Nightside Report Sept. 21, 2021: Metro Detroit residents asked to remove valuable items from basements as region braces for heavy rain, Wayne County commissioners demand answers after missing woman’s body sits at morgue for months
Metro Detroit weather: Flood watch in place for at least 24 hours
Tuesday’s scattered showers and thunderstorms are just an appetizer for the main course of heavy rain to come to Detroit and southeast Michigan from tonight through Thursday.
Weeks after being told to evacuate their homes, some residents in those evacuated areas of Flat Rock finally have the all-clear to go back home. Click here to read more.
Wayne County commissioners are demanding answers after the body of a woman believed to be missing sat in the morgue for seven months before being cremated without the family’s knowledge. Click here to read more.
A Detroit father has been charged after his 18-month-old nephew found a gun inside his home and fatally shot the man’s 5-year-old son, officials said. Click here to read more.
There appears to be a major staff shortage at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. Click here to read more.
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Negotiations over COVID-19, teachers and sick days in Michigan continue
School COVID-19 cases are on the rise and it’s forcing a line in the sand for many teachers who choose not to get vaccinated, particularly in school districts that do not require masking.
Local 4 News looked into the complicated math of choosing which teachers get free quarantine days and what educators have to take a withdrawal from their own personal sick day banks.