DETROIT (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Detroit will be staying in that position unless President Donald Trump picks a replacement. The U.S. District Court announced Wednesday that its federal judges had voted to appoint Matthew Schneider as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of ...
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say the shooter and one of the victims in an apparent double murder-suicide at a western Michigan home had a child together. The shooting during an apparent domestic dispute was reported Sunday evening in Ottawa County’s Holland Township. The ...
PIERSON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old boy died after being pulled from a pond near the family’s rural home in central Michigan. Michigan State Police say emergency crews were called Sunday afternoon to the home near the Montcalm County village of Pierson about the child being ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman has been sentenced to at least 23 years in prison for the death of her 4-year-old daughter, who was found wrapped in blankets and duct tape. A judge ordered Monday that 34-year-old Kelly Ballinger of Kalamazoo serve a sentence of between 23 ...
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Wildlife workers have tranquilized and captured a black bear that was wandering around a mid-Michigan community. The bear traveled through backyards Monday morning of a neighborhood in the city of Midland with a middle school nearby. WNEM-TV reports the bear was trapped ...
By RJ WOLCOTT Lansing State Journal AP Member Exchange EAST LANSING, Mich. — After guiding his hand down the length of Sokol the horse’s right leg, David Hallock wheels over a metal tool cart complete with pliers, hammers and what looks like a nail file the size of a machete. The ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers in Michigan didn’t try to mandate labeling the driver’s licenses of immigrants with yellow stars, contrary to a claim in a story circulating on several liberal-leaning sites. The story at themaven and other sites included a meme with a ...
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT — Detroit reached a key step in fiscal redemption on Monday by reclaiming control of its own finances roughly three years after exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. A state review commission unanimously agreed to release the ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Officials say alcohol- and drug-related crashes remain a significant problem in Michigan even though a new report shows overall traffic deaths decreased 3 percent last year. The Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center announced Thursday that Michigan ...
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A tall, looming weather ball in downtown Flint that informs residents of sunshine or precipitation is changing its lettering. Crews this week are removing the “FM” for FirstMerit Bank on the 5,000-pound tower that lights up red, blue and yellow to signal weather ...
By ALICE YIN Associated Press LANSING — A Republican gubernatorial candidate was rebuked by colleagues Thursday for peddling “conspiracy theories” about Muslims on the floor of the Michigan Senate. State Sen. Patrick Colbeck in a Thursday speech defended unsubstantiated claims of the ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — A Michigan judge on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional state laws that reimburse private schools for the cost of fire drills, inspections and other state requirements. Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Diane Stephens said the 2016 and 2017 ...
DETROIT (AP) — Teams from Central Michigan University, the University of Michigan-Flint, and Morehouse and Spelman colleges will compete in a debate hosted by the UAW-Ford in Detroit. The two-round “Debate in the D” is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Detroit Preparatory High ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley on Wednesday escalated his criticism of state Attorney General Bill Schuette’s prosecution of top state officials for the Flint water crisis, calling it a “gross abuse of power” intended to aid Schuette’s run ...
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will shed most of its North American car lineup as part of broad plan to save money and make the company more competitive in a fast-changing marketplace. The changes include getting rid of all cars in the ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Michigan’s 2018 elections came into clearer focus Tuesday, the deadline for candidates to file for top offices such as governor, Congress and the Legislature. Next is a 3 1/2-month slog to the August primary, followed by the general election in ...
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — The Michigan House approved a $56.7 billion budget plan Tuesday that would boost spending on school security after the Florida high school shooting and cut funding for universities that fail to comply with proposed sexual misconduct rules in the ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Businessman Shri Thanedar has submitted 30,000 signatures to run for governor, becoming the third Democratic candidate to file. Thanedar turned in the petitions Monday, before today’s deadline. He says he wants to be governor to “make a difference for this state, ...
By SHAWN D. LEWIS The Detroit News AP Member Exchange DETROIT — Sarah Penney entwines her legs around long swaths of bright silk hung from the ceiling. She climbs up the fabric with both hands, then dramatically drops into an upside-down flip, suspended in the air. “Oh, my God, I ...
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is expanding three investigations for brake and air bag troubles that could affect more than 2.3 million vehicles from Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan. The expansions by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration were announced ...