumiere in Indiana. He took advantage of his opportunity to learn from Morant, a player with whom he shares similarities. Both are elite downhill athletes who rise quickly for dunks. Both thrive with the ball in their hands. Morant's game was, and is, a model for Ivey to follow.
Morant's pregame routine typically involved him talking to Niele while sitting on the sideline, about the upcoming game or anything else. They forged a close bond. It trickled down to Jaden, who would sit and talk to Morant for hours whenever he was able to make the trip to Memphis to watch the Grizzlies play or practice.
Ivey has gotten off to an encouraging start to his rookie season, averaging 15.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game. His early success isn't a surprise to the Grizzlies who got to know him and his mom. Like Morant before him, Ivey is still adjusting to the increased pace and physicality of the NBA. He had rookie moments on Sunday, finishing with 10 points and six rebounds on 2-for-9 shooting.
Jenkins and Jackson both saw Ivey's success coming from afar.
"With her and Memphis, my very first year, unbelievable coach, and then having Jaden pop around every now and then, he was at school at the time before he went off to Purdue," Jenkins said. "We got to see him off and on every now and then, but not a whole lot. But just got to learn from her the type of person that he was. We would sit and just talk about his unique journey growing up as a player. But as a person, how humble he is, how much of a hard worker he is and then you get to see him from afar when he goes to Purdue, the stellar two years he has and then obviously a top-five pick.
"He always had confidence and he always told me he was going to be the best," Jackson added. "He definitely was about it."
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Michigan football tight end Erick All enters NCAA transfer porter
A little over 24 hours after the Michigan football program punched their ticket to the College Football Playoff for the second straight season, the NCAA's transfer portal opened. The portal opens up to any player who wishes to become the college sports version of a free agent, and one Michigan is taking advantage of it.
In a series of tweets, Erick All announced he is leaving Michigan. The Free Press later confirmed he has entered his name in the transfer portal.
Later Monday afternoon, the Free Press learned sophomore tight end Louis Hansen also entered the transfer portal. The former four-star prospect in the class of 2021 played in just three games the last two seasons.
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SAN DIEGO — The New York Mets struck first at MLB's Winter Meetings with the blockbuster signing of three-time Cy Young winner Justin Verlander.
Verlander signed a two-year, $86 million contract with a vesting option for 2025, a baseball official with direct knowledge of the deal told USA TODAY Sports. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity since the deal is not yet finalized.
The deal reunites Verlander with co-ace Max Scherzer, who played together with the Detroit Tigers, and who live in Jupiter, Florida, in the offseason.
The Mets signed Scherzer to a three-year, $130 million contract a year ago.
After losing Jacob deGrom to the Texas Rangers in free agency last week, the Mets turned their attention to the future Hall of Famer.
He is coming off a stellar late-career run with the Houston Astros — a team he joined at the 2017 trade deadline and helped lead to a pair of World Series titles.
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Mr. and Mrs. Claus are real, and they just handed out $12,000 to those in need throughout Lincoln Park on Monday.
A Secret Santa couple has been passing out $100 bills among the less fortunate each holiday season since 2007, but they do not want to be identified or given any credit for it.
The couple grew up in metro Detroit but moved out of state years ago, yet they never left their community behind. With this year's contribution, the couple has handed out $207,000 over the last 15 years.
It's an act of selflessness that brings joy to those who in dire need of it. Each $100 bill is stamped "Secret Santa," and there is only one rule — do something nice and unexpected for someone else.
Starting at 8 a.m., Lincoln Park Police escorted the Secret Santas as they made their way to various bus stops, a White Castle, Salvation Army, schools and more.
More: Cookie walks popping up across metro Detroit
'It's not about us, it's about the people,' Mrs. Claus said.
Cop cars pulling up on people waiting for the bus in the cold seems unsettling and confusing at first, but when they realize what is happening, the locals are ecstatic.
"Are you waiting for Santa?" Mr. Claus asked as he got out of the car, holding a stack of $100 bills.
Derrick Wayne Greene of Ecorse, 60, started dancing and cheering as he received the money. "Ya'll made my day. Ya'll (are) going to be blessed. All ya'll (are) going to be blessed. Santa Claus, his reindeer, his elves."
When approached, Greene was taking the bus to Turning Point, a local counseling and mental health facility. He said he was in need of the money and he will be spending it to "eat good" on Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Others at the bus stop cried and repeated "God bless you," as they struggled to get over the shock of receiving the money.
Laron Murrey, 60, said he will be spending his money on new clothes for winter.
The couple also stopped a SMART bus and handed everyone on board $100.
On the bus was Bill Montgomery, headed to McDonald's. He said he is currently homeless, living in a hotel room paid by his church for the week. "I needed this," he said.
More: Detroit mom turned her staple dish into business
Shocked and confused by the kindness
At the Salvation Army in Lincoln Park, several workers were overjoyed. Hands covered mouths and gasps filled the room as each received their cash.
Sadie Bell of Allen Park, 68, held her $100 bill up to the light, checking if it is real.
"I knew was going to have a good day," Bell said with tears in her eyes. "I just didn't know it was going to be a fantastic day."
It was the first day on the job as a production associate for Ceira Hicks, 24, and this was the last thing she expected.
"I've been sick, so this really came in handy," Hicks said. "I'm going to use this to buy Christmas gifts for my niece and nephew."
Store manager Pamela McNutt, 61, said she had heard about the Secret Santas over the years but did not expect to be blessed herself.
Rewarding students
A select few high school and middle school students, vetted by their principals, were gifted money as well. These students are known to be exceptionally kind and supportive of their peers and teachers, despite their circumstances.
Four Lincoln Park High School students received $200 each, while five Lincoln Park Middle School students received $100 each.
A freshman diagnosed with diabetes was among the rewarded students. Michael Newsome, 15, recently spent several days at the hospital and is still learning to navigate his disease. Even though he is extremely shy, his eyes widened as Santa presented him with his $100.
Seventh grader William Denny, 12, is the youngest of 12 siblings. He received his money for being a caring student who has made new students feel welcome at his school and participates in the peer mentoring program.
William said he will be spending his $100 bill on Christmas presents for his family.
Another student, Jeremiah Armstrong, 13, lives with his father and four siblings. He always stays after class to help his teachers clean up.
"That just made my day, thank you," Jeremiah said after receiving the money. "I'm going to cry." He also thanked his counselor and principal for helping him with his "emotions and staying calm at school."
To ensure their safety, students were asked to come by the office and pick up their money at the end of the school day, before heading home.
Over the last two years, due to COVID-19, Mr. and Mrs. Claus were not able to personally hand out money on the streets. Instead, they gave it to Lincoln Park and Detroit police officers to hand out, so being back on the ground this year, face-to-face with those they are helping, was important to them, Mrs. Claus said.
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Stroud and Williams are tied with Houston's Clayton Tune for a nation's-best 37 touchdown passes. Duggan is 12th in the nation with 30. Bennett has 20, tied for 42nd in the country. Williams is fourth in the nation with 4,075 passing yards, Bennett is 11th (3,425), Stroud is 15th (3,340) and Duggan is 16th (3,321).
The 2022 Heisman Trophy finalists (alphabetical order):
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Michigan football's Blake Corum left off Heisman Trophy finalists list
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