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SportsMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Detroit Pistons take their last road preseason trip to Minneapolis on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center before closing the exhibition slate Friday at Little Caesars Arena. Detroit is 1-1 in preseason after beating Phoenix and falling in…
SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Red Wings made Alex DeBrincat the highest-paid player in franchise history Wednesday, sealing a seven-year extension worth $91 million that keeps the Farmington Hills product in the winged wheel through the heart of his prime. The deal carries a $13…
From the HERE City State DeskCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois handed No. 22 Michigan State its third loss of the season Thursday night, winning a four-set Big Ten volleyball match at Huff Hall. The Illini took the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23, dropped the third 25-21 and closed out the…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Two Big Ten heavyweights with zero conference wins between them meet Saturday afternoon, when Michigan welcomes Penn State to Michigan Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff in front of a national television audience. The Wolverines enter at 3-2 overall and…
From the HERE City National DeskBETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia,…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7…
From the HERE City National DeskMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo. Medved said he…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Fewer than half of Michigan's public school districts appear to be following a state law that requires them to tell families how to store guns safely, according to a report card released Thursday by the advocacy group End Gun Violence Michigan. The group reviewed the websites of…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — A two-level corner condo high in Detroit's Westin Book Cadillac tower is listed at $2,795,000, putting a landmark residence back on the market. Unit 2902 covers about 3,079 square feet with two bedrooms, an office, assigned parking and a storage unit. Corner windows look out over the…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — Metro Detroit is operating as a buyer's market, with home sellers outnumbering active buyers by 37.9% in September, according to brokerage Redfin's latest tally. Redfin counted about 7,102 sellers against 5,152 buyers in the Detroit metro that month. Nationwide, sellers topped buyers by 63%, the widest gap…
Business
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Van Buren Township planners gave a 5-1 green light Wednesday to the site layout for a Google computing campus on 282 acres beside I-94 and I-275, just west of Detroit Metro Airport. The hyperscale build, nicknamed Project Cannoli, covers nearly 1.5 million square feet. Approval…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit's elevated People Mover is getting a $10 million state boost to finish readying a dozen refurbished cars from Toronto that will retire the nine older trains now in service. The Detroit Transportation Corporation landed the award in the first round of Michigan's Infrastructure Projects Authority Fund,…
Traffic
WARREN, Mich. — A 12-year-old bicyclist was seriously hurt Thursday after a pickup truck struck and briefly dragged the child near Van Dyke Avenue and Meadow Avenue in Warren. The Warren Police Department said a Dodge pickup was turning south onto Van Dyke from Meadow when it hit the rider.…
Crime
DETROIT, Mich. — A Detroit volunteer high school football coach now faces a long felony docket after a Monday shooting that wounded a 33-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter on the east side. Aaron Wright, 32, appeared at a Thursday arraignment on a 17-count filing from the Wayne County Prosecutor's…
Politics
LIVONIA, Mich. — Former Livonia Mayor Jack E. Kirksey, who led the western Wayne County city for 16 years across two stretches in City Hall, died Oct. 13 at age 97, the City of Livonia said. In recent years he resided at a Northville care home. No cause was released.…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — The two major candidates for Michigan governor met for a second time Thursday night, with Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James trading attacks on data centers, taxes and schools during an hour-long debate broadcast from a television studio in downtown Detroit. Their first meeting came last…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — A bipartisan group of seven state senators wants to open Michigan's no-fault medical opt-out to more drivers, under a bill filed in Lansing on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Senate Bill 1208 rewrites the part of the Insurance Code that lets some policyholders skip personal protection insurance, the coverage…
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