Gleaners, Ford pilot program delivers fresh food to senior citizens

The Ford Motor Company Fund is enabling the initiative as part of a $5 million investment plan aimed at tackling transportation insecurity in Southeast Michigan.

Michigan to pay $1.75 million to innocent man imprisoned for 35 years

DNA proved Louis Wright's innocence last year, ruling him out as the perpetrator of an attack on an 11-year-old Albion girl in 1988.

Target shooting near Port Huron banned due to homes and trees being riddled with bullets

Most of the DNR's signs telling shooters where to fire have been damaged or stolen. They included a warning that failing to follow the rules would result in targeted shooting being prohibited.

I-75 road rage leads to shooting in Genesee County

A man intentionally rammed another vehicle with his truck and shot at the driver after being brake checked on I-75 near Saginaw Road in Genesee County.

Michigan men charged with stealing 25 guns in Dunham's break-in

The group, all of whom were wearing masks, broke a window at the store and forced their way through a metal security gate.

Detroit named fastest-appreciating housing market, report says

Detroit saw a 9.2% increase – beating out Miami as the fastest-appreciating housing market in a metro area, according to property analytics firm CoreLogic.

Wild cougar in Michigan's U.P. caught on trail camera hunting deer, dragging carcass away

Riveting trail camera footage filmed the moment a cougar caught a deer. The same trail camera then filmed the cougar walking away from the scene, dragging the deer in its mouth.

Michigan cosmetology school agrees to $2.8M settlement in an unpaid labor dispute

A judge has approved a $2.8 million settlement in a dispute over unpaid work performed by aspiring hair stylists at a Michigan cosmetology school. Douglas J Aveda Institute has four locations around the state.

State police: Mio man charged for hitting, choking his son

The Oscoda County Prosecutor's Office charged Peterson, 38, with one count of child abuse in the third degree, one county child abuse third degree committed in the presence of a another child.

Northern Michigan woman took clerk's advice - and won $2 million lottery prize

The Upper Peninsula resident had already scored a $20 coupon playing a different game when she took it to the store and decided to play again. She would eventually become the state's newest millionaire.

Michigan man sentenced to prison for coercing Missouri boy into sending him sexual photos

A Michigan man who coerced a 13-year-old boy into sending him sexual photos received a 15-year prison sentence for the crime. The FBI used social media to track the suspect to his St. Clair County home.

Artists needed to spend time creating at Michigan's Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

The Department of Natural Resources is seeking people for the Artist-in-Residence program this spring, summer, and fall, and next winter. Artists will spend time creating at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.

Michigan detectives interview convicted murderer before his death, looking into unsolved slayings

Authorities in western Michigan are looking into missing persons cases and unsolved homicides after interviewing a convicted murderer and long-haul truck driver with terminal cancer who died last week in a prison hospital.

Distillery planting Michigan State kiwi orchard, plans to make kiwi-infused vodka

Mammoth Distilling is planting the vines of 200 Michigan State kiwi plants to start an orchard in Central Lake. The plan is to get the orchard going now and in two years have enough fruit to start distilling a kiwi liqueur and a kiwi-infused vodka.