Michigan News

A 21-year-old Southfield man was arrested May 19 on charges of embezzlement from the Canton Walmart on Michigan Avenue, according to a police report.

As the nation pauses this weekend to honor fallen service members, businesses and job organizations are stepping up to help former soldiers and sailors find civilian jobs that will help them merge back into mainstream America.

Investigators say the number of tips is dwindling in the kidnapping and slaying of a 5-year-old Michigan girl who disappeared four years ago and was found buried near a Michigan river.

Education Trust-Midwest , "a statewide nonpartisan policy, research, and advocacy organization," released an analysis on the 32 charter schools set to open in Michigan this fall.

More than 150 dogs have been removed from locations owned by a breeding facility in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, where officials said the animals were living in outdoor enclosures with little protection.

Michigan's local governments would have the option to put cameras at intersections to spot drivers running red lights under proposed legislation in the state House.

Twenty-nine-year-old Tramaine Cotton claims Banks forced him to have sex and gave him a raise in an attempt to create a romantic relationship.

Michigan 's catch and keep bass season for inland waters opens Saturday, May 25 .

Police believe two sisters are the brains behind a home invasion in Holt earlier this month.

The state Senate is honoring nine Michigan residents who died while serving in the armed forces over the last year.

This July 27, 2005 file photo shows the inaugural Traverse City Film Festival in the renovated State Theatre in downtown Traverse City, Mich.

Detroit's population hovered just above 700,000 last year as the city lost more residents between 2011 and 2012 - but the decline wasn't as steep as seen in previous years, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

AAA Michigan says about 1.1 million residents of the state will travel 50 miles or more on vacation during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says state residents will receive about $4.3 million as part of a nationwide settlement in an e-book price-fixing case.

Michigan made it by Monroeville Gateway high school earlier this week to check in on one of its longest standing targets in the 2014 class, safety, Montae Nicholson.

The state says 62 former workers at a Vlasic pickle factory have pleaded guilty and will make $960,000 in restitution for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits while continuing to work.

Michigan's election board has approved a petition form for a proposal to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering elective abortions unless individuals or businesses buy a supplemental policy.

A Royal Oak-based film crew is visiting West Michigan this week to get footage for a Grand Rapids-specific Pure Michigan travel marketing commercial that airs June 3. "It's a very fast turnaround," said Michelle Begnoche, spokesperson for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the state's marketing arm.

Officials got the call just before 7 P.M. Tuesday night to the Mason State Bank on Cedar Street in Mason, where they say a bank robbery took place.

The ultimate businessman offered some far-fetched revenue-generating ideas Tuesday night in an hour-long speech at a Michigan Republican gathering.