Ecorse News

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has appointed a team to review city finances in Ecorse to determine whether a financial emergency exists in the Detroit suburb.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has appointed a financial review team to examine the finances of the city of Ecorse.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has appointed a team to review city finances in Ecorse to determine whether a financial emergency exists in the Detroit suburb.

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that she has appointed a financial review team to examine the city of Ecorse's finances under the Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act, Public Act 72 of 1990.

The man whose bloody body was found in an Ecorse bar Wednesday had been stabbed, according to Ecorse Police.

ECORSE, Mich. - A bloody body has been found at a bar in the Detroit suburb of Ecorse.

Police continue to investigate a murder scene after a man was found dead Wednesday morning inside the Little Joint Bar and Grill on Southfield Road.

State police arrested a Michigan man, charging him with stealing items from one car and taking two vehicles early Friday morning.

Joseph Harris had been on the job as Detroit's chief financial officer for about five months when he learned the city's financial problems were so severe that it had been staying afloat using tax dollars intended for other governmental entities.

Hear tales of intriguing mother and daughter pairings from the Victorian era and beyond at a mother/daughter afternoon tea today at the historic Longacre House, 24705 Farmington Road.

A company that was hired to replace the City of Ecorse's public works department in 2007 paid some unidentified city officials to look the other way when it submitted $2.5 million in false or inflated invoices, according to documents filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm's office is considering what to do about financial problems in Ecorse, and two options might be to appoint a financial review team or ultimately to appoint an emergency financial manager.

Strapped with a tough economy, 21st District Court Judge Richard Hammer will have take a $50,000 rental fee from his $742,000 budget next year.

Marc Barragan said steelworkers in Michigan often feel overlooked when it comes to the impact the automotive industry is having on the state's economy and related industries.

ECORSE, Mich. - Federal authorities say officials in a Detroit suburb accepted bribes while ignoring more than $2.5 million in fraudulent billings by a contractor.

After years of setbacks in court, DeShawn Reed and his uncle Marvin Reed will learn within the next few weeks whether they will be given a new chance to argue their innocence of attempted murder charges.

ECORSE, Michigan - Prospero Galeana got a job washing dishes at a small Mexican restaurant, but his skills were in filling plates not scraping them.

ECORSE - When I met up with veteran Detroit River fishing guide Jon Bondy on the Canadian side of the river for a day of walleye jigging, he told me I needn't bother with buying an Ontario fishing license.

Two students were killed Friday in an apparent murder-suicide that prompted a lockdown at a community college west of Detroit, police said.

A memorial service has been scheduled for a Henry Ford Community College student who was slain during a murder-suicide April 10.