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🌱 How to reserve your mammogram and blood drive spot in Warren

Also, don't miss Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour on the Warren Patch calendar

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Good morning Warren! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How to reserve your mammogram and blood drive spot in Warren
  • Why Warren police are revisiting a brutal 1981 double homicide now
  • Man charged after deadly van attack outside a Warren flea market

Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Cloudy, showers around; warm, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Friday: Occasional morning rain, temps: high: 66, low: 47.
  • Saturday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Macomb County Health Department hosts October mammogram screenings (mlive.com) — Warren residents can get convenient breast cancer screenings and health checks when the Macomb County Health Department brings a mobile mammography unit and health fair to the Southwest Health Center on Van Dyke on Oct. 26. The event offers mammograms by appointment, plus blood pressure checks, flu shots, financial resources, and a blood drive, with services open regardless of insurance status for eligible women.
   

2. 2 women were brutally killed long ago in Macomb County. Why their case is now being reopened (clickondetroit.com) — Warren police are reopening a 45-year-old double homicide case from a Warren home, hoping new technology and fresh eyes will finally identify who killed Lisa Schwartzkopf and Cheryl Kemp. Some key evidence was mistakenly destroyed in 1988, but investigators are re-examining nearly 200 pages of records and asking anyone in Warren with information to come forward to help the long-waiting families find closure.
   

3. Detroit Man Charged With Murder After Fatally Striking Father Of 5 With Van: Prosecutor (patch.com) — A Detroit man has been charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors said he repeatedly struck 59-year-old Mirhad Cehic with a van outside the County Line Flea Market in Warren. The dispute reportedly began over a power washer, and witnesses intervened after Cehic was pinned against the building; he later died at Henry Ford Hospital in Warren, leaving behind five children and a grieving family seeking support.
   

4. Warren man charged after allegedly trying to lure children from Eastpointe school (wxyz.com) — A Warren man has been charged with attempted kidnapping after police say he tried to lure children from the playground at Crescentwood Elementary in nearby Eastpointe on September 24. Students quickly alerted staff, who brought everyone inside and called police, leading to an arrest near the school. The suspect is held on a $250,000 bond with strict conditions if released.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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