West Michigan Wakeup December 16, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Star one out five points seven. Good morning at Schmidty
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Police have now released new video of a potential suspect
as they continue their search for the shooter who killed
two Brown University students and wounded nine others. This comes

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after they released a person of interest in the case.
Authorities announced the detained man's release saying that it did
mark a setback and added questions about the shooting and
the investigation. But they say we still have a murderer
out there and we are doing everything in our power
to find that person. They released three videos of a
man they believe carried out the attack that show him

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wearing a mask and a dark two toned jacket. The
footage from about two hours before the shooting provided the
clearest images yet of the suspect. The FBI says the
man is about five to eight with a stocky build,
and the agent is offering a fifty thousand dollars reward
for any information that leads to the identification, arrest, and
conviction of the person responsible. The Michigan Attorney General's office

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has released a report detailing allegations of sexual abuse and
misconduct within the Diocese of Grand Rapids. It dates back
to nineteen fifty, including a list of fifty one priests
who are alleged to have engaged in abuse or misconduct,
with allegations coming from one hundred and fifty two victims.

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The report is more than three hundred pages. Michigan Attorney
General Dana Nessel says that it includes seven dioceses within
Michigan and more than three point five million digital documents.
Of the fifty one priests named in this report in
Grand Rapids, thirty seven have died or are presumed dead,

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and none of the other fourteen are actively practicing within
our diocese. This is a statement from our Bishop.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Urstin regrets to victims survivors. I offer my deepest and
most sincere apologies to the victims survivors of clerical abuse.
I am sorry that a church leader in whom you
placed your trust misused his power and abused you.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
The Attorney General said, Unfortunately, due to the Statute of limitations,
any case connected will not have files charges filed in connection.
While we saw a very frigid start to December, that
may not be the case for a white Christmas. We
are now looking at just a forty percent chance of
a white Christmas. Areas maybe near and north of ninety

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six favors some snowfall, but unfortunately we may be looking
at more of a brown Christmas as we are looking
at some temperature starting to heat up. Likely that snow
will begin to melt later this week thanks to temperatures
in the forties. Chance for snow on Friday is the
only chance of flakes in the eight day forecast. According
to our friends at time, storm teammate heading into sports,

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Kate Cunningham had thirty two points and ten rebounds, helping
the Pistons beat the Celtics. This is a big win,
one twelve to one oh five last night, and in
Monday Night football, the Steelers beating the Dolphins twenty eight
point fifteen. Looking at your sports tonight, we've got MSU
hitting the hardwood against Toledo. You can hear that on
Big one one point three, and our Red Wings back

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in action against New York. You can hear that in
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