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Friday, April 4th, 2025
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Good morning, Sterling Heights. Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 4th of April.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Home inspector Jessica Lawton from Technihouse Inspections said your nose can alert you to a gas leak since natural gas is given a rotten egg smell and advised testing old appliance connectors with soapy water — if bubbles appear, shut off the gas — then call a professional to fix the problem. WXYZ
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ Stellantis temporarily laid off 900 workers at Midwest stamping plants including Sterling Heights amid new tariffs — production at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Canada will pause for two weeks and resume on April 21. The layoffs also affect employees in Warren, Indiana, and Mexico. WXYZ
- ➤ Stellantis said tariffs will force temporary layoffs at its Warren and Sterling Heights plants—affecting about 900 workers soon. Some employees voiced concerns about lost income while company representatives stressed that any price increases will be short-term. WXYZ
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A Macomb County man from New Baltimore is accused of selling fake airbags on eBay that may not work in a crash — Attorney General Dana Nessel said more than 80% of counterfeit airbags fail to deploy properly and over $600,000 was seized from accounts linked to him. FOX 2 Detroit
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Stellantis will temporarily lay off 900 workers at its plants in Warren and Sterling Heights due to new auto tariffs and will pause production at its Windsor plant for two weeks — a move to adjust to changing market conditions. FOX 2 Detroit
ENVIRONMENT NEWS
- ➤ The invasive plant known as lesser celandine blooms a bright yellow flower and releases toxic chemicals that harm native vegetation and riverbank erosion controls. State officials ask residents to watch for the plant and report sightings—using a free app—to help slow its spread. FOX 2 Detroit
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ On April 3, a federal judge blocked billions in Covid-era health funding cuts after officials warned that local health agencies could lose key funds for programs like wastewater surveillance + infection prevention at long-term care facilities. Oakland County may lose over $3.5 million while nearby agencies in Macomb, Wayne, Detroit and Washtenaw face similar cuts that will lower their capacity to track infections. FOX 2 Detroit
TRAVEL NEWS
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