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Brian Louwers

C&G Staff Reporter – Warren Weekly

Staff Writer Brian Louwers covers the cities of Warren and Center Line. He has worked for C & G Newspapers since 1998 and is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In his free time, he participates in the Michigan State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program and conducts interviews with military veterans for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.

Published September 25, 2020

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Former Macomb County clerk wanted on bench warrant

MOUNT CLEMENS — Former Macomb County Clerk Karen Spranger once again has a warrant out for her arrest.

Published September 24, 2020

Warren Weekly

Warren City Council weighs fallout from dueling demonstrations

WARREN — Warren City Councilman Eddie Kabacinski stood with a group people he said turned out to “back the blue” in support of law enforcement, across the street from where a crowd had assembled for a Saturday afternoon march against racism.

Published September 21, 2020

Warren Weekly

Police: Warren protests result in minor incidents, no damage or arrests

WARREN — Things got heated between two groups of demonstrators set up across Hoover Road from one another on Sept. 19, but Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said the day ended with no arrests, no injuries and no property damage.

Published September 18, 2020

Warren Weekly

Macomb County man charged in crash that killed girl

WARREN — A Chesterfield Township man has been charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving causing death following a Warren Police Department investigation into a crash that killed a 10-year-old girl on July 25.

Published September 18, 2020

Warren Weekly

Warren yards bloom while recognition awards are dormant

WARREN — Another sad sign of the times is that the keepers of the prettiest properties in Warren won’t get a sign of their own from the Beautification Commission to display in their yard this year.

Published September 18, 2020

Warren Weekly

Fouts on November ballot term limit proposal: ‘It’s about me’

WARREN — It’s official. Warren voters will get to choose on Nov. 3 whether they want the city’s mayors to serve up to five four-year terms or just three, like all other city elected officials.

Published September 15, 2020

Warren Weekly

Weapons seized, 129 arrested in Warren Police Department operation

WARREN — A month-long Warren Police Department crackdown targeting gun violence and related crimes resulted in the seizure of 75 weapons and netted 129 arrests for felony and misdemeanor offenses.

Red Lobster plans to restore and reopen the Warren location on Hoover Road damaged by fire on Sept. 4. No timetable was given.

Published September 14, 2020

Warren Weekly

Warren Red Lobster damaged by fire, company plans to reopen

WARREN — An overheated appliance may have caused an early morning kitchen fire that damaged Red Lobster in Warren recently.

Published September 11, 2020

Warren Weekly

Suspect sought in hate crimes targeting Black family in Warren

WARREN — Eddie and Candace Hall met in the U.S. Army and each served their country for more than a decade. They’ve lived in Warren for six years and said they’ve always tried to help their neighbors.

Published September 9, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Biden addresses autoworkers in battleground Warren

WARREN — Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden made a campaign stop in Warren on Sept. 9 where he addressed union autoworkers and pledged to fight for them if he’s elected President of the United States in November.

Southfield police deploy body cams for all sworn officers

Published September 8, 2020

Southfield Sun

Southfield police deploy body cams for all sworn officers

SOUTHFIELD — It is now the policy of the Southfield Police Department that all interactions between the public and any of its 126 sworn officers will be captured on a body-worn camera.

Published September 3, 2020

Warren Weekly

Son of former council candidate grazed by road rage gunfire

WARREN — An investigation remains ongoing after the adult son of a 2019 candidate for the Warren City Council was grazed by gunfire during a suspected “road rage” encounter at about 10:30 p.m. Aug. 29.

Published September 3, 2020

Warren Weekly

Firefighter’s clip-on carbon monoxide detectors saving lives

WARREN — On Aug. 8, Warren firefighter paramedics were dispatched to a home on Patricia Avenue, where a father and son were found unconscious. They’d been working in the basement, using a gas-powered saw to cut cement.

Published September 3, 2020

Warren Weekly

Upgrades, new signage proposed at Center Line Park Tower

CENTER LINE — Officials will soon be asked to approve elements of an immediate investment of nearly $14 million at the Center Line Park Tower, an upgrade set to improve building improvements and new electronic signage at the city’s most prominent intersection.

Published September 3, 2020

Warren Weekly

Court battle continues over mayoral term limits proposal

WARREN — The Michigan Court of Appeals has ordered Warren City Clerk Sonja Buffa to certify the ballot language necessary to place the City Council’s mayoral term limits question before Warren voters in November.