In Case You Missed It: Top Stories from The Week (March 29 -April 2)

Metro Detroit native Mike Posner is climbing Mount Everest, the state’s COVID case count continues to rise at an alarming rate, M1 Concourse is hosting the inaugural Woodward Dream Show, and Michigan bans restraints in youth facilities
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President Biden is advising state’s to pause reopening as Michigan’s COVID numbers continue to rise. // Photo: IStock

Local expert says Michigan’s rise in COVID cases is “like a gut punch.”

The state now has . As national health experts fear a new national surge, President Biden advises states to pause reopening efforts.

Detroit expands COVID vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and older

The expansion also includes .

The Detroit Music Awards goes virtual again this year.

The and include performances by Electric Six and Danny Kroha as well as memorial tributes to Alto Reed and Mary Wilson.

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Mike Posner announces his plans to climb Mount Everest.

The singer-songwriter and metro Detroit native has trained 18 months for the trek and is in the process.

A new climbing gym opens.

DYNO Detroit, located near Eastern Market, is home to .

The Obamas are adapting a Michigan author’s debut novel into a Netflix series.

Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper’s Daughter, is working with to develop the series.

Detroit celebrates Opening Day with a bit of snow.

The Tigers took on the Cleveland Indians on April 1. In his first Opening Day since 2018, first baseman Miguel Cabrera .

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M1 Concourse, pictured above, will host a new auto event during Dream Cruise weekend. // Photograph courtesy of M1 Concourse

M1 Concourse will host the inaugural Woodward Dream Show.

The event takes place and will include a close-up array of classic and modern cars, a juried show, and more.

Detroiters crowdfund the only Black-owned grocery store in the city.

Raphael Wright, owner of Neighborhood Grocery, .

Michigan will ban restraints in youth facilities following Cornelius Frederick’s death.

The at a Kalamazoo facility, led Michigan officials to re-evaluate the care youth receive in these spaces.


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