Michigan News

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.

Ah, the summer road trip. Packing up the family and heading to the beach, a campground or the Upper Peninsula.

The Air Zoo in Kalamazoo is a good day's fun for families, and it's only a couple minutes off of I-94. / Photo by Ellen Creager/Detroit Free Press From the Lumberman's Monument in the Huron National Forest, the majestic AuSable River is a reminder of Michigan's logging days.

It puts more money into savings, schools, and roads. But, it also delays decisions on some of the governor's priorities.

UPDATE: WNEM.com has learned Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics in Beaverton does not have power and the business does not want the second shift to report.

Oak Park veteran Clifford Tatum, who served two tours in Korea and two in Vietnam, looks at the names of Michigan residents killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Wyandotte residents can cast their vote for a local student who's vying for her shot at the Michigan 2020 Scholarship.

Cobb Avenue Shooting: Tawana Henderson, 35, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning on the 900 block of Cobb Avenue .