Michigan
Longtime former Michigan U.S. Sen. Donald Riegle dies at age 88
Former Michigan U.S. Sen. Donald Riegle, who served in office under seven U.S. presidents as a Republican and later a Democrat, has died, his family said in a statement Sunday.
He died at home on Friday, April 24, 2026, of cardiac arrest in San Diego, California, with his wife of 48 years, Lori Hansen Riegle, by his side, the statement said. He was 88.
Riegle served nearly three decades representing the Flint area and Michigan.
“The cornerstone of our family, Don was a kind, loving, courageous leader who taught us to stand up for justice, economic opportunity, and fairness for everyone,” the family said. “He tirelessly fought for the rights of the working men and women of Michigan and led the Senate opposition to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), the trade agreement that resulted in the loss of many jobs in Michigan.
“We miss him profoundly and are forever grateful for his decency and commitment to seeing the good in others. He dedicated much of his life to public service, always seeking to make life better for those in need. Don was not inclined to dwell on his achievements during the 28 years he served the people of Michigan, instead preferring to work to accomplish more for those he represented.”
Riegle was elected to the U.S. House in 1966 as a Republican at age 28, making waves by challenging President Richard Nixon’s policies on the Vietnam War and changing parties in 1973.
He was first elected a U.S. senator in 1976, was reelected twice and served 18 years, including six years as the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, before the reverberations of a savings and loan controversy prompted his departure in 1994.
He was embroiled in controversy when he and four other senators, called the Keating Five, faced allegations that they pressured federal officials to back off savings and loan executive Charles Keating after getting campaign donations. He faced Ethics Committee hearings in 1990, with the panel finding he didn’t break any laws or chamber rules. But the committee decided his actions gave the appearance of being improper.
Riegle was noted for his support of equal rights for women and helped secure the 1973 Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which prevented discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status in credit applications.
In the Senate, he led sponsorship of the Chrysler Corp. loan guarantees in the late 1970s and was successful in averting a filibuster on the Senate floor to win passage of the bill, according to his family’s statement.
Riegle was born in Flint on Feb. 4, 1938. He attended Flint Junior College and Western University; he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1960, received a degree from Michigan State University in 1961 and pursued graduate studies at Harvard Business School.
Riegle remained active in presidential politics after he retired, supporting Barack Obama in the 2008 primary and subsequent elections. In 2016, Riegle endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who went on to defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York in the Democratic presidential primary.
After he left Congress, Riegle became a lobbyist and joined Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., to boost its government affairs practice before going to APCO Worldwide in 2001 to help clients from government to businesses to nonprofits.
“He loved his hometown of Flint,” said former U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, who said he has known Riegle since he was a kid. “He was very helpful to me throughout my career, but especially in my time in Congress. When I was in Congress would talk regularly, and his advice was very thoughtful and always helpful to me.
After Kildee said he decided not to seek reelection, Riegle called him to say he understood why Kildee made the decision to come home.
“On that day, I realized he’d become more than a mentor. He was my friend. He was a courageous leader and was willing to do the hard things real leaders do. The lessons of his service are more relevant now than ever,” Kildee said in a statement.
“He was committed to the state, to the nation and all people,” said Inez Brown, a former Riegle staffer from 1972-93 who later became the Flint city clerk.
Memorial arrangements are expected to be announced later, the family said.
Chase Reid, a Michigan State recruit, was drafted by the Seattle Kraken in the NHL Draft.
Michigan State defenseman Chase Reid went 7th overall to the Seattle Kraken, whose general manager is former Michigan player Jason Botterill.
Buffalo, N.Y. — The day after a school record-tying five Michigan State players and commits heard their names called at the 2026 NHL Draft, four more future Spartans joined them as NHL draft picks and broke another program record.
Michigan State finished the NHL Draft at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center with nine current and future Spartans drafted to the NHL, breaking a program high of eight draftees in both 1990 and 2025. NHL teams selected Michigan State commits Brooks Rogowski, Jonas Kemps, Nick Bogas and Cullen McCrate on Saturday’s closing day of the draft.
Rogowski, a center, was the first player off the board Saturday, going 33rd overall to Vancouver. Then left-shot defenseman Kemps went to Florida 98th overall in the fourth round and left-shot defenseman Bogas went to St. Louis at 139th overall in the fifth round. McCrate, a right-shot defenseman, went to Boston 216th overall in the seventh round to round out the group.
