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Nightside Report Sept. 13, 2021: Two men terrorize Livonia party store staff, customers during violent robbery, Officials rule out explosion at Fort and Dearborn streets in Detroit

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Thieves terrorize party store staff, customers during robbery in Livonia (WDIV)

2 men terrorize Celebration Station staff, customers during violent robbery

DETROIT – The owner of a shop in Livonia is speaking out after surviving a violent and frightening robbery.

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Joan Bates owns the Celebration Station in Livonia. She said on Sunday (Sept. 12) a man walked in with a red hoodie over his head and a red bandana over his face. She said he told her he needed balloons for his niece’s birthday.

Then another man in a red hoodie and red bandanna walked in. Bates said she didn’t think much of the bandannas.

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The latest: Michigan reports 6,093 new COVID cases, 29 deaths -- average of 2,031 cases per day

Metro Detroit weather: Monitoring even bigger severe storm threat Tuesday

Yet another batch of strong-to-severe storms crossed the northern half of the area Monday, but those have now moved well off to the, east and I don’t expect any more of the rough stuff the remainder of the day or night ahead.

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4 Fast Facts

  • Officials still don’t know what caused the road at Fort Street and Dearborn Street in Detroit to rise nearly eight inches. Click here to read more.
  • An investigation has been opened to get to the bottom of who is responsible for vandalism at L’Anse Creuse High School that took place over the weekend. Click here to read more.
  • A gas leak from the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant triggered voluntary evacuations of the area and officials have been testing levels of gas in sewers and homes. Click here to read more.
  • Two people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting Sunday night in Detroit. Click here to read more.

Be Informed

COVID vaccine compliance battle brewing at Metro Detroit businesses

Many Metro Detroit businesses are struggling to deal with the new federal vaccine mandate issued by the Biden administration last week.

Revolting against vaccines is not new. It is part of the DNA of our global history, according to Dr. Mark Navin, medical ethicist with Oakland University and Beaumont Health.

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98 percent of all Henry Ford Health System employees vaccinated ahead of deadline

On Monday, Henry Ford Hospital released the sheer impact the unvaccinated are having on the healthcare system that spans five different hospitals and numerous medical facilities.

Ninety-five percent of all beds are being utilized. One hundred and twenty in-patient beds have had to be closed down due to staffing challenges.

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DeJanay Booth joined WDIV as a web producer in July 2020. She previously worked as a news reporter in New Mexico before moving back to Michigan.

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