Detroit Mercy Law Homecoming Golf Outing set for Sept. 20
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law’s 4th Annual Homecoming Golf Outing and Dinner will be held on Friday, Sept. 20 at The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth. The golf scramble begins at noon with a shotgun start. The dinner and awards program will follow, starting at 6 p.m. The cost to attend is $125 for golf and dinner and $50 for dinner only. A reduced rate is available for law students. All net proceeds benefit the Detroit Mercy Law Bar Preparation Fund. Learn more and register at www.detroitmercylawgolf.com.
Sex assault trial starts for former MSU hoops star Mateen Cleaves
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan State University basketball star Mateen Cleaves is standing trial on sexual assault charges in his Michigan hometown.
Opening statements began Thursday in Genesee County Circuit Court in Flint, where Cleaves is charged with criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct and unlawful imprisonment. He’s accused of assaulting a 24-year-old woman after a charity golf event and a visit to a Flint-area bar in 2015.
A district judge dismissed the charges in 2016, but a circuit court reinstated them on appeal.
Michigan’s Court of Appeals in 2017 denied Cleaves’ request to review the decision reinstating the charges. Michigan’s Supreme Court declined last year to review that decision.
Cleaves led Michigan State to the NCAA basketball championship in 2000 and played for four NBA teams.
Michigan government boosting environmental sustainability
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State government in Michigan is stepping up efforts to boost environmental sustainability by using energy saving efforts at prisons, converting state parks and fish hatcheries to renewable energy, and taking other steps.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the kickoff of the effort Thursday.
Whitmer has directed departments to implement more sustainable practices in state buildings and reduce energy usage where possible. And a pilot program has started to conduct energy audits in the departments of Corrections, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, and Transportation.
The state Department of Corrections is moving toward “green prisons,” with solar panels and energy saving measures planned at its St. Louis Correctional Facility.
Meanwhile, a pilot program in the Department of Natural Resources is planned at Seven Lakes State Park and Oden Fish Hatchery.
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