Morning Briefing Nov. 3, 2021: Dearborn elects its first Arab-American mayor, Detroit police find body in trunk of burning car
Here are this morning’s top stories
Cassidy Johncox, Senior News Editor
FILE - Rep. Abdullah Hammoud, D-Dearborn, speaks during a campaign rally for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Dearborn, Mich., March 7, 2020. Hammoud won the Dearborn mayoral race Tuesday, Nov. 2, making him that city's first Arab American mayor. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) (Paul Sancya, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The city with the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the country has elected its first Arab-American mayor, the 7th mayor in the city’s history.
The Michigan State Police marine division spent hours searching the Red Cedar River on Tuesday in East Lansing. Brendan Santo, 18, has been missing since Friday night.
Michigan reported 9,313 new cases of COVID-19 and 65 virus-related deaths Monday -- an average of 3,104.3 cases over a three-day period. Of the 65 deaths announced Monday, 29 were identified during a review of records.
Monday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 1,137,748, including 22,247 deaths. These numbers are up from 1,128,435 cases and 22,182 deaths, as of Friday.