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2 men shot with high-powered rifle in Monroe, police say
MONROE, MI – Police are investigating a double shooting where two men were shot with what appears to have been a high-powered rifle just after midnight in the city of Monroe Wednesday. Officers arrived and did not find any victims, but did find multiple spent shell casings and evidence that someone had been shot in the area, police said. While investigating the scene, police were called to a Monroe home where a man, 42, reported he had been shot in his lower extremities, police said. The man was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for injuries deemed non-life threatening, police said. The unknown shooter, firing what appeared to be a high-powered rifle, shot both the men in their lower extremities before fleeing the scene, police said.
mlive.com‘I’ve humiliated my family,’ says woman sentenced for trying to hire fake hitman service
MONROE COUNTY, MI – A woman who attempted to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband by reaching out to a parody “rent a hitman” website is going to prison. Monroe Circuit Judge Daniel White sentenced Wendy Lynn Wein Thursday, Jan. 13, to serve seven to 24 years in prison for her actions.
mlive.comDrinkin’ good in the neighborhood: Ranking Michigan’s Applebee’s by liquor sales
No chain sit-down restaurant is more omnipresent in Michigan than Applebee’s. From Houghton to Monroe, there’s an Applebee’s dotting nearly every corner of Michigan. In 2020, 85 of them sold liquor, which is more than Buffalo Wild Wings (53), Red Lobster (27), Olive Garden (25), Chili’s (25), Outback Steakhouse (21), Texas Roadhouse (18) or Red Robin (18).
mlive.comOmicron variant of coronavirus now in 18 Michigan counties, latest data shows
The number of confirmed omicron coronavirus cases in Michigan jumped on Monday to 289. Macomb County has 53 and Oakland County has 45, according to the latest data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. RELATED: Michigan COVID-19 cases skyrocket, hitting record seven-day average of 12,442Hospitalizations were rising, but not as dramatically, and deaths were down. These are lagging indications, but data shows illness resulting from the omicron variant is less severe than those sickened by its predecessor, the delta variant. It looked at about 528,000 omicron cases and about 574,000 delta cases from Nov. 22 to Dec. 26.
mlive.com6 arrested in Christmas morning heist at Monroe used car dealership
MONROE, MI - Six people, including three male teenagers, were arrested Christmas morning after an attempted heist of used cars in Monroe, state police said. While looking into the abandoned vehicle, two male suspects tried driving away in cars owned by the dealership, police said. A third male suspect had fled the area on foot while troopers made contact with the first two suspects, police said. Deputies located a suspicious vehicle with one male teen and two women parked in the Meadowlands neighborhood, police said. Investigators later identified this person as the third male teen suspect present at the dealership, police said.
mlive.comAnn Arbor-area high school basketball scoreboard for Dec. 17, 2021
Taylor Kangas (4) shares an elbow bump with her coaches after the girls varsity basketball game agains Monroe at Saline High School on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Saline came out victorious 66 to 27. Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News
mlive.comAnn Arbor-area high school basketball scoreboard for Dec. 14
ANN ARBOR – Several Ann Arbor-area boys and girls high school basketball teams were back in action on Tuesday. Check out the final scores from Tuesday’s action. Note that scores can be reported to Greg Wickliffe at gwickliffe@mlive.com. DEC. 14BOYSAnn Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 46, Livonia Franklin 37Ann Arbor Huron 48, Ann Arbor Skyline 42Dexter 51, Monroe 38Monroe Jefferson 69, Ann Arbor Central Academy 63Saline 63, Ann Arbor Pioneer 55Tecumseh 61, Milan 44Ypsilanti Lincoln 65, Temperance Bedford 37Ypsilanti 53, Detroit Community 46Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 50, Dearborn Advance Tech 30GIRLSAllen Park Cabrini 64, Ann Arbor Central Academy 17Ann Arbor Skyline 42, Ann Arbor Huron 32Saline 40, Ann Arbor Pioneer 33 (OT)Dexter 59, Monroe 42Tecumseh 68, Milan 27Temperance Bedford 66, Ypsilanti Lincoln 19
mlive.comThe B.O.B, 20 Monroe Live soon expected to have new owners
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The B.O.B. and GLC Live at 20 Monroe — formerly known as 20 Monroe Live — are soon expected to have new owners. And while GLC Live is expected to remain a music venue under its new owner, the future the building that houses The B.O.B. is unclear.
mlive.comMetro Detroit weather radar: Thunderstorm watch issued for southeast Michigan
Today will be brighter and much warmer while still remaining rather humid. There’s a slight chance of a few raindrops before the day is done and a better chance of stormy weather returning late tonight and tomorrow morning. Like last week, more refreshing weather arrives in the middle of this week.
Metro Detroit weather: Hot and sunny all weekend
Meteorological summer has just begun and it will feel like we are in the middle of the hottest season of the year. The sun will be blazing and temperatures are going to soar. After a warm and mostly clear night, it will be hot again, tomorrow. The heat continues into next week, and we’ll have a heat wave if we get three 90-degree days in a row.