Mother of D’Wan Sims dies without answers in son’s 1994 disappearance
DETROIT – Local 4 has been following the disappearance of D’Wan Sims for nearly 26 years.
After years of tips, clues and dead ends, his mother, Dwanna Wiggins moved to North Carolina, where she passed away Monday. Police claim she died from a heart attack.
Michigan coronavirus cases up to 421,137; Death toll now at 10,395
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Metro Detroit weather: Rain, snow are both in the forecast
Unseasonably mild temperatures will continue through half of the weekend, but that begins a noticeable transition that will take us through the end of next week.
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4 Fast Facts
- Two Ann Arbor police officers were nearly run down by a man who was aiming at them with his car, police said. Click here to read more.
- Warren police said a burglary suspect made a promise he wasn’t going back to jail before he tried to run officers over. Click here to read more.
- The Warren City Council is refusing to pay nearly $5 million in city bills because the administration won’t pay for legal services that Mayor Jim Fouts says the council sought “illegally” earlier this year. Click here to read more.
- For the eighth year in a row, someone dropped off a South African Gold Krugerrand into a Red Kettle at the Kroger store near 9 Mile Road and Jefferson Avenue in St. Clair Shores. Click here to read more.
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3 takeaways from Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s COVID briefing on Thursday
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a COVID-19 news briefing on Thursday afternoon. Whitmer was joined by Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun.
Michigan officials finalizing COVID vaccine distribution plans
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that the state is working on a distribution plan that will take effect the minute the vaccines arrive. She didn’t set definitive plans because everything is still in flux. Whitmer said she believes Michigan will start seeing doses within a few days and wants everyone to have the opportunity to get vaccinated.
The biggest problems people encounter when filing for unemployment
New unemployment claims have been increasing as states start to put new restrictions in place to deal with a surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. There were 853,000 people who applied for benefits last week, that’s the most since September. In Michigan, another 20,000 people applied for benefits.