🌱 Patch AM: How Utica Eisenhower powered another dominant volleyball win this week

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In today's newsletter:

• How Utica Eisenhower powered another dominant volleyball win this week
• Former Utica High School runner dies after suspected lightning strike

Also on today's calendar: Oakland/Macomb Out of the Darkness Walk and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, warm and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 64.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eisenhower sweeps L'Anse Creuse North; Chippewa Valley dunks Romeo (macombdaily.com) — Utica residents can celebrate as Utica Eisenhower's girls volleyball team continued its strong title defense with a straight-set win over L'Anse Creuse North, improving to 14-2. The article also recaps Chippewa Valley's dominant girls swim victory over Romeo, highlighting standout performances across multiple events in Macomb Area Conference action.
   

• Macomb County man, 20, killed by suspected lightning strike in Florida (macombdaily.com) — A former Utica High School cross-country runner from Shelby Township has died in Florida after a suspected lightning strike while he was there for the Disney College Program. Local readers learn how the 20-year-old, remembered as a kind and funny young man, had deep ties to Utica athletics and Macomb County before the tragic incident.
   

📸 Around Utica

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Utica

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Oakland/Macomb Out of the Darkness Walk →
  Stony Creek Metropark, 4300 Main Park Dr,
  9:00 am
• Oakland/Macomb Out of the Darkness Community Walk →
  Stony Creek Metropark, 4300 Main Park Dr,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• St Lawrence Apple Fest →
  St Lawrence, Utica Road 44633, Utica
• Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Glow Run — The Series Finale →
  Utica MI
• Macomb County Health and Wellness Fair →
  MISD - Educational Service Center, 44001 Garfield Rd
  10:00 am
• Block Party
  North Branch - Creative/Story Room
  11:00 am
• Jimmy Johns Networking Event →
  Jimmy John's Field, Utica
  6:30 pm
Monday September 14
• Tech Tutoring
  North Branch - Group Study Room C
  1:00 pm
• Teen Game Night
  North Branch - Creative/Story Room
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Mystery Book Discussion
  North Branch - North Branch Conference Room
  10:00 am
• Rock N Read
  North Branch - Creative/Story Room
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 22
• Senior Expo USA →
  The Palazzo Grande, 54660 Van Dyke Ave
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Builders FirstSource, Inc. posted a job opening for Assembler - Interior Doors in Utica. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Associate Early Morning Stocking in Utica. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Utica here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sterling Heights

• Enter For a Chance To Win Foster The People Tickets!​ (audacy.com)
• Millions of birds take flight as pleasant weekend weather settles into Metro Detroit (clickondetroit.com)
• Michigan communities finish drain project to filter stormwater before it reaches Lake St. Clair (stormwater.com)

Macomb

• Macomb County sees lowest price for diesel gas at $4.59 in week ending Sept. 5 (warrensun.com)

Rochester

• Oakland County Detects Possible Human Case Of West Nile Virus (patch.com)

Ok Utica! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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