The Detroit News. The Detroit News Nicolette Pearce, center, the leader of a group suing Northville schools for preventing her Bible study group from meeting during school hours, shares a laugh with friends Andrea Gorecki, left, Randy DonGiovanni, Sara Adkins, left foreground, and Stephanie McNeilance Thursday. A rail car carrying scrap metal crashed through an overhead door Monday morning at DaimlerChrysler's engine plant 15 miles southwest of Detroit. No injuries were reported. A task force charged with finding solutions to the district's crowded schools has proposed building three elementary schools, changing school boundaries to shift enrollment populations, opening a middle school and expanding another middle school.
Downriver fire depts.
City officials are considering a plan to consolidate all 17 Downriver fire departments. In a town where the landscape changes by the week, Canton is embracing the last of its rural past. The state Supreme Court voted 6-1 Thursday to censure 19th District Judge William Runco for his part in a 1987 real estate deal. They're far from becoming the next Silicon Valley, but Metro Detroit's suburban communities are quickly going high-tech by putting more information on the Internet.