Defenseman Chase Reid (seventh overall, Seattle) headlined Friday’s group of five first-round picks that set a Michigan State record in one draft class. Nikita Klepov (15th, Anaheim), Ethan Belchetz (17th, Utah), Jack Hextall (30th, Calgary) and defenseman Tommy Bleyl (31st, Nashville) were also first-rounders.
Michigan State will set an NCAA record when its nine first-round draft picks hit the ice in 2026-27. That is the most on a college hockey roster in history, breaking the previous record of seven held by rival Michigan in 2021-22.
A defensive-first blueliner, Kemps comes from the USHL’s Chicago Steel, where he scored two goals and notched seven assists in 57 games played. The previous season, Kemps played in 49 games for the U.S. National Team Development Program’s U17 team and finished the year with no goals and eight assists. He will play for the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds next season before arriving in East Lansing for the 2027-28 season.
Bogas came from the NTDP, too, playing there this most recent season though he suffered an ankle injury in November that derailed his draft year. He got a lot of support from his family, including his dad and Michigan State alum Chris Bogas (1995-99), as well as his coaches.
“I’d just say I had a lot of support,” Bogas said. “My dad’s friends, they had very similar injuries, they reached out. And my coach Kevin Porter had a very similar injury. He helped me a lot, too. Just trust the process and it’s all gonna work out.”
He spent most of the year rehabbing the injury, returning in March and finishing the season with two goals and two assists in 37 games. He’ll join Kemps in Michigan State’s 2027-28 class. And though he even knows what NHL organization he could one day play for now, he doesn’t know where he’s going to play next season.
“I don’t really know yet,” Bogas said. “So, we’ll see. … It’s kind of out of my control again.”
McCrate, a 6-foot-2 defenseman born in Adrian, played the past two seasons in the USHL, scoring 30 points in 61 games for the Fargo Force in his draft year. He also played AAA for Little Caesars. Whether McCrate, 19, will play for Michigan State this season or next isn’t known.
Bogas following CCHA champion father to Michigan State
Bogas was born in Royal Oak, and he grew up a fan of Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall. And much like those “Kronwalled” hits used to pull fans out of their seats, Bogas once had an aunt come up with his own tagline, “Bogied,” when he lined someone up at 13. He says he models his game after the Swedish defenseman.
Bogas got to decide the Michigan State part of his journey without much interference from his father, who was the 148th overall pick of Toronto in 1996. Then again, seeing him stay so close to his old teammates, 1998 CCHA champions, made him want to follow the same path. He’s already got one close friend at Michigan State: Hextall, who will play for the Spartans this year.
“We played against each other like our whole lives, but we never really knew each other,” Bogas said. “He’d usually score a lot of goals against my team, but now we’re almost best friends. We basically talk every day, like it’s awesome. I can’t say enough good things about him.”
Even if Michigan State is one of the Big Ten’s record-setting hockey programs, Bogas’ interests are more in what comes when those records collect dust.
“I know the coaching staff is unbelievable, and the facilities are unbelievable,” Bogas said. “I think the lifelong memories and friends (my dad) made from Michigan State was a big part.”
Two players with Western Michigan ties drafted
If one of Western Michigan’s draft hopefuls had to wait through almost the whole draft to hear his name called, it was worth it: Bobby Cowan is a draft pick in the NHL.
Cowan went 205th overall to the New York Islanders, who drafted the rising sophomore in th seventh round. From Edina, Minn., Cowan had five goals and logged 24 points in 39 games as a freshman in the bottom six.
Cowan is one of two Western Michigan players or commits picked in the draft. The Broncos also had a fifth-round pick, 154th overall to Tampa Bay in Cooper Soller. The 5-10, right-shot forward from Los Angeles scored 26 goals and 49 points in 62 games for the USHL’s Sioux Falls Stampede. He will be back there this season before joining Western Michigan in 2027-28.
Western Michigan finished the season third in the NCHC and made the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year under Pat Ferschweiler, but the Broncos lost to eventual national champion Denver in a regional final. Western Michigan had beaten Denver in the Frozen Four en route to its 2025 national championship the year prior.
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Michigan lost out on a top wide receiver target in the 2027 class, as four-star Damani Warren announced his commitment to Texas A&M over the Wolverines on Friday.
