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Michigan DJ goes viral on TikTok with one-note challenge
(CBS DETROIT) — An Ann Arbor-based DJ has gone viral in several TikTok videos by asking people, "Can you name this song in one note?"Derrick Castenholz says the idea came to him in the basement of his southeast Michigan home during the pandemic lockdowns.At the time, he was doing virtual gigs as well as creating content on the side to pass the time. Little did he know, his ideas evolved into debates in the comment section on videos he would post leaving the viewer with one question."At one point, I played 'Shook Me All Night Long,' and in the comment section, people...
YMCA’s historic new leadership aims to strengthen community ties
For the first time in its 172-year history, the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit is helmed by African American leaders and they are being tasked with reversing a membership decline for the longstanding nonprofit that serves thousands of families across the region. Parrish Underwood was hired in November as the organization’s...
Michigan primaries will set the stage for Senate, House races key to control of Congress
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters on Tuesday will decide which Republican and Democratic candidates will compete in November for the state’s highly coveted open U.S. Senate seat, in addition to several of the nation’s most competitive U.S. House races. Many Democrats have coalesced around U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the Senate race while Republicans have united behind former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, who received an endorsement from Donald Trump earlier this year. Both candidates are vying for a seat left open by longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s retirement, but they must first defeat underdog challengers on Tuesday. Slotkin...
Lake Trust expands mortgage services, adds team
Mortgage Center, a Credit Union Service Organization, has announced the addition of Danielle Boote Home Lending Team to its team, expanding mortgage services available to current and prospective members at Lake Trust Credit Union (Lake Trust), a community-based credit union serving nearly 200,000 members and businesses throughout Michigan. “This expansion...
Powerball winning numbers for Monday, Aug. 5, 2024
The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Aug. 5 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $174M ($86.6 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.4 million and sold in January at Food Castle in Grand Blanc. Powerball winning numbers ...
Metro Detroit forecast through Wednesday: Showers, winds, and then the sun will come out
Scattered thunderstorms are forecast for Monday afternoon throughout southeast Michigan as a cold front moves into the area. The good news about that: Some cooling off. The temperatures are expected to go from the mid-80s down into the 70s, and stay there through Thursday, when highs will be in the low 80s again. Initially,...
Michigan gun buyback program turns unwanted guns into art
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - An effort to reduce the number of unwanted guns in Michigan is growing thanks to numerous gun disposal events by St. David's Church.The church chopped up guns and turned them into art in Bloomfield Hills Saturday morning.Gun violence shattered the lives of Ted and Nancy Verner.The Verner family lost their daughter, Alex Verner, to gun violence in the 2023 mass shooting on Michigan State University's campus. They know the pain that can come from the barrel of a gun, both for the victims themselves as well as their families. Now they're keeping Alex's legacy alive...
DNR Has New Rules For Michigan’s 2024 Deer Season
Another Michigan whitetail deer season is approaching, and with it, some rule tweaks from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Many of the changes mean more opportunities to bag your deer, while some mean tighter restrictions for certain Deer Management Units and zones in both the Upper (UP) and Lower (LP) Peninsulas in Michigan. Here's a closer look at updated regulations for the 2024 whitetail deer season.
5th-graders appeal to Legislature to make stonefly Michigan's insect
Teacher Emma Witkovsky was putting together a booklet of facts about the 50 U.S. states for her students and noticed something unexpected when she got to Michigan's information. "I said to my husband, 'Michigan doesn't have a state insect, and all of the other states do, except Iowa,'" said Witkovsky, a fifth-grade teacher at Grand Rapids Public Schools' Aberdeen Academy. ...
Michigan sandwiched between 2 severe storm outbreaks
Michigan should escape any major severe weather today, but it’s going to be close. Southern Michigan is just outside two valid severe weather risk areas. It’s worth showing you, and just keeping an idea that a storm could become severe. Here’s the severe weather forecast for this afternoon...
In Michigan’s vast UP, finding help for drugs is hard. So is finding solutions
Greg Toutant, CEO of Great Lakes Recovery Centers, says the common problems of addiction care are made worse in the Upper Peninsula by the large area and sparse population. (Bridge photo by Ryan Stephens) Drug treatment can be hours away in parts of the Upper Peninsula. Fifteen counties had planned...
Eagles Rookie Throws ‘The Big House’ Under The Bus And Says Philly Practice Is Louder Than Michigan’s Stadium
Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor aka ‘The Big House‘ is famously the largest stadium in all of College Football with a seating capacity of 107,601 seats which also makes it the largest stadium of any kind in the United States and the third largest on planet earth behind Narendra Modi Stadium in India (132K seats) […] The post Eagles Rookie Throws ‘The Big House’ Under The Bus And Says Philly Practice Is Louder Than Michigan’s Stadium appeared first on BroBible.
8 guns intercepted by TSA in July at Detroit Metro Airport
(CBS DETROIT) - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found eight firearms at Detroit Metro Airport security checkpoints in July. TSA officers discovered 37 firearms at DTW checkpoints this year, including one on Aug. 3. In 2023, officers stopped 96 firearms at the airport. When a handgun is found on an X-ray screen while TSA officers screen carry-on luggage, Wayne County Airport Police respond and take possession of the firearm. "Individuals who own firearms should familiarize themselves with regulations regarding where their weapons can and cannot be carried," said Michigan TSA Federal Security Director Reggie Stephens in a statement. "As we continue to see increased...
When Pistons GM furiously resigned from the U.S. selection committee to protest Isiah's Dream Team snub: “This is ridiculous, because we are penalizing perhaps the greatest small man ever to play”
Jack McCloskey resigned in protest when Isiah Thomas was excluded from the 1992 Dream Team, highlighting the controversy and loyalty behind the decision.