🌱 Patch AM: How a Tyrone Township crash led to prison time

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Tyrone Township crash led to prison time
• How a Fenton High junior turned 2025 into a championship year

Also on today's calendar: Baldwin Woods Apartments OPEN HOUSE and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 38 and low of 32 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 48, low: 43.
• Friday: A little morning rain; cloudy, with a high of 54 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man Sentenced in Fatal 2022 Crash in Tyrone Twp (whmi.com) — A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in a 2022 Tyrone Township crash that killed a 46-year-old Fenton woman and seriously injured a passenger. The collision happened on Denton Hill Road when his pickup struck her Camaro as she turned from Denton Creek Drive, ending a three-year legal process for those affected.
   

• Katic's strong summer is 2025's No. 3 story (tctimes.com) — A standout Fenton High School track athlete, Molly Katic, capped her junior year by winning three adaptive state championships for the Tigers and then added multiple national and Special Olympics titles over the summer. Competing in track, swimming, and wheelchair racing, she brought home golds from the Division 1 state meet, Special Olympics at CMU, and The Hartford Nationals in Grand Rapids.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fenton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• Baldwin Woods Apartments OPEN HOUSE
  Baldwin Circle, Baldwin Cir,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday January 8

• Pilates Stability Ball
  Van Gilder
  9:00 am
• Line Dancing 2
  Main Hall
  5:45 pm
• Line Dancing 1
  Main Hall
  5:45 pm
• Final Stretch
  Van Gilder
  6:45 pm

Friday January 9

• Staff Party Close Office at 5pm
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center , 150 S Leroy St , Fenton
  5:00 pm

Wednesday January 21

• Against All Odds
  Painting with a Twist , 17155 Silver Pkwy , Fenton
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 24

• Fenton Home Show
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center , 150 S Leroy St , Fenton
  11:00 am

Friday January 30

• Fenton-Winegarden Book Sale
  Fenton-Winegarden Library , 200 E Caroline St , Fenton
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 7

• Pilates w Props
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Van Gilder
  4:45 pm
• Muscle Tone
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Van Gilder
  5:45 pm
• Tri County Ninja – Adaptive Ninja
  Tri County Ninja & Collectibles , 14283 Fenton Rd , Fenton
  6:30 pm
• Vinyasa Yoga
  Fenton Community & Cultural Center Van Gilder
  6:30 pm

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