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SportsDETROIT, Mich. — Kevin McGonigle, the Detroit Tigers infielder who split his first big league season between shortstop and third base, was named the 2026 American League Rookie of the Year on Monday, Nov. 9. The 22-year-old drew 28 of the 30 first-place votes and…
SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons nearly pulled off a big comeback at home on Sunday, Nov. 8, but the Los Angeles Lakers held on for a 121-116 win in Detroit behind 43 points from Austin Reaves. Los Angeles played without Luka Doncic, who sat…
SportsMIAMI, Fla. — The Detroit Lions won a grinding road game in Miami, Fla., on Sunday, Nov. 8, beating the Miami Dolphins 19-9 without allowing a touchdown. The result stretched the Lions winning streak to four games and lifted Detroit to 6-2. The game was…
From the HERE City State DeskST. LOUIS, Mo. — One goal was enough for Michigan State. The fifth-ranked Spartans beat in-state rival Michigan 1-0 on Sunday, Nov. 8, at Energizer Park to move into the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Renee Watson supplied the only score in the 40th minute,…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — Roughly 200 small business owners set up shop at Eastern Market in Detroit for the latest All Things Detroit Market, a twice-a-year event that puts local makers in front of holiday shoppers. Vendors brought handmade goods, custom art and other one-of-a-kind gifts to the market, which organizers…
Traffic
ROMULUS, Mich. — Drivers picking up travelers at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus will get a new place to wait before the holiday rush, and the airport says it will stop tolerating cars idling at the terminal curbs once it opens. The Wayne County Airport Authority is building the North…
Public Safety
DEARBORN, Mich. — Federal immigration agents arrested three men in east Dearborn on Saturday morning, Nov. 7, and the Dearborn Police Department says it learned of the operation only after the arrests were made. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations carried out the operation around…
From HERE Lansing
LANSING, Mich. — The Lansing Fire Department cut the ribbon Monday, Nov. 9, on its new Fire Station 9 at 2320 S. Washington Ave., a roughly $7.8 million building that takes over from a station first opened in 1954. The new firehouse covers 21,000 square feet and has five apparatus…
Politics
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Muhith Mahmood became mayor of Hamtramck on Sunday, Nov. 8, taking the oath at Hamtramck High School before a crowd of a few hundred people and closing one chapter of an election fight that has dragged on for a full year. Mahmood replaces Adam Alharbi, who was…
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