How2Help - We visit 2 dining gems in Waterford that need support during pandemic pause

Wednesday is the start of yet another big challenge for restaurant owners as Michigan is ordering indoor dining to shut down for at least three weeks. But you can still help keep those businesses afloat.

Full list: Michigan businesses allowed to open, forced to close during three-week pause

As Michigan's small businesses face an unknown future, others are still able to stay open with new restrictions under the 'three-week pause' due to COVID-19 spikes.

Bowling alleys, movie theaters brace for another shutdown amid surge in COVID-19

For at least three weeks, businesses like movie theaters, bowling alleys, and more that are already hurting from a previous COVID shutdown will be closed again. Will they survive?

With no unemployment help during this shutdown, servers and bar staff face unknown

after a joint announcement with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Health and Human Services, dining in will be off-limits for three weeks. Which means servers will have no one to help.

Detroit leaders unveil proposal to allow marijuana sales in city

Mayor Mike Duggan and Councilman James Tate are set to unveil a long-awaited proposal that would open the city up to recreational cannabis sales.

Owner of Bobcat Bonnie's tired of rude customers incensed over mask wearing rules

After hearing dozens of stories from employees at the restaurant's five locations - in Ferndale, Detroit, Ypsilanti, Wyandotte and Partridge Creek Mall, Matt Buskard let out his frustrations on Facebook.

Bars and restaurants reliant on outdoor space for social distancing worry over winter weather

As temperatures approach near 80 degrees on the first full day of fall Wednesday, restaurant owners know using outdoor spaces to increase their footprint could soon face another challenge - winter snow and frigid temperatures. 

25 percent of all Oakland County businesses close for good due to pandemic

The pandemic forced restrictions on businesses and several couldn't survive. Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter announced this week -  25 percent of small businesses there closed for good and 156,000 jobs went with it, mainly because of COVID-19.