2024 in Michigan

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This article reviews the top news stories, sports stories, and cultural events occurring during the year 2024 in Michigan.

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The top news stories in Michigan included: the 2024 Rochester Hills shooting; the trial and conviction of James and Jennifer Crumbley (parents of the shooter in the Oxford High School shooting); a May 7 EF2 tornado damaged 800 builings in Portage; the trial in the killing of Samantha Woll; Elissa Slotkin's victory over Mike Rogers by a narrow margin in the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan; the release of Novi resident Paul Whelan after six years in Russian custody on espionage charges; and the renovation and grand reopening of Michigan Central Station.

Top sports stories included: the Detroit Lions NFC North championship; the Detroit Tigers' first winning season since 2016; Tarik Skubal's pitching triple crown and receipt of the AL Cy Young Award; the 2024 Ferris State Bulldogs football team winning the Division II national championship; Flint boxer Claressa Shields winning WBC, WBF, and WBO titles in a July 27 match in Detroit; and the holding of the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit.

Notable Michigan-related deaths in 2024 included Four Tops co-founder Duke Fakir; actor and Michigan native James Earl Jones; poet and civil rights activist John Sinclair; Detroit bishop Thomas Gumbleton; former Detroit Lions players Joe Schmidt, Greg Landry, and Jim Ninowski; former Detroit Tigers players Rocky Colavito, Charlie Maxwell, and Ozzie Virgil Jr.; former Detroit Red Wings player Marty Pavelich; and basketball player Earl Cureton.

Office holders

State government

Mayors of major cities

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Mike Duggan

Federal office holders

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Debbie Stabenow
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Gary Peters

Sports

Baseball

American football

Basketball

Ice hockey

Auto racing

Other sports

Events

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  • Elissa Slotkin won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate with 712,791 votes (76.33%), defeating Hill Harper who received 221,053 votes (23.67%). [54]
  • Mike Rogers won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate with 555,766 votes (63.1%), defeating Justin Amash with 137,575 votes (15.64%) and Sherry O'Donnell with 106,466 votes (12.10%). [54]

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September

October

November

December

Deaths

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