FOR ONE METEOROLOGIST CAME AT HIM. SOME ARE NOT QUITE DONE WITH US YET. WE’VE GOT SOME LATE
DAY SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES
HEATING UP THIS WEEK. I HAVE
YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES. ALSO FIRST AND FORE.
ALL EYES ARE ON MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT IN THE BATTLE OVER
ABORTION, THE CLOCK IS TICKING
WILL TELL YOU WHERE THINGS SAND.
THE SEARCH IS OVER FOR A WOMAN
WHO WAS ABDUCTED WHILE JOGGING.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS TRYING
TO CLEAR UP SPECULATION ABOUT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT HE’S
SAYING THIS AFTERNOON AND HERE’S
NICK MONACELLI. A QUICK TRIP TO
BLAKES IN ARMENIA SHOWS THAT
THIS IS A RECORD SETTING YEAR
FOR CROPS. BUT WHY, AND IF
THAT’S THE CASE, WHY IS THE COST
OF CIDER GOING UP IN OTHER
PLACES? LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I’M KAREN DREW FIRST AND FORE WE
COULD BE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM A
KEY VOTE INTENSE LABOR DISPUTE
AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
OVER AN EPSILON E PROFESSORS
UNION HAS SCHEDULED A STRIKE
VOTE FOR TONIGHT. WE’VE BEEN
TELLING YOU ABOUT THE BATTLE
OVER PAY AND HEALTH CARE
BENEFITS FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.
THE UNION’S CONTRACT EXPIRED
AUGUST 31ST. THE ADMINISTRATION
SAYS PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, BUT
IT DOESN’T THINK A STRIKE VOTE
WILL HELP THE PROCESS. A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE UNION SAYS
IT’S TRYING TO MAKE SURE
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE REMAINS
AFFORDABLE FOR ALL OF ITS
MEMBERS. MORE TALKS ARE SET FOR
TOMORROW MORNING. WE’LL HAVE AN
UPDATE TONIGHT AT 11 TO LET YOU
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THINGS STAND
. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT FACES A
FAST APPROACHING DEADLINE TO
MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER AN
ABORTION RIGHTS PROPOSAL WILL
MAKE THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THEIR
DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 9TH SO ELECTION
OFFICIALS CAN START FORMATTING
BALLOTS RIGHT NOW. IT’S NOT
CLEAR IF THE HIGH COURT WILL
HOLD A HEARING AND WE ARE TOLD
DECISION COULD COME AS LATE AS
FRIDAY. THE STATE BOARD OF
CANVASSERS SPLIT ON THE DECISION
ALONG PARTY LINES, WHICH MEANS
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT ON THE
BALLOT RIGHT NOW. THE GROUP
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
APPEALED THAT DECISION TO THE
SUPREME COURT. AND TODAY, THE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FILED A
BRIEF SAYING IT SUPPORTS PUTTING
THE PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT. OF
COURSE WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
POLICE ARE WORKING WITH STATE
POLICE TO SOLVE A HOMICIDE AFTER
A MAN HAS FOUND SUFFERING FROM
MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS. LOCAL 4
CAMERAS WERE ON THE SCENE AS THE
INVESTIGATION BEGAN BEHIND THE
APARTMENTS ON THE 4300 BLOCK OF
HICKORY POLICE CHIEF SAYS
SOMEONE CALLED IN A REPORT OF A
MAN DOWN. THEY SAY THE VICTIM
WAS IN HIS LATE TWENTIES TO
EARLY THIRTIES AND WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE.
RIGHT NOW. INVESTIGATORS ARE
WORKING TO IDENTIFY HIM AND ALSO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT A MOTIVE. OF
COURSE WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS AND
WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. NOW WE
ARE MOVING TO THE FOREWARN.
FIRST FORECAST HAS BEEN A CLOUDY
DAY, BUT THE SUN’S STARTING TO
PEEK THROUGH THOSE CLOUDS, SO
LET’S GET THE VERY LATEST FROM
KIM ADAMS. KIM WELL, WITH THE
HELP OF THAT SUNSHINE, OUR
TEMPERATURES HAVE GONE UP TO THE
UPPER SEVENTIES, EVEN CLOSE TO
80 DEGREES IN A LOT OF SPOTS 80
IN FLINT. THEY GOT THE SUNSHINE
FIRST AS WE’VE HAD A GRADUAL
CLEARING FROM THE NORTH. 77
PONTIAC, ALSO IN LAPEER METRO
REPORTED. 76 77 SEEMS TO BE THE
POPULAR NUMBER TODAY, RIGHT. 77
ALSO IN MOUNT CLEMENS, AS YOU
CAN SEE ON THE VISIBLE
SATELLITE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE FROM SPACE AND THE REASON I
SHOW IT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN
REALLY SEE THOSE BIG PUFFY
CLOUDS HERE NICELY AND ALSO HOW
THEY ARE BREAKING UP ON THIS
RADAR ON THE SATELLITE PICTURE
AS WE HAVE SOME LATE EVENING
SUNSHINE THE SUNSET JUST BEFORE
EIGHT O’CLOCK TONIGHT AS WE GET
SHORTER AND SHORTER WITH THOSE
DAYLIGHT HOURS. FORECAST IN A
WARM UP, WE’RE NOT DONE WITH
SUMMER JUST YET. COMING UP IN A
FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. KIM HAVE
BREAKING NEWS FROM CANADA, WHERE
POLICE HAVE SURROUNDED A HOME
WITH GUNS DRAWN. THEY THINK THEY
HAVE THAT SUSPECT IN THE
STABBING ATTACK WHO WAS SPOTTED
IN THE AREA. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
30 YEAR OLD MILES SANDERSON IN
CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING
DEATHS OF 10 PEOPLE. HE’S THE
MAN ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.
