TROY, Mich. (AP) — Police say one employee was killed and another was injured at a suburban Detroit when a pickup truck struck them. Troy Police Sgt. Meghan Lehman said the accident occurred Monday afternoon at a Jax Kar Wash as the vehicle was almost finished going through the wash. She ...
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — More than 60 drinking water systems in Michigan sampled last year had measurable levels of a class of long-lasting and highly toxic chemicals linked to cancer and a variety of other illnesses, state officials said Monday. The ...
GRAND LEDGE, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan high school basketball teams set rivalry aside during their last regular season game so a student team manager with cerebral palsy could fulfill his dream of playing after spending two seasons on the sidelines. Grand Ledge coach Scott Lewis challenged ...
DETROIT (AP) — High winds that toppled trees and tree branches onto power lines have cut power to about 100,000 homes and businesses in southeastern Michigan. DTE Energy said in a tweet that its crews were working to restore power to about 47,000 customers who remained without power as of ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History is planning to reopen to the public in April in its new building. The Ann Arbor school says new exhibits will be on display in the museum, which combines natural history with scientific research. The museum, which ...
LANSING (AP) — More than $113,000 in state preservation grants has been awarded to three Michigan lighthouses. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority says the funding will help pay for work at the North Manitou Shoal Light, Grosse Ile Light and Eagle Harbor Lighthouse. Funding for ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Thirty-three high school students from across Michigan will face off in the state finals of a poetry recitation contest. Poetry Out Loud is scheduled March 1-2 in Lansing. The competition is free and open to the public. Students will be judged on their physical ...
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who was granted clemency after serving more than 30 years of a life sentence is preparing for life outside prison. Melissa Chapman was among 26 prisoners who were granted commutations by outgoing Gov. Rick Snyder in December, The Detroit Free Press ...
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonian construction workers got the shock of their lives when they found out the animal they saved from an icy river was not a dog but a wolf. Rando Kartsepp, Robin Sillamae and Erki Vali told the Postimees newspaper they were working at the Sindi dam on the frozen Parnu ...
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit prosecutor has filed animal cruelty charges against two brothers accused of hoarding 53 dogs before the animals were rescued. Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith told the Detroit Free Press that his office charged each of the men with one ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — A woman and her boyfriend were deployed with the U.S. Army in South Korea when they conspired via Snapchat to kill her husband so she could claim the life insurance money, police in Michigan said. Berrian County Judge Sterling Schrock ruled Wednesday in a preliminary ...
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has launched an investigation into whether it overstated gas mileage and understated emissions from a wide range of vehicles. The company said Thursday that in September, a group of employees reported possible problems with a mathematical model used to calculate ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING— Michigan’s new Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday that an investigation into sexual abuse by clergy in the Roman Catholic Church will be lengthy and could uncover more than 1,000 victims in Michigan over the course of decades. Nessel, who ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday changed direction — for now — and issued an environmental order that keeps intact two business-backed panels that are charged with oversight of state rule-making and permitting. The move came less ...
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters can start casting an absentee ballot without giving a reason. Today is the first day residents can request to vote by mail in the May election. It is the first election since voters last fall approved no-reason absentee voting as part of a ballot ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan’s new attorney general is preparing to provide updates about state investigations of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, Flint’s water crisis and clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic church. Dana Nessel took charge of the office in January. She will update ...
SOLON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan woman fatally shot her three young daughters in a wooded area with a bolt-action hunting rifle before driving home with their bodies and shooting herself. Kent County sheriff’s Sgt. Joel Roon identified them Wednesday as 28-year-old ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say they found nearly 15,000 pieces of undelivered mail at the suburban Detroit home of a U.S. Postal Service worker. A federal criminal complaint unsealed this week charges Tiara Vann of Macomb County’s Clinton Township with mail theft. Documents ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Seeking to avoid a lengthy legal fight, Republican lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Michigan Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of their unprecedented strategy to preemptively approve citizen-initiated minimum wage increases and paid ...
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — AAA Michigan says average gas prices statewide are up about 8 cents from a week ago to about $2.37 per gallon. The Dearborn-based auto club says Monday that it appears additional price increases could be on the way and that Michigan gas prices are the highest of 2019. ...