Good morning, Southfield.

A proposed millage on Oakland and Wayne county ballots would fund the Charles H.

Wright Museum and another Detroit institution and provide steady support for other public museums if voters approve.

Researchers say Houdini may have died Oct.

30, 1926, not on Halloween, after finding altered Detroit death certificates and a retired surgeon's theory that a post-op soup caused a fatal blockage; the Detroit Historical Museum will mark the centennial with Houdini 100: Magic & Mystery on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Goats from Michigoat are grazing dozens of acres at the Capuchin Retreat Center this week to clear invasive brush as the friars shift to regenerative land stewardship.

The herd will return as funding allows while staff convert about eight acres into native Michigan meadow over the next three years, and the public is welcome this weekend.

Voters in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties will vote on a .1-mill dedicated tax to support the Detroit Zoo and the Belle Isle Nature Center, with revenues reserved for zoo operations and exhibits.

MDOT says westbound I-696 between M-10 and I-75 will reopen by early Dec., though crews will finish punch-list work near Orchard Lake Road.

More work will begin in spring between I-75 and Dequindre with two lanes open and construction continuing through the end of 2027, and drivers to Detroit Metro should use I-275 to Eureka Road.