HIS BROTHER DAMIEN, WAS FOUND
DEAD MONDAY NEAR THE SCENE OF
THE CRIMES. POLICE HAVE TOLD
PEOPLE ON A RESERVATION TO
SHELTER IN PLACE. THEY’RE NOT
SURE IF SANDERSON IS ACTUALLY
INSIDE THE HOME. WE’RE FOLLOWING
THIS VERY CLOSELY. AND OF COURSE
, WE’LL UPDATE YOU IF HE DOES
GET CAUGHT. THE SEARCH FOR A
MISSING JOGGER IN MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE, HAS ENDED IN TRAGEDY
AND NEW CHARGES AGAINST THE
SUSPECT WHO IS ALREADY IN
CUSTODY. LIZA FLETCHER’S FAMILY
SAYS THEY’RE HEARTBROKEN AND
DEVASTATED KIMBERLY GUILT IN THE
NEWSROOM TO TELL US EXACTLY
WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW.
KIM KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON TO
YOU. A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS. YOU KNOW, LAST
NIGHT AT 11, WE TOLD YOU THAT A
BODY HAD BEEN FOUND NEAR THE
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS CAMPUS,
AND TODAY, POLICE CONFIRMED THEY
HAD FOUND INDEED ELIZA
FLETCHER’S BODY JUST DAYS AFTER
SHE WAS FORCED INTO AN SUV.
FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO TODAY THE
SUSPECT MADE HIS FIRST COURT
APPEARANCE. 38 YEAR OLD CLEO TO
ABSTINENCE WAS ARRESTED OVER THE
WEEKEND AFTER POLICE SAY THEY
DETECTED HIS DNA ON A PAIR OF
SANDALS NEAR THE SPOT WHERE
FLETCHER WAS LAST SEEN. RIGHT
NOW HE’S CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING
AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE BUT
NEW CHARGES INCLUDING FIRST
DEGREE MURDER, HAVE BEEN ADDED
HE’LL BE ARRAIGNED ON THOSE
CHARGES. SOMETIME TOMORROW.
OFFICIALS HAVE NOT LISTED THE
EXACT CAUSE AND MANNER OF
FLETCHER’S DEATH. SHE WAS TAKEN
WHILE OUT FOR A RUN FRIDAY. IN
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SHE’S A
TEACHER AND MOTHER OF TWO.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT SERVED 20
YEARS FOR PREVIOUS KIDNAPPING
AND WAS RELEASED IN 2020. BOB
THE OUTCOME OF THIS
INVESTIGATION IS NOT WHAT WE
HOPED FOR. WE ARE NONETHELESS
PLEASED TO REMOVE THIS DANGEROUS
PREDATOR OFF THE STREETS OF
MEMPHIS AND CONTRAST TO WHATEVER
BASELESS SPECULATION YOU MIGHT
HAVE SEEN. WE HAVE NO REASON TO
THINK THIS WAS ANYTHING OTHER
THAN AND ISOLATED. ATTACK. BY A
STRANGER. AND THAT MAY BE PART
OF THE REASON THIS STORY GAME SO
MUCH NATIONAL ATTENTION SO
QUICKLY. THE CIRCUMSTANCES
REINFORCE THE FEARS OF MANY
WOMEN WHO WORRY ABOUT RUNNING
ALONE AT NIGHT OR IN SECLUDED
PLACES. CRIME STATISTICS SHOW
THAT THESE ATTACKS ARE VERY RARE
AND WOMEN OUT FOR A RUN PHRASE A
GREATER THREAT FROM TRAFFIC.
