| October 26, 2021 
 As the nation looks closely to Haiti where 17 U.S.-based missionaries were recently kidnapped, a small West Michigan town prays and waits anxiously for the safe return of several of their own. Residents of Hart, Michigan, are relying on one another and their faith to get them through this international ordeal where a mother and her four children are among the kidnapping victims. More than 100 people gathered together on Sunday to pray and sing in support of the kidnapped missionaries. People in the rural town, just a short drive from Lake Michigan, have a strong sense of community, the city’s mayor told MLive. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone cares about each other, Mayor Vicki Platt said. READ MORE  More than 51,000 automobile crashes on Michigan roadways involved deer in 2020, reversing an upward year-over-year trend of total deer crashes that dates back to 2016, according to data from the Michigan State Police. That represents nearly five percent of the 245,432 automobile accidents in Michigan in 2020, which also saw a five-year low. There were five fatalities in 2020 deer-related crashes, a more than 50% decline from both the previous year and the average of the past five years. However, 2020 did record the most non-fatal injuries from deer crashes in five years at 1,265. More data here: READ MORE  A significant number of people who recover from COVID-19, especially those who are hospitalized, experience cognitive difficulties for months, a new study found. The research, published in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed a group of 740 adults entered into the Mount Sinai Health System registry who tested positive for COVID-19 between April 2020 and May 2021 and did not have a history of dementia. The findings bolster growing evidence that COVID-19 infection could have lasting implications for survivors after recovering from the disease. READ MORE  From Lions beat writer Kyle Meinke: "The Los Angeles Rams are bona fide Super Bowl contenders. That’s why they gave away a bounty of draft picks to dump Jared Goff for Matthew Stafford. They’re playing for right now, and right now, with Matthew Stafford, they’re one of the best teams in the league. The Detroit Lions, without Matthew Stafford, are not. They’re in the opening weeks of a multi-year rebuild. They’re playing for 2022 and especially 2023. They’re just two wildly different teams on the arc of competitiveness, one going for it right now, the other in a year or two, and it was never going to be a fair fight on Sunday." READ MORE HERE ►'That's on me:' Dan Campbell takes blame for botched fourth-and-1 in Lions' loss  Michigan’s redistricting commission is continuing its sprint towards the finish line of approving final draft political maps this week, holding two more public hearings and then going back to the drawing board to make changes. By Nov. 5, commissioners are expected to kick out a final draft of state House, state Senate and Congressional maps, after which there will be a 45-day public comment period. The commission’s official district maps for the next decade are expected to come up for a vote Dec. 30. The entire process is kind of complicated, so MLive's Lauren Gibbons breaks it down here in an easy-to-digest video: WATCH HERE ►Your questions about Michigan's redistricting process answered
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