The 6-foot-4, 210-pounder hails from Las Vegas, Nevada has been a top target for new Michigan wide receivers coach Micah Simon dating back to his time at Utah. He was originally offered by the previous coaching staff, but Simon picked up where they left off and built a genuine relationship with him throughout the recruitment.
Warren visited Ann Arbor for Victor’s Weekend, the biggest recruiting weekend of the summer for Michigan. The trip was viewed as a critical moment for the Wolverines to make their case, and Michigan clearly made a strong impression. But in the end, Texas A&M ultimately won out after also putting in a ton of work in his recruitment and making a big move the weekend prior during his official visit to College Station.
Michigan still has just one wide receiver committed in this recruiting cycle, four-star Quentin Burrell. Simon and the Wolverines will go back to the drawing board with so many wide receiver targets coming off the board this summer, including four-star Dakota Guerrant (Oregon), four-star Tre Moore (Washington) and others.
In-state three-star Tre Britton remains on the board, though he skipped his official visit to Ann Arbor last weekend and is currently predicted to commit to Missouri. If that prediction holds, Michigan could find itself with just one wide receiver in the 2027 class heading into the fall, a concern for a staff that has otherwise built one of the top recruiting classes in the country.
Simon has shown throughout this cycle he can identify and pursue talent at a high level. The wide receiver board will need to be restocked quickly, and how Michigan responds to this will be worth watching closely in the weeks and months ahead.
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots: What to know in case you win
Here’s what to know in case you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.
Just the FAQs, USA TODAY
The Michigan Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at June 26, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Daily 3 numbers from June 26 drawing
Midday: 0-6-1
Evening: 1-0-2
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Winning Daily 4 numbers from June 26 drawing
Midday: 9-1-7-7
Evening: 3-2-3-0
Check Daily 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Poker Lotto numbers from June 26 drawing
6C-6D-5H-3S-4S
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Winning Fantasy 5 numbers from June 26 drawing
01-09-11-14-33
03-25-28-32-34
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Winning Daily Keno numbers from June 26 drawing
01-03-07-16-20-24-25-26-35-37-40-55-56-58-59-63-66-68-75-76-77-80
Check Daily Keno payouts and previous drawings here.
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All Michigan Lottery retailers can redeem prizes up to $600. For prizes up to $99,999.99, winners have the option to submit their claim by mail or in person at one of Michigan Lottery’s Regional Offices.
To claim by mail, complete a ticket receipt form, sign your winning ticket, and send it along with original copies of your government-issued photo ID and Social Security card to the address below. Ensure the names on your ID and Social Security card match exactly. Claims should be mailed to:
Michigan Lottery
Attn: Claim Center
101 E. Hillsdale
P.O. Box 30023
Lansing, MI 48909
For prizes over $100,000, winners must claim their prize in person at the Michigan Lottery Headquarters in Lansing located at 101 E. Hillsdale in downtown Lansing. Each winner must present original versions of a valid government-issued photo ID (typically a driver’s license or state ID) and a Social Security card, ensuring that the names on both documents match exactly. To schedule an appointment, please call the Lottery Player Relations office at 844-887-6836, option 2.
If you prefer to claim in person at one of the Michigan Lottery Regional Offices for prizes under $100,000, appointments are required. Until further notice, please call 1-844-917-6325 to schedule an appointment. Regional office locations are as follows:
- Lansing: 101 E. Hillsdale St. Lansing; Phone: 844-917-6325
- Livonia: 33231 Plymouth Road, Livonia; Phone: 844-917-6325
- Sterling Heights: 34700 Dequindre Road, Sterling Heights; Phone: 844-917-6325
- Detroit: Cadillac Place, 3060 W. Grand Blvd., Suite L-600, Detroit; Phone: 844-917-6325
- Grand Rapids: 3391-B Plainfield Ave. NE, Grand Rapids; Phone: 844-917-6325
- Saginaw: Jerome T. Hart State Office Building, 411 E. Genesee Ave., Saginaw; Phone: 844-917-6325
For additional information, downloadable forms, and instructions, visit the Michigan Lottery’s prize claim page.
When are Michigan Lottery drawings held?
- Daily 3 & Daily 4: Midday at 12:59 p.m., Evening at 7:29 p.m.
- Fantasy 5: 7:29 p.m. daily
- Poker Lotto: 7:29 p.m. daily
- Lotto 47: 7:29 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday
- Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily
- Daily Keno: 7:29 p.m. daily
- Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. daily
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