Former WXYZ-TV anchors Diana Lewis and Doris Biscoe have been inducted into the Michigan Womens Hall of Fame.

The iconic voices of Detroit were celebrated during a ceremony by Michigan Women's Forward on Wednesday at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms.

Watch the video report below: Michigan Woman's Hall of Fame honors WXYZ legends

For 35 years, Lewis was the heart of Channel 7, earning more than 20 Emmy Awards and the trust of the entire city.

On Mother's Day in 2004, Lewis and her daughter Glenda made history together at WXYZ as the first mother-daughter anchor team in the country.

"I feel brand new because I'm not done yet," Diana Lewis said.

Biscoe, who died on June 7, 2024, at the age of 77, was honored during the ceremony for her incredible career. She is certainly remembered every day at Broadcast House.

Biscoe was a dear friend of Diana Lewis'.

I know Doris, a warm, loving person who really cared about empowering women, and I know she's here in spirit with us today. So, I'm honored to be here to represent both of us," Diana Lewis said.

Biscoe and Diana Lewis were among seven women to receive the honor this year. They have been trailblazers and mentors to many.

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Diana Lewis was nominated by her longtime friend and former WXYZ reporter Bill Proctor.

"The many years, even decades she was on the air at Channel 7, she was a force for understanding the community, for understanding what good journalism is and for connecting to people in a warm and caring way," Proctor said.

Michigan Women Forward says the award is the highest honor a Michigan woman can achieve. The award recognizes women who have helped shape the state through their careers and commitment to the community.

"I'm just over the moon with pride because it took so much and so much a part of my life to realize everything that I put into the young people coming up, that this would be my day to be celebrated," Diana Lewis said.

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For Diana Lewis, mentorship and inspiration have always been part of the mission throughout a career spanning 44 years.

"That's what it's all about: to give and to receive and to continue to lift each other up," Diana Lewis said.

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Now following in her footsteps is her daughter and WXYZ anchor Glenda Lewis.

"My mom and I would joke that I'm following in her footsteps but I'm wearing my own shoes," Glenda Lewis said.

She says this honor is about so much more than TV.

"At 12 years old, my mother sat on the lap of the late, great Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She was 12 and he told her she was destined to be a communicator, and I stand here in the grace of prophecy fulfilled," Glenda Lewis said.

Her mother has inspired others to accomplish their dreams.

"Follow your dreams. It's nothing that you can't do. That was a part of what I pray that I would represent," Diana Lewis said. "Anything you want to do, you can accomplish."

A young fawn named Peanut is getting a second chance at life thanks to an animal rescue group, a state lawmaker and a whole lot of public support.

The fawn was close to being euthanized after the state said she couldn't be placed with a local nature center. But what started as a fight for one animal has now become part of a bigger battle over wildlife policies in Michigan.

Watch Carli Petrus' video report below: Young fawn named Peanut gets second chance at life after public outcry

Peanut will soon be living out her life in an enclosure at the Howell Nature Center. While it's a happy ending for her, lawmakers and activists say their fight is far from over.

"She can live a very happy, normal life in captivity," said Kelley Labonty, director of the Detroit Animal Welfare Group.

Peanut was rescued this past spring by the Detroit Animal Welfare Group, or DAWG. Labonty said Peanut was malnourished with mild vision impairment, but was nursed back to health with the goal of becoming an educational ambassador at the Howell Nature Center.

"Once they received her, their vet evaluated her and then they wrote a letter to the DNR requesting that she be added onto their permit as an education ambassador and that was immediately denied," Labonty said.

John Pepin with the DNR said the issue was that the request came too late and without a proper permit, euthanasia was the likely outcome.

"Typically, that would be an animal that would be euthanized because that's the most humane thing to do at that point," Pepin said.

Pushing back on the DNR, Labonty wasn't going to stop fighting for Peanut. Neither was state Representative Angela Rigas.

"It's not so much about the animals; it's entirely about department overreach, unfair rule-making against certain organizations. We have to rein in these departments," Rigas said.

Rigas says she reached out to the DNR as well as the governor's office. Along with an overwhelming amount of public support, Peanut's life was spared.

Now she'll live at the Howell Nature Center with other rehabilitated deer.

"Peanut is currently in one of our enclosures in our pre-release area for rehabilitation facilities," said Laura Moran, Howell Nature Center director.

Moran says that while most animals at Howell are eventually released, some, like Peanut, stay on as permanent residents.

"We always want to release back into the wild if we can, but if they can't live in the wild, sometimes they can live here in our wildlife park where they can be an ambassador for their species," Moran said.

Rigas and Labonty are now turning their attention to helping other animals, including a coyote and several birds at area sanctuaries now at risk of being euthanized.

