11/18/2025
Good morning- here is the NEWS 11-17-25
*Scattered snow showers in some areas early, otherwise mostly cloudy today. Highs around 40.
-OVER THE WEEKEND, A FATAL SHOOTING REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN TRAVERSE CITY. POLICE SAY A PARKING SERVICES EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND DEAD FROM A SHOOTING IN THE LARRY HARDY PARKING DECK ON EAST STATE, SUNDAY MORNING. THE KILLING OF 32–YEAR OLD LAWRENCE BOYD THE FOURTH IS BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED TO ANOTHER CASE IN WHICH TWO TRAVERSE CITY TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED FOR STEALING A CAR AND LEADING POLICE ON A CHASE. SINCE THE SUSPECTS ARE IN JAIL AND THE FIREARM HAS BEEN RECOVERED, TRAVERSE CITY POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO FURTHER THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THIS INCIDENT.
-MICHIGAN STATE POLICE HAVE PROMOTED CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER GERARD TO SERVE AS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE 8TH DISTRICT WHICH COVERS THE ENTIRE UPPER PENINSULA. GERARD WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE U.P. HE HAS WORKED AS A TROOPER, SERGEANT, AND POST COMMANDER IN NINE OF THE FIFTEEN COUNTIES IN THE 8TH DISTRICT. HE HAS ALSO SERVED AS A LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, TEMPORARY STAFF INSTRUCTOR, AND FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. GERARD GRADUATED FROM BARAGA HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GOING ON TO EARN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY, AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
-A TRAVERSE CITY COMPANY IS SPEARHEADING AN EFFORT T BRING A MULTI -BILLION DOLLAR DATA CENTER TO KALKASKA. GEOLOGIST MATT RINE OF ROCKLOCKER WILL BE HOLDING THREE COMMUNITY FORUMS THIS WEEK. THE PROPOSAL AIMS TO PUT A GIGAWATT -SIZED CAMPUS WITH ITS OWN POWER PLANT AND CARBON CAPTURE STORAGE SYSTEM ON OVER 14 -HUNDRED ACRES OF STATE LAND. SUPPORTERS SAY IT COULD BRING TENS OF MILLIONS IN TAX REVENUE AND HUNDREDS OF JOBS. OPPONENTS CITE A WIDE RANGE OF CONCERNS OVER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
-ONE TICKET SOLD IN GEORGIA WON FRIDAY NIGHT’S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT WORTH $980 MILLION. THREE TICKETS SOLD IN MICHIGAN WON A MILLION DOLLARS EACH. MEANWHILE, TONIGHT’S POWERBALL IS AT $570 MILLION.
-NFL….LAST NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA, THE LIONS HAD TO BATTLE THE WEATHER, INJURIES AND TOO MANY MISCUES. DETROIT ENDED UP LOSING TO THE EAGLES, 16 – 9. LIONS DROP TO 6 -AND -4. THEY ARE HOME NEXT SUNDAY AGAINST THE NEW YORK GIANTS…..OTHER SCORES YESTERDAY: PACKERS PREVAILED OVER THE GIANTS, 27 - 20 ….BEARS GET A LAST SECOND FIELD GOAL TO BEAT THE VIKINGS, 19 -17 ….BRONCOS 22, CHIEFS 19…..AND IT WAS THE BILLS 44, BUCCANEERS 22…. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS THE COWBOYS AT LAS VEGAS.
-COLLEGE FOOTBALL….OVER THE WEEKEND, MICHIGAN GETS A LATE FIELD GOAL TO SURVIVE AT NORTHWESTERN, 24 -22. #18 WOLVERINES (8 -2) ARE AT MARYLAND NEXT WEEKEND….MICHIGAN STATE LOST TO PENN STATE, 28 -10. SPARTANS (3 -7) ARE AT IOWA, SATURDAY….CENTRAL MICHIGAN (6 -4) IS AT KENT STATE, WEDNESDAY.
-NHL….LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK, LUCAS RAYMOND HAD THE GAME WINNING GOAL AS THE RED WINGS EDGED THE RANGERS, 2 TO 1. DETROIT IS BACK HOME TUESDAY TO TAKE ON THE SEATTLE KRACKEN.
-NBA….PISTONS ARE HOME AGAINST THE PACERS TONIGHT, 7:00 P.M. DETROIT HAS WON 9 STRAIGHT.
-MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL…. #6 MICHIGAN (3 -0) IS HOME WEDNESDAY VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE…. #17 MICHIGAN STATE (3 -0) FACES #9 KENTUCKY, TUESDAY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN….CENTRAL MICHIGAN (2 -2) IS HOME THURSDAY AGAINST NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
-HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS….FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS OVER THE WEEKEND: KINGSLEY ADVANCES TO THE SEMIS, BEATING REED CITY, 18 – 14….T.C. CENTRAL SAW THEIR SEASON COME TO AN END, LOSING AT PORTAGE CENTRAL, 24 – 20… IT WAS BARK RIVER -HARRIS 22, GLEN LAKE 21….NORTH DICKINSON 44, ONEKAMA 28….MOUNT PLEASANT 28, EAST GRAND RAPIDS 14….HARBOR BEACH 26, BEAL CITY 15 ….ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARY’S 42, MIDLAND DOW 7….BLANCHARD MONTABELLA 32, NORWAY 28.
