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Snyder Talks Detroit Finances, Lowe's Under Fire Over 'All-American Muslim,' Medical Campus Heads to Flint

Here are five top stories from around the Hartland area and beyond this week.

1. Gov. Rick Snyder tells the Detroit Free Press: "My goal is to see Detroit successful" — comments that come amid a process that could lead him to appoint an emergency financial manager to take charge of the city.

2. A Howell High School senior has built his own 10-foot hovercraft, according to a WHMI-FM (93.5) reported that includes a video.

3. Dearborn Patch reported following news it had pulled advertising from TLC's All-American Muslim — a reality show that features Lebanese families from Dearborn.

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4. Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine has announced plans its creating a community campus in downtown Flint that will bring "40 more medical students and 20 to 50 public health master’s degree students to the city," according to an mLive article.

5. The Tri-County Times reported more than 90 marijuana plants were seized in the Fenton area that had a street value of $115,000.

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