"And fortunately it was a good outcome, but now we're focusing on getting a stay granted for the coyote and then we also have the duck sanctuary as well," Rigas said.

The DNR's John Pepin believes animal advocacy groups and the state can find common ground.

"If you follow the rules, then that would make things work smoothly. We'd all be in line," Pepin said.

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Wyandotte police officers are now equipped with a new tool designed to bring dangerous police chases to a safe stop. The device, called the Grappler, makes Wyandotte the second police agency in Michigan to add this technology to their arsenal.

The Grappler works by deploying a net that wraps around a fleeing vehicle's rear tire, causing it to lock up on the suspension components and bring the car to a controlled stop. Officers from several agencies trained with the device Wednesday in Wyandotte.

"When the net's deployed, a police officer will drive that net into a rotating rear tire, and the tire brings the net up and over and gets locked up on the suspension components," said Leonard Stock, the device's inventor.

Stock, a roofer by trade, came up with the idea in 2010 after watching a police chase on television.

"I just woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and this idea hit me," Stock said.

Though it wasn't easy turning his middle-of-the-night inspiration into reality, Stock's persistence paid off. Today, the Grappler is used by more than 100 police departments across the country.

WEB EXTRA: See Carli Petrus inside a police car when The Grappler is deployed WEB EXTRA: See Carli Petrus inside a police car when The Grappler is deployed

"I always thought that if I kept going, at some point it would get used and somebody's life could possibly get saved or free from injury, just an innocent motorist or pedestrian," Stock said.

The life-saving potential was demonstrated several weeks ago in Livonia, where police used a Grappler to stop a drunk driver from speeding away. Livonia was the first department in Michigan to deploy the technology.

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Wyandotte Police Officer Shane O'Meara, who participated in Wednesday's training, welcomed the new tool.

"Police chases aren't going to stop, people are going to keep running from us, and this is a way to make them safer and stop them before they start getting to those dangerous speeds," O'Meara said.

Each Grappler unit costs about $5,000. Chief Archie Hamilton believes it's a worthwhile investment for his department.

"It gives them the tool they need to keep them safe and go home to their families, it gives them the tool they need to keep the public safe, and it also gives them the tool they need to catch the bad guy," Hamilton said.

The Wyandotte Police Department will begin using the Grapplers in the field Thursday.

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A six-car train derailment in Woodhaven sparked a massive brush fire, leaving city officials completely unaware of the incident until flames engulfed the area.

Watch Carli Petrus's video report: Cleanup underway in Woodhaven after train derailment

The derailment occurred near Van Horn Rd and Ford Ln on September 14, but Woodhaven Fire Chief Brad Myles said the first 911 call came in around 12:30 p.m. not for a train derailment, but for a grass fire.

"And it wasn't long until we saw what looked like, to us, as a derailed train which the city of Woodhaven knew nothing about," Myles said.

The fire chief believes the blaze started when railroad crews attempted to clean up the derailment site. The dry summer conditions made the area particularly vulnerable to sparks.

"We've had a pretty dry summer, and they obviously sparked. We're out here about two to three acres, and they sparked some of the dry conditions and started the fire off. It just takes a little bit to start a pretty good fire," Myles said.

Residents living near the tracks expressed frustration about being kept in the dark about the incident.

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Deborah Jevahirian, who lives about a half mile from the tracks, said she had no idea a train derailment had occurred until I told her.

"I'm curious of what caused it, and can it happen again?" Jevahirian said.

Myles, who has 29 years of experience in Woodhaven, called this the first derailment he's witnessed in the city. However, he recalled a close call about three years ago when an engine appeared it could potentially derail an incident the city was also not notified about.

"It can really be a little bit of a panic within our community," Myles said.

The fire chief has reached out to CN Railway, requesting better communication protocols for future incidents.

"That's a good question, and I've reached out to the railroad to try to get that answer and really for them to actually notify us in the future in the event of some type of derailment or something like that, so we can really pass that information on to our citizens," Myles said.

We contacted CN Railway for comment on why the city wasn't notified before the fire, how the derailment occurred, and when cleanup would be completed.

The company responded Thursday evening with the following statement from spokesperson Ashley Michnowski:

On September 14, 2025, CN crews responded to a derailment in its Flat Rock Yard, in Michigan, near the community of Woodhaven. There were no reports of injuries, leaks, dangerous goods or fires and no crossings were blocked as a result of the derailment. Local emergency services were notified of the derailment by CN Police Services. The cause of the incident is under investigation. Following the derailment, a small brush fire occurred as a result of the activity by third-party contractors. CN is conducting a review of the incident to ensure that all procedures were properly followed.

While no one was injured and there are currently no safety concerns, Myles hopes for improved communication with CN Railway moving forward.

"So that we can, in turn, let our residents know exactly what's going on," Myles said.

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