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GROSSE POINTE WOODS >> Beau Breault of Hartland turned back Anthony Sorentino of Shelby Township to become the eighth golfer in 107 years to win the Michigan Amateur Championship after being the runner-up the year prior."I proved to myself I could do it last year," the Eastern Michigan University golfer said after his 4 and 3 final match win Friday at Country Club of Detroit garnered him the Staghorn Trophy as the winner of the 107th Michigan Amateur Championship presented by Carl's Golfland.

The last time we saw the Tigers in this town, they were being hailed as a stunning success.Universally forecast to be among the worst clubs in MLB, the Tigers were just a win below .500 and only 2.5 games behind the mighty Cleveland Indians in the American League Central.But that was before the reality check of a horrible road trip to Ohio and five straight losses - two at Cincinnati and three at Cleveland.

A 26-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder Monday in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Roseville man.A Macomb County jury deliberated about five hours Friday and Monday before convicting Larry L. Walker following a five-day circuit court trial in front of Judge Joseph Toia.Walker shot Kenneth "Kenny" Cutts Jr.

Hours before Clinton Township officials were scheduled to discuss his possible firing, planning director Carlo Santia submitted his retirement paperwork Monday, five days after he publicly admitted to funneling bribes in the ongoing public corruption scandal.Santia had been suspended from his $99,100-a-year position as head of the planning and community development department since Wednesday when he took the stand in the bribery trial of former township Trustee Dean Reynolds in U.

If the name alone doesn't tell you what you're going to get from Big Sam's Funky Nation...well, we're sending you back to remedial music school.Trombonist Sammie "Big Sam" Williams formed the New Orleans troupe during early 00s after his tenure in the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. You might also know the great-grandson of famed cornetist Buddy Bolden from a recurring role in HBO's "Treme" and for his work with the late Allen Toussaint, including on the Grammy Award-winning Elvis Costello collaboration "The River In Reverse.

Lake Street Dive has been busy since forming during 2004 while its members were attending the New England Conservatory of Music.The quartet's been a moving target, too. Blending elements of pop, rock, R&B, folk and jazz, Lake Street Dive is a musical mongrel that's proud of its disparate styles and undefinable sound.

Two Clinton Township men who were instrumental in rescuing a 3-year-old boy from the Clinton River have been honored -- one posthumously -- by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.Ron Elko saved the boy from drowning on April 9, 2017 after he fell into the river from a boardwalk in Mount Clemens while Joshua Traylor died attempting to do the same.

A 51-year-old Shelby Township man has pleaded no contest to a theft charge for stealing more than $100,000 from a Clinton Township credit-card processing company.Gino Accettola entered the plea last week in front of Judge Jennifer Faunce in Macomb County Circuit Court. The judge agreed to sentence him at the bottom of the sentencing guideline range, which has not been determined.

Amid police shootings that have attracted headlines nationally, the new head of the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police plans to bring attention to the community minded efforts of officers that may go unnoticed.That's one goal for Mike Sauger, a Warren police officer and union president who was elected last weekend to the top post in the organization.

Gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar is calling for an investigation into the arrest of his campaign manager. According to Fox 2, Rev. David Bullock was arrested Sunday outside of his Highland Park church while a woman with a mental illness attacked two church members in the parking lot.