Vance, AOC Stage Dueling Michigan Rallies

Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, campaigned across Michigan on Thursday for opposite sides in the U.S. Senate race, a show of national support from both parties.

In Monroe, Vance told more than 300 people to back Mike Rogers, R, White Lake, and called Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude to the country that gave him everything.”

El-Sayed, campaigning with Ocasio-Cortez in Marquette, turned the insult into a Michigan-Ohio rivalry joke aimed at Vance. “Here, we might be Wildcats, we might be Spartans, we might be Wolverines, but we will never be Buckeyes,” he said.

The pair also drew crowds in Iron Mountain and at the U.P. State Fairgrounds.

U-M Plans $100M Sports Medicine Hub

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a $100 million sports medicine institute in south Ann Arbor, on the former Wolverine Tower site near State Street and Eisenhower Parkway.

The 100,000-square-foot Nathan and Catherine Forbes Sports Medicine Institute will bring together orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation, imaging, and athletic performance in one place. It will anchor U-M Health’s statewide sports medicine network.

Plans include 34 exam rooms, an ambulatory surgery center, urgent orthopedic care, and space for regenerative therapies, nutrition, and mental health services.

The project builds on a gift from Nathan and Catherine Forbes, co-chairs of the university’s Look to Michigan fundraising campaign. It’s scheduled to be completed in fall 2028.

Homegrown Actor Joins Crystal Lake Cast

Forty-six years after Friday the 13th hit theaters, a Detroit-born actor who found her footing in Kalamazoo has a role in the franchise’s first prequel, Peacock’s Crystal Lake.

Nancy Nagrant, a Western Michigan University graduate, plays Kay Christy, who runs the summer camp with her husband. Linda Cardellini takes on Pamela Voorhees, the role Betsy Palmer made famous in 1980.

“Kalamazoo is really the place where I sort of came into my own as an actor, actually,” said Nagrant, who honed her craft at WMU and in the local theater community.

She’s also appeared on Law & Order: SVU and The Equalizer. All eight episodes are streaming now on Peacock.

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Maize and Blue or Green and White?

1. Go Blue
2. Go Green
3. House divided
4. I root for another school
5. Not a college football fan

Yesterday’s Results:

 What would you do with 36 years of Lions memorabilia?

1. Sell for the right price: 37%
2. Too much stuff for me: 33%
3. Pass it down to family: 26%
4. Keep it forever: 2%
5. Other: 2%

Royal Oak native Sam Raimi made his name with the 1981 cult horror film The Evil Dead. What blockbuster movie trilogy did he go on to direct?

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