Michigan News

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 .

Oakland County will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in its fight against mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after an appeals court blocked the county from recovering millions in real estate transfer taxes from the two lenders.

A duck swims by as recent flooding has caused the Grand River water level to come up to the windows at Anderson Eye Care inside the Riverfront Plaza Building in downtown Grand Rapids Monday, April 22, 2013.

Brian Dickerson's opinion piece in the Freep matches up perfectly with today's lead feature on same-sex marriage .

The storms should move out of Michigan by 9 p.m. The main threat will be isolated high wind gusts, and large hail.

Rodney Winkel, 66, of Watervliet checks frost damage on grape buds Thursday. 'Any little thing that goes wrong, you're out,' he explained.

Adoree' Jackson is an East St. Louis-area native. Landing him could depend on news from Kyron Watson and Terry Beckner Jr.

A 30-year-old woman could be in front of a judge Monday to face charges for the death of a man believed to be her boyfriend.

An interview with Eric Scoresone, an economist at Michigan State University, and Michelle Richard, a senior consultant at Public Sector Consultants in Lansing.