KAREN WILL HAVE MORE WHEN YOU
JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE. UNTIL THEN. WE’LL SEND IT
BACK TO YOU. ALRIGHT WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, KIM
WELL, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY
IN UVALDE, TEXAS, COMES WITH
SOME EXTRA LEVEL OF STRESS AND
FRUSTRATION FOR SO MANY FAMILIES
HAS BEEN ALMOST FOUR MONTHS
SINCE THE SHOOTING LEFT 21
PEOPLE DEAD. MANY PARENTS STILL
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT
SHOOTING WAS HANDLED. AND IF
THERE’S ENOUGH NEW SECURITY
GOING FORWARD HE TAKES THIS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAD
33 DEPUTIES STATIONED AT SCHOOLS
ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT. THERE
ALSO COUNSELORS AND THERAPY DOGS
ON HAND TO HELP STUDENTS ADJUST
TO BEING BACK IN THE CLASSROOM,
HANDLERS SAY SPENDING TIME WITH
THE DOGS CAN PROVIDE A RELEASE
OF EMOTIONS. WE WANT THEM TO
INTERACT WITH THE DOG AND TO
FEEL WHAT THE DOG CAN HELP THEM
TO THEIR EMOTIONS. WE’VE HAD
KIDS START TALKING FOR THE FIRST
TIME TO A DOG. THEY DON’T WANT
TO TALK TO MOM OR DAD OR
COUNSELOR. SO THE DOGS BRING OUT
THE KID’S EMOTIONS AND THE
PARENTS EMOTIONS SO WE JUST
PRACTICED ON BEING PRESENT AND
QUIET. THE STUDENTS HAVE NOT
RETURNED TO THE SCENE OF THE
CRIME. ROB ELEMENTARY WILL BE
DESTROYED IN A NEW BUILDING WILL
REPLACE IT. UNTIL THEN, STUDENTS
HAVE BEEN SPREAD OUT TO OTHER
CAMPUSES HERE AT HOME AFTER
LABOR DAY. SOME OF US ARE MORE
THAN READY FOR THOSE FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND OLD TRADITIONS
LIKE APPLE PICKING DRINKING
CIDER APPLES ARE, OF COURSE, BIG
BUSINESS HERE IN MICHIGAN, BUT
THIS YEAR WE’RE SEEING ONE OF
THOSE GOOD NEWS. BAD NEWS
SITUATIONS, NICK MONACELLI SHOWS
. IT’S A RECORD SETTING YEAR FOR
APPLE GROWING, BUT WE’RE STILL
SEEING THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF
LAST YEAR. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 16
HOUR DAYS, BUT EVERYONE IN OUR
COMPANY THEY LOVE IT. THE TEAM
AT BLAKE’S CIDER MILL IN OUR
MADE UP, INCLUDING ANDREW BLAKE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
UPCOMING FALL SEASON. AND THE
MAJOR REASON IS BECAUSE OF THESE
FULL TREES RECORD SETTING APPLE
GROWTH UP AN ESTIMATED 40% AT
BLAKES, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE
HAD A GREAT GROWING SEASON. UM
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY
TEMPERATE MILD SPRING. IT WAS A
HOT SUMMER, BUT WE GOT ENOUGH
RAIN SO APPLES WERE ABLE TO SIZE
UP THIS GOODYEAR COMES AT A
GREAT TIME. BECAUSE LAST YEAR’S
APPLE CROP IN MICHIGAN WAS DOWN
ABOUT 17% LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT
YEAH, THE SECOND WORST YEAR
WE’VE EVER HAD. UM, AND IT WAS
ALSO CAUSED BY, YOU KNOW, KIND
OF A VERY KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
AGGRESSIVELY COLD SPRING. YOU
MAY HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE
PRICE FOR A GALLON OF CIDER IS
EITHER A LITTLE MORE LIKE EUROPE
, BLAKE’S OR A LOT MORE. THAT’S
SMALLER PLACES A GALLON CAN COST
YOU 14 OR MAYBE EVEN $16. WHY
AGAIN BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR’S
CROPS AND THOSE SMALLER PLACES
THEY DON’T HAVE THEIR OWN
ORCHARDS. NOW JUST ASK THAT
CONSUMERS BE PATIENT WITH SOME
OF THE SMALLER CIDER MILLS. MOST
OF THESE, YOU KNOW, SMALLER
CIDER MILLS. THEY DON’T GROW
APPLES, AND THEY’RE STILL HAVING
TO PAY LAST YEAR’S PRICES FOR
APPLES THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING.
EITHER WAY, TEMPS ARE FALLING,
AND SO ARE THE APPLES, WHICH
MEANS IT’S CIDER AND HAYRIDE
SEASON. THIS IS IT LIKE THIS IS
SUPER BOWL TIME. THIS IS YOU
KNOW, THERE’S AN ENERGY AROUND
HERE AND I THINK CUSTOMERS WHEN
THEY COME OUT, THEY CAN
EXPERIENCE IT, TOO. IN OUR MAIN
NICK MONACELLI LOCAL 4 BY THE
WAY, WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH AND
FOR THIS YEAR’S APPLE CROP