Good morning, Ann Arbor.

Two nonpartisan campus voting hubs at the Duderstadt Center Gallery (North Campus) and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) have drawn hundreds daily, with UMMA seeing 3,742 voters and Duderstadt 985 in their first eight days, and will offer early voting 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Sunday, Nov. 1.

Washtenaw Community College student Mikala Sposito won the bronze medal at last month's WorldSkills competition in Shanghai, becoming the first woman to medal in welding, and she will finish her associate degree at WCC before transferring to Wayne State.

Nichols Arboretum's fall color peaked this week, with vivid foliage photographed Wednesday, Oct.

28; the 123-acre park is free and open sunrise to sunset with 3.5 miles of trails to explore (three entrances at Geddes, Washington Heights, and the M‑29 lot).

Crews drilled 750-foot boreholes on Oct.

29 for geothermal wells that will heat and cool a 20-story affordable housing tower being built by the Ann Arbor Housing Commission and Related Midwest (350 S. Fifth Ave.).

Trinity Health's Ann Arbor, Chelsea, and Grand Rapids hospitals ranked 7th, 8th, and 10th in Newsweek's America’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2027 list, and Trinity Health Livingston ranked 17th.

University of Michigan Health and the American Red Cross will hold the Be a Hero blood drive on Sunday, Nov.

1, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Michigan Stadium as part of the 44th Blood Battle against Ohio State; donors receive a commemorative T-shirt and snacks.

MLive’s college football writers released spread picks for Saturday, Oct.

31 Big Ten games, with Michigan traveling to Rutgers for a 12:30 p.m. kickoff. Most staff backed Michigan by 14.5 points + a majority favored Ohio State by 6.5 at USC in the 7:30 p.m. game.

Michigan will try to jumpstart its struggling offense when it plays at Rutgers on Saturday in Piscataway; Rutgers ranks last in the Big Ten in total defense, and freshman Tommy Carr will make his second straight start as coaches consider game-plan changes.

Michigan's defense ranked second nationally in yards allowed (250.1 per game) and led the country in yards per play (4.1) this season, a turnaround credited to new defensive coordinator Jay Hill and a mix of transfers and returning players who have stifled top opponents in Ann Arbor.

The Four Tops will perform at halftime when the Lions host the Vikings on Sunday, Nov.

1 at Ford Field, and Detroit rapper Skilla Baby will perform before the 1 p.m. kickoff.

Five Ann Arbor-area high school football teams start the state playoffs Friday in first-round games, including Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard at Romulus Summit Academy North, Saline vs. Dearborn, Dexter at Mason, Chelsea vs. Waterford Mott, and Whitmore Lake at Frankenmuth, with MLive predictions favoring Saline, Chelsea, Mason, Frankenmuth, and FGR.