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Michigan lawmakers weigh in as U.S. and Israel conduct strikes on Iran
Michigan lawmakers are weighing in after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday.
Tensions escalated amid nuclear talks that President Donald Trump said had stalled.
Explosions were reported in Tehran on Feb. 28 amid reports of an increased U.S. military presence in the region.
Tehran responded by launching missiles at Israel and called the strikes unprovoked and illegal.
“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime. A vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world,” Trump said in a statement.
Read the statements from Michigan lawmakers here:
17 of the longest current missing persons cases in Southeast Michigan
There are hundreds of people listed as “missing” across the state of Michigan, and some of the cases in Metro Detroit have been ongoing for several decades.
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), more than 600,000 people go missing in the United States every year.
Many missing children and adults are quickly found, but tens of thousands remain missing for more than one year.
Those are considered cold cases.
We’re taking a look at some of the oldest missing persons cold cases reported in Metro Detroit.
Metro Detroit man shares relatives’ firsthand account after Iran base strike
A Metro Detroit man with family currently living in Iran, just miles away from a Tehran military base bombarded and battered Saturday, is sharing his story with Local 4.
Majid Aalizadeh, who immigrated to Metro Detroit from Iran, said he’s barely slept in the past 24 hours.
He showed Local 4 screenshots of his conversations with family members before an internet shutdown cut off communication.
“In the very first minutes before the internet was shut off, I talked to my aunt who lives in Tehran, the capital, and she said it’s very, very scary,” Aalizadeh said.
Michigan basketball’s national championship run takes devastating turn with star-guard ACL injury
The No. 3-ranked Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team just suffered a monumental blow, as one of their main cogs in the machine that led them to an outright Big Ten regular season championship has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a significant injury.
Back-up point guard L.J. Cason tore his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the Wolverines’ victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini on Friday (Feb. 27), announced the University of Michigan on Feb. 28, 2026.
Head coach Dusty May spoke of Cason’s impact and how much he will be missed as the Wolverines battle for a Big Ten Tournament and possibly an NCAA national championship.
“First and foremost, our hearts hurt for L.J.,” said May. “You never want to see a young man who has poured so much into this program have something like this happen. However, if there’s anyone equipped to handle this and the rehab process, it’s LJ. He’s resilient, he’s disciplined, and he has an incredible support system around him.”
Weather: Sunshine, cold temperatures mark start of Meteorological Spring in Metro Detroit
Most of the region saw some sunshine working throughout the start of the weekend before the clouds rolled in, and then we saw the latest round of snow moving into the region last night and into the early portions of the weekend.
Most places saw 1-2” of snow, with an isolated 3” amount coming in from Northern Oakland County, but with temperatures falling into the teens and lower 20s, with wind chills into the single digits on Sunday morning, you’re going to need the scraper to get the snow and ice off the car on Sunday morning.
As we work through the end of the weekend, we will bring some sunshine back into the forecast, but colder temperatures will stick around.
High temperatures are making it into the lower 30s by the time we get to Sunday afternoon.