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Seasonable weather returns to Metro Detroit, rain chances increases late week

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The cool, breezy weekend is coming to a close with clearing skies.

A few communities picked up light rain on Sunday, but it was nothing like 10 years ago on this date. On Aug. 11, 2014, four to six inches of rain fell in as little as four hours across Metro Detroit and caused major flooding. The hardest hit communities were in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. Detroit Metro Airport received a record 4.57 inches. This is the second highest single-day rainfall total ever recorded at the observation station. The all-time record is 4.74 inches, which was set on July 31, 1925.

Sunday night, it will be cool with partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. While Detroit and neighboring communities, including Dearborn, River Rouge, Warren, Hazel Park, Eastpointe and Harper Woods, will be in the upper-50s overnight, temperatures will fall to the mid-50s in most of Southeast Michigan. Winds will subside to 5 to 10 mph out of the west-northwest.

While Detroit and neighboring communities, including Dearborn, River Rouge, Warren, Hazel Park, Eastpointe and Harper Woods, will be in the upper-50s overnight into early Monday morning, temperatures will fall to the mid-50s in most of Southeast Michigan. Winds will subside to 5 to 10 mph out of the west-northwest. (WDIV)

Monday

The temperatures will return to normal for the workweek, which is 82 degrees.

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It will be partly cloudy on Monday with the chance of a stray shower. (WDIV)

It will be partly cloudy on Monday with the chance of a stray shower. Highs will be in the upper 70s to 80 degrees. Winds will be out of the west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday through Thursday

Tuesday through Thursday, skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs will be in the lower-80s. Lows will mainly be in the lower- to mid-60s.

Rain Returns

Rain showers will approach Metro Detroit early Friday morning. The chance of showers and thunderstorms will last through the weekend. Daytime temperatures will peak around 80 degrees. Lows will be in the mid- to upper-60s.

Flood Alert

Despite a break from any heavy rain, a flood warning continues for the Huron River near Hamburg in Livingston County. The flood stage is 7 feet. Moderate flooding was being observed at 7.8 feet on Sunday evening. It is forecast to fall below flood stage by next weekend.

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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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Fangirl Culture is Front and Center as Detroit Mercy Theatre Company Presents a Zany Y2K Comedy

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I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire closes Detroit Mercy’s 55th Season

DETROIT — Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) closes the inaugural season of the new Detroit

Mercy Black Box Theatre with I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley, playing April 10-19 on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus.

I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is set in 2004 and follows 14-year-old Shelby Hinkley, who is obsessed with Hollywood star Tobey Maguire and creates a play to kidnap and marry him in her basement.

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“This play is as hilarious as it is heartfelt,” said DMTC managing director Sarah Rusk. “Shelby truly believes Tobey Maguire is her destiny, and through her obsession we get a look into the complicated emotions of growing up during the Y2K era.”

“I absolutely love working with young actors,” said director Cassandra Svacha.

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Student actor Riley McDevitt, Photo by Alan Devlin

Watching them create and rise to the challenge is thrilling. I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire to college-aged kids is like a period piece; none of them were alive when this story takes place so it’s extra fun to have them dive into this world in an anthropologic way. They aren’t reminiscing or remembering 2004, they have to study that world and build it for themselves.”

I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire runs six performances April 10-19 at the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus. The DMTC Ticket Office is open Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., with tickets being available for purchase anytime online at www.DetroitMercyArts.com.

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Individual tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for seniors and Detroit Mercy faculty, staff and alumni, and $10 for veterans and students (ages 4-college). Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. To schedule your group, contact Sarah Rusk at 313-993-3273.

Those looking to buy tickets should note that the play is rated R and contains adult language and

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