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