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🌱 How Holly police pieced together a homicide case in 24 hours

Spotted on the Holly calendar: A Monstar Christmas

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Hey hey Holly! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Holly police pieced together a homicide case in 24 hours
  • Which four Michigan high schools just ranked among the nation’s best?

Also on today's calendar: A NIGHT OF COMEDY @ RIVER ROCK GRILLE.

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And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Ray M.!

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Holly? Post it to Holly photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 30 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Breezy; areas of morning fog, temps: high: 37, low: 27.
  • Thursday: Windy with rain, with a high of 44 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 39-year-old man tells police he killed 59-year-old mother in homicide case (tctimes.com) — Holly police have charged a 39-year-old man in the death of his 59-year-old mother at her Ash Street home, with first-degree murder among several felony counts and no bond granted. Investigators from Holly and Kalamazoo quickly located the suspect and vehicle, and a probable cause conference is set for Dec. 23 in Clarkston, drawing continued attention from Holly residents.
   

• Michigan Boasts 4 of the Nation's Best High Schools (wearebattlecreek.com) — A Michigan native who grew up in Holly recalls loving their local high school while highlighting new national rankings that place four Michigan schools in the country’s top 100. The piece explains how factors like college readiness, test performance, and graduation rates shape these rankings, and invites readers to see where their own school stands.
   

📸 Around Holly

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📸 The Holly Train Depot has been moved to its new location on S Broad St. Congratulations to all the people that worked so diligently over the past twenty years to make this possible. —Ray M. Like

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    Friday December 19
  • A Monstar Christmas
    Backroads Bar And Grill, 15217 Apollo Dr, Holly
    6:00 pm

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  • Office Pride posted a job opening for PART TIME EVENING Cleaning Team Member in Holly. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Fenton

  • Jinglefest 2025 returns to kick off holiday season (tctimes.com)
  • LFLF gymnastics posts season-high score at Fowlerville Invite (mlive.com)

Grand Blanc

  • No injuries reported after condominium fire in Grand Blanc Township (mlive.com)
  • Flint-area prep hoops: Weekend roundup highlights star scorers, emerging teams (mlive.com)
  • 'Step in the right direction': Mich. FD adds firefighter after church attack (firerescue1.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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