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Southfield, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Southfield! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Southfield’s newest headquarters could bring 90 high-paying jobs by 2030
  • See how a new grant will upgrade math learning in Southfield
  • How Southfield police actually used controversial Flock license plate readers

Also on today's calendar: Annual Pet Parade & Blessing and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 69, low: 45.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Major Electronics Manufacturer To Create 90 New Oakland County Jobs In $3.7M Move (patch.com) — Methode Electronics has officially moved its headquarters from Chicago to Southfield, bringing a $3.7 million investment and at least 90 new, good-paying jobs to the city by 2030. Local leaders say the move strengthens Southfield’s role in the Detroit-area automotive and engineering ecosystem, with starting wages well above the regional median and opportunities in manufacturing and advanced engineering.
   

2. LAFCU awards $2,500 to Michigan teachers to bring classroom ideas to life (patch.com) — A Southfield Christian School teacher, Nicole Nesbitt, has received a $500 LAFCU Teachers Grant to buy video equipment for creating math lessons students can watch in class and at home. She’s one of five Michigan educators sharing $2,500 in support for creative classroom projects, aimed at easing teachers’ out-of-pocket costs and enriching student learning statewide.
   

3. 5 Michigan police agencies used Flock readers for immigration searches (detroitnews.com) — Southfield residents should know that a Southfield police officer used Flock license plate data while working with a human trafficking task force that included ICE, before the department banned immigration-related use in March 2026. The story details how Southfield and other Metro Detroit agencies handled immigration-tagged searches, ongoing investigations, and growing regional backlash over Flock surveillance cameras.
   

4. New preliminary exam date for accused killer in Southfield ‘cold case' (theoaklandpress.com) — A decades-old Southfield-area homicide case is moving forward as an Illinois man faces a rescheduled November 17 preliminary exam in Oakland County Circuit Court. Southfield’s police chief says new DNA analysis from preserved evidence, including fingernail clippings, links the suspect to the 1997 fatal stabbing, while the accused remains jailed without bond.
   

5. Checking in on Michigan's classroom cellphone ban (candgnews.com) — Southfield Public Schools is enforcing a classroom cellphone ban that keeps students’ devices in lockers or backpacks during instructional time, with exceptions for medical and legal needs. District leaders say parents are largely supportive and early feedback shows fewer classroom disruptions, as Southfield joins other Metro Detroit districts adapting to Michigan’s new statewide limits on student phone use.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • UPDATE: I found her family and she has been returned home safely.
    Thank you neighbors! LOST DOG Found around 5:15pm in Southfield Gardens subdivision. Looks like a malty poo, white, female (?). Has tags. Reported… (Nextdoor City Center)
  • Babysitter available.
    She is very responsible, and has had lots of experience with her 3yr old cousin and 3 younger siblings. (Nextdoor Cranbrook Village - North)
  • Burlington Coat Factory posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Southfield. Apply here.
  • Snipes posted a job opening for Stock Personnel in Southfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Southfield here.

Ok Southfield! 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: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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