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List: Detroit warming centers and shelters as cold weather blankets area

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December 5, 2024

List: Detroit warming centers and shelters as cold weather blankets area

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit has declared a cold weather health emergency and is providing resources such as shelters and warming centers for those in need.

Snow, wind and low wind chills moved into Michigan this week, creating unsafe conditions. Wind chills could reach the single digits overnight Thursday.

The city says this week, warming centers are available for the general public and there are shelters for those without homes. Detroit libraries are also a place residents can stay warm.

Veterans looking for shelter should call 866-313-2520 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

WARMING CENTERS

Cass Community Social Services – for families and women
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries – for families and women
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries – for single males

In addition, warming centers have been open since early November, which have 100 more emergency shelter beds for overnight stays during the winter. The centers also provide two meals, showers, sleeping accommodations and housing assistance services for those experiencing homelessness.

RECREATION CENTERS

From Thursday at 5 p.m. through Friday at 5 p.m., the Farwell Recreation Center, located at 711 E. Outer Drive, and the Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center, located at 8431 Rosa Parks Boulevard, will be open for residents needing a warm place to go. Regular hours for centers across the city are below:

Adams Butzel Complex, 10500 Lyndon Street: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Butzel Family Center, 7737 Kercheval Avenue: Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Saturday
Clemente Recreation Center, 2631 Bagley Street: Monday through Friday from 1 to 9 p.m.; closed Saturday
Community Center at AB Ford, 100 Lenox Street: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Crowell Recreation Center, 16630 Lahser Road: Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; closed Saturday
Farwell Recreation Center, 2711 E. Outer Drive: Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Saturday
Heilmann Recreation Center, 19601 Crusade Street: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Kemeny Recreation Center, 2260 S. Fort Street: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lasky Recreation Center, 13200 Fenelon Street: Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. 9 p.m.; closed Saturday
Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers Road: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Patton Recreation Center, 2301 Woodmere Street; Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

DETROIT LIBRARIES

Detroit Public Library branches are options to stay warm during normal operating hours. The Main Library is open Monday and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Library branch hours can be found at detroitpubliclibrary.org.

SHELTER ACCESS

To access the shelters and receive an assessment, call the city’s Housing Services Helpline at 866-313-2520 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

Residents can go in person for assessments at the Cass Community Social Services at 11850 Woodrow Wilson Street from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Residents can also go in person to NOAH at Central at 23 E. Adams on the second floor between 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

For more information, visit camdetroit.org.

EMERGENCY HOUSING SERVICES

The Detroit Housing Services is providing help for people with housing emergencies. You can call the helpline at 866-313-2520 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

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PWHL players bond with women’s hockey pioneers at Detroit clinic | NHL.com

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March 28, 2026

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PWHL players bond with women’s hockey pioneers at Detroit clinic | NHL.com

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.

“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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March 27, 2026

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

Updated on: March 27, 2026 / 12:23 PM EDT
/ CBS Detroit

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.

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.

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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Metro Detroit weather forecast, March 26, 2026 — 11 p.m. Update

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March 27, 2026

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Metro Detroit weather forecast, March 26, 2026 — 11 p.m. Update

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