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A splendid summer Saturday will be followed by a sauna-like Sunday in Metro Detroit.

Daytime and overnight temperatures will increase. Saturday night, lows will be in the lower to mid 60s. The warmer locations will be near Detroit, Warren, Dearborn and Downriver. Lows will be around 60 degrees in the Thumb. Skies will be partly cloudy, and southwesterly winds will be 5 mph and lower.

Sunday

The Storm Prediction Center has placed areas south of M-59 in Southeast Michigan in the marginal (level one of five) risk category for Sunday. (WDIV)

Sunday morning will bring the chance of a few sprinkles in the morning. Then, an isolated shower or thunderstorm could pop up during the afternoon and evening. The Storm Prediction Center has placed areas south of M-59 in Southeast Michigan in the marginal (level one of five) risk category, because there is a very low chance that an isolated thunderstorm could produce gusty winds. Sunday’s low risk should not warrant a change of outdoor plans, unless threatening weather approaches. Most areas will not see any rain. Plan on partly cloudy skies, but check the 4Warn Weather App for Exact Track 4D Radar and any updates.

The bigger issue for most people will be the heat. Sunday afternoon’s temperatures will reach the upper 80s in Metro Detroit and the mid 80s in the Thumb. Winds will be out of the south and southwest around 5 mph.

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Sunday afternoon’s temperatures will reach the upper 80s in Metro Detroit and the mid 80s in the Thumb. (WDIV)

Sunday night, under partly cloudy skies, lows will be in the upper 60s.

Monday

The heat and humidity will turn up a notch on Monday. Drinking water and other healthy beverages will be key. Highs will be around 90 degrees, while the heat index will reach the lower 90s. It will be partly cloudy during the day and night. Lows will only be around 70 degrees.

Tuesday

The conditions will be favorable for Tuesday to get even hotter. A warmer, more humid air mass will push into Southeast Michigan, which will be followed closely by a cold front. There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, including the possibility for a couple of them to become strong to severe. Highs will be in the lower 90s with heat indices in the mid to upper 90s.

Midweek through Weekend

A stray shower will be possible on Wednesday, but the chance is very low. There will be a slight chance of rain on Thursday and a better chance on Friday. The daytime highs will cool to near normal by next weekend.

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Both generations on the ice Friday are intent on growing the game for today’s kids. Hartje and the Polar Bears believe an important step for women’s hockey in Michigan would be starting a Division I college team.

“I think if the PWHL establishes a team in Detroit, it will put a lot of pressure on the colleges to make sure there’s a D-I team in the state,” Hartje said. “Michigan has the second-highest number of players in the league, and it would have been a dream for us to be able to stay in the state to play.”

It’s been a problem for decades. Pierson had to turn down the offer from Boston University, because her family couldn’t afford to send her to New England for college. Hartje ended up at Yale University, and Megan Keller, who scored the gold medal winning goal for the U.S. in the 2026 Winter Olympics and plays for the PWHL’s Boston Fleet, went from suburban Detroit to Boston College.

Meanwhile, 2026 U.S. men’s Olympic team members and Michigan natives Dylan Larkin of the Red Wings and Zach Werenski of the Columbus Blue Jackets were able to stay in the state to play with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, then based in Ann Arbor, before moving on to the University of Michigan in the same town.

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“Megan’s brother played at Michigan State, and I’m sure she also would have stayed here to play for a Michigan school,” Skarupa said. “It’s imperative that Michigan gets a college program.”

Skarupa is serious about growing the game. She is working with Keller and the NHL Foundation U.S. to identify recipients for its $100,000 Empowerment Grant Program for Girls Hockey.

“Every time I go back to a city, there are new teams, new girls and new faces,” she said. “It’s a testament to growth all over the world, but it is tremendous inside the U.S.”



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Retired Detroit sergeant faces new sexual assault charge involving 14-year-old victim from 2002

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An additional case, this one involving a victim who was then 14 years old, has been added to the sexual assault investigation against a former Detroit Police Department sergeant. 

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the latest charges on Friday against Benjamin Martin Wagner, 68, who now lives in Greenville, N.C. He had retired from the Detroit Police Department in 2017. 

The victim in the additional charges was 14 years old when the assault happened in October 2002 in Detroit, Worthy said. The prosecutor alleges that Wagner approached the victim, pointed a handgun at her, ordered her away from the location and then sexually assaulted her. 

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In this case, he faces charges of kidnapping, two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. An arraignment hearing took place Friday in the 36th District Court in Detroit. A probable cause conference is scheduled for April 7.

The woman is now 37 years old. 

“She has lived with what happened to her for 23 years and has now bravely decided that she wants to be a part of holding him accountable,” Worthy said. 

Wagner participated in a court hearing Thursday and was remanded to jail, one week after he was charged with 15 counts of kidnapping and rape in five separate sexual assault cases. All of those incidents happened between 1999 and 2003 in the northwest side of Detroit, with the victims being young women between the ages of 15 and 23. 

The court dates for the earlier list of charges are April 7 for a probable cause hearing and April 14 for a preliminary exam. 

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Wagner joined the Detroit Police Department in 1989 as a police officer and was eventually promoted to sergeant. He retired in 2017 and moved to North Carolina. 



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