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Morning 4: A look at the damage caused by severe storms -- and other news

Here are the top stories for the morning of Aug. 28, 2024

Tree downed by severe storms on Aug. 27, 2024, in Livonia. (WDIV)

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.


A look at the damage left behind after severe storms roll through Metro Detroit

Many people and cities are cleaning up Wednesday morning after severe storms rolled through Metro Detroit overnight.

As of 7:50 a.m. more than 200,000 DTE Energy customers were still without power Wednesday morning. Severe storms in the early-morning hours Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, caused power lines to come down and uprooted trees.

Records indicate that wind speeds hit around 70 miles per hour.

Watch the report here.


Macomb County restaurant abruptly closes after 4 years

A Macomb County restaurant says it’s time to move on, after four years in business.

Bobcat Bonnie’s of Partridge Creek, in Clinton Township, closed its doors on Sunday, four years after opening. The restaurant originally opened in February of 2020, just before the pandemic in Michigan.

Learn more here.


Using a ‘lunch formula’ to pack your child’s lunch

Lunches don’t need to be Pinterest-perfect to make the grade with your kids.

Jennifer Hyland is a registered dietitian at Cleveland Clinic Children’s.

“The biggest thing is we want to make lunches that A. the kids are going to eat and B. going to stick with them and help fuel them throughout the day. So, my biggest tip for parents is to try to pick something from each of the food groups,” said Hyland.

Read more here.


22 takeaways from Michigan football sign-stealing documentary on Netflix

Connor Stalions talked about an “underground community of college football analysts,” his infamous manifesto, and the accusations of an illegal Michigan football sign-stealing operation in a new Netflix documentary.

I’m sure I wasn’t the only person in Michigan and the college football universe who got up in the middle of the night to finally hear what Stalions had to say.

Read more here.


Weather: Parts of Metro Detroit under marginal risk of severe storms Wednesday




About the Author

Kayla is a Web Producer for ClickOnDetroit. Before she joined the team in 2018 she worked at WILX in Lansing as a digital producer.

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