Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.
Gratiot Avenue crash toll grows as community calls for action
Abe Hussein has owned the Sunoco gas station on Gratiot & Mt. Elliott for three years. That intersection, and the entire stretch of road in the shadow of Downtown, has become ground zero for car crashes throughout this year.
“You know Gratiot has just been like a speed zone for people at nighttime,” Hussein said on Saturday. “You know how many times I’ve seen people blow through the light going 100 miles per hour. I’m like, hey, thank God nobody’s coming this way.”
Michigan football runs through corn maze while parting Red Sea to take down Nebraska in Big Ten opener
The No. 21-ranked Michigan Wolverines ran through a corn maze while parting the Red Sea to defeat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 30-27.
With the victory, Michigan (3-1) won its sixth consecutive Big Ten opener, while Nebraska dropped its sixth straight Big Ten opener.
Tigers AL Central lead down to 1 game over Cleveland after 5th straight loss
Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit the first two homers of his MLB career, then added a game-tying single in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves won their seventh straight game with a 6-5 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
The Tigers have lost five straight and eight of the past nine. Their lead in the AL Central — at 14 games shortly before the All-Star break and 10 games on Sept. 3 — is down to one game over the Cleveland Guardians, who swept a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins.
4 vehicle crash on US-23 near Pontiac Trail leaves 1 dead, several injured
A serious crash involving four vehicles left one woman dead and several others injured.
The crash happened on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, on northbound US-23 near Pontiac Trail in Ann Arbor Township.
According to reports from police, a semi-truck driving southbound crossed the median and hit three vehicles going northbound.
Weather: Few strong to severe storms possible in Metro Detroit for the final day of Summer
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the entire region under a Marginal Risk (1 out of 5) for severe weather on Sunday.
Gusty winds and heavy rainfall will be the primary threat with any stronger storm, but we are not expecting a widespread severe weather event today.
High temperature is warming into the lower 80s by Sunday afternoon.