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Relief from heat heading to Metro Detroit behind storms

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June 22, 2024

Relief from heat heading to Metro Detroit behind storms

The hot, humid, and stormy weather has taken a toll on Metro Detroit families, but we will get some relief from the heat. The chance of showers and storms will last longer.

There is the chance of an isolated strong to severe thunderstorm Saturday night, but the odds are low over Southeast Michigan. The main concerns would be gusty winds and heavy rain. The heavy rain could lead to localized street flooding.

It will be mostly cloudy with the chance of showers and thunderstorms through the overnight hours. Lows will range from 70 to 75 degrees. Winds will be out of the southwest at 8 to 13 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

Sunday

The heavier rain will move out of the area by 6 a.m. Sunday as a cold front sweeps across the area, but a few showers will be possible through the morning. In the afternoon and evening, a few more spotty showers and a stray thunderstorm may develop. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy and noticeably cooler. Highs will be near 85 degrees in Detroit, lower 80s around Monroe, Ann Arbor, and Metro Airport in Romulus. It will be around 80 degrees in Pontiac, Flint, and Port Huron. Winds will be out of the west at 12 to 16 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

Sunday night, expect partly cloudy skies and lows in the lower to mid 60s.

Monday

The weather looks to be ideal for outdoor activities on Monday, including the 66th Ford Fireworks. A high-pressure system will provide Southeast Michigan with mostly sunny skies, and afternoon temperatures will only peak in the lower 80s.

Monday night, it will be mostly clear and comfortable around 10 p.m. as the fireworks show begins. Overnight, it will become partly cloudy with lows in the lower to mid 60s.

Tuesday

The rain chance will return on Tuesday with highs back in the upper 80s. The high temperatures are forecast to be in the lower to mid 80s through the workweek.

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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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