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2024 Michigan Renaissance Festival: What to know, weekend themes, parking passes
Hast thou seeneth the Renaissance Festival? If not, don your ruffles, crowns and shields, grab a turkey leg and some grog, and get ready for this year's annual medieval-themed celebration in Oakland County. The Michigan Renaissance Festival, hosted in Holly at 12600 Dixie Hwy., began in 1979 and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors per year, according to their website. This year, the seven-week-long event started on Aug. 17 and will continue every weekend, from 9...
Texas’ 11th Largest City Now 8th Most Dangerous in U.S.
Not many people would ever associate The Hub City with Detroit MI, but according to one website they are number eight and seven, respectively, when it comes to the most dangerous cities in the U.S. Houston, TX is one of the largest cities in the country. San Antonio, TX and...
Metro Detroit school closings: Dozens of schools closed Thursday
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Dozens of schools are closed Thursday around Metro Detroit as some buildings continue to deal with no power. As of 6:50 a.m. Thursday, nearly 74,000 DTE customers are still in the dark, still a big drop from when more than 200,000 DTE customers were without power on Wednesday.
Outraged Michigan residents blast DTE after four-day power outage
LIVONIA, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Throughout Friday, the number of DTE Energy customers without power has slowly ticked downward, but those living south of Six Mile near Farmington Road were cranking their generators to stay cool; otherwise, they were planning to sweat it out for another night. "Why did it take them until today to even start working on our lines?" said Hugo Giovannone, one of the affected customers.We caught up with Giovannone as he was fueling up the generator he kicked on Tuesday night when the summer storm left him in the dark. He thought DTE would restore service the next...
Kwame Kilpatrick speaks at Oakland County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner
NOVI — Kwame Kilpatrick, the former mayor of Detroit who was elected as a Democrat and convicted in 2013 of embezzling thousands of dollars from the city during his tenure as mayor, was a featured speaker at the Oakland County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi Aug. 21.
Grand River Construction Completed In City Of Wixom
A big construction project has largely wrapped up in the City of Wixom. The Road Commission for Oakland County, in partnership with the City of Wixom, has completed the project on Grand River from Napier Road to Wixom Road. It says the $5.4 million project, which began April 1st, has significantly improved the safety and functionality of the heavier-traveled road.
One Michigan Pizza Joint Has Been Dubbed the ‘Best in the Midwest’
You have a lot of choices across the state of Michigan when it comes to yummy pizza. Heck, Detroit even has its own style of pizza. So when you think about all the pizza joints across the entirety of the Midwest, you have a mind boggling amount of choices. So, it's a pretty high accolade to be named the best pizza spot in the Midwest.
Lessenberry: Another blow to conventional wisdom
DETROIT — Could the conventional political wisdom be wrong about Shri Thanedar, the scientist-turned-congressman from Detroit? When he won his seat two years ago, African-American leaders in Detroit were horrified. Mr. Thanedar, an immigrant from India with a doctorate in chemistry, won the Democratic primary in 2022 with a mere 28 percent of the vote. To be sure, Mr. Thanedar, a 69-year-old self-made millionaire, spent his own money lavishly. But his victory, in one of the most solidly Democratic districts in the nation, was blamed on the fact that many other well-known candidates were also in the race. Wayne County Executive Warren Evans was especially furious, saying that Black Detroiters would now be disenfranchised.
Settlement eyed in suit involving city employee
Birmingham City Commissioners voted Monday, August 26, to offer a settlement of a 2022 lawsuit filed by a Maddison Heights resident who was injured when an employee of the city, driving a municipal vehicle, hit the car in which she was a passenger. The lawsuit was filed by the Mike...
Detroit Brick Street Bearing 55 Year Old Scars of Michigan National Guard Tanks Has Uncertain Future
There are very few brick streets left in Detroit. One of the most historically significant has an uncertain future. The street in question is Virginia Park Street - originally Virginia Street. The roadway dates back to 1893 when the street was first paved with brick. Today just a few blocks of bricks remain, but what a story those bricks tell.
Michigan prosecutor not authorizing charges in alleged double voting incident
(CBS DETROIT) - A prosecutor in Michigan says he will not authorize charges against four people accused of double voting in August's primary election. In a statement on Thursday, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido, a Republican, said that after reviewing evidence, the office "concluded probable cause did not exist to believe that a crime had occurred." "We evaluate cases based on facts," Lucido said in the statement. "St. Clair Shores elections officials quickly identified the issue, preserved records for review, and reported it promptly. This demonstrates that election safeguards are effective and maintain overall integrity."The incident involves four St. Clair Shores residents...
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