Haunting Letter from Nazi Holocaust Conveys Timely Message: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI – Here are some stories from the Michigan Patch network worth talking about tonight:

Grandmother’s Haunting Letter from Nazi Holocaust Timely Today

• In a tumultuous world with ethnically charged rhetoric, Bella Goertz’s words are a piercing reminder that to do nothing is to be complicit.

Flint Water Crisis: Governor Not Worried He Will Be Charged

• Even so, Gov. Rick Snyder increases contract for criminal defense attorneys to $3.5 million as investigation reaches closer to his office.

Fire Rips Through The 555 Building in Birmingham

• Streets by the 555 Building were shut down as firefighters battled the blaze.

Armed Robbers On The Run After Striking A Jewelry Store

• Police say that three suspects pretended to be browsing then suddenly whipped out a gun and smashed display cases

Six Men Charged With Running Stolen Cell Phone Crime Ring

• Six men are accused of running storefronts where they would allegedly accept stolen cellphones and then repackage and resell the phones.

Royal Oak High School Student Wows Auto Show Poster Contest

• Sophomore Spencer Barrer won first place for the 10th grade in NAIAS's 29th annual poster contest.

Patch Movie Guide

Holiday Weekend Movie Guide: ‘Passengers,’ ‘Assassin’s Creed,’ ‘Sing’

• If anyone can outshine Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, it's a theater-loving koala. Find who to hang with this Christmas.

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Also Worth a Read

• Muslim Student in Hijab Lied About Threat to Set Her on Fire: Police
• Package Thief Sentenced To Time In The Oakland County Jail
• Grinch Cuts Woman's Christmas Lights: Royal Oak Weekly Crime Report
• Firefighters Free Man Trapped In Flipped Over SUV
• Ex-MSU Doc Had 37,000 Child Porn Images, Some Showing Rape: Feds
• Woman Dragged from Metro Detroit Aircraft Faces Charges
• Sisters from Clinton Township and Ferndale Give Birth Hours Apart
• Santa Surprises St. Clair Shores Kids With Bikes
• Adorable Kid Steals Show at Detroit Red Wings Hockey Game
• Ford Pouring $60 Million Into Wagner Place Development
• Man Sentenced In Pokémon Go Fight Which Left Victim Lying On The Sidewalk
• Attorney General Slaps Dearborn-Based Fundraiser With 2,594 Violations

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