Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Metro Detroit report from HEREDetroit.
Sports
MINNEAPOLIS, 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 overtime to Washington. Minnesota sits…
Sports
DETROIT, 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 million average annual value and…
Public Safety
INKSTER, Mich. — Two boys ages 4 and 6 from Inkster were found safe Wednesday in a Norwalk, Ohio cornfield after their father took them from home during a morning domestic assault, authorities said. Inkster police said the 10:04 a.m. Oct. 14 call pointed to a Spring Hill address in…
Public Safety
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Search teams in Huron Township are still looking for Kimberly McGrath of Southgate after her wrecked car turned up beside the Huron River, and local officials say days of sweeps have not found her. McGrath, who is 43, vanished from public view after the crash report…
Politics
INKSTER, Mich. — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit brought a new House bill to Inkster on Wednesday aimed at shutting off federal dollars for automated mass-surveillance tools such as Flock license-plate readers, standing where that city just locked in a long-term Flock contract. Filed as House Resolution 10807 and…
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