Huron-Clinton Metro Parks offering free admission to all 13 parks next three weekends

Normally a day pass or recreational passport is needed to enter the parks. But with the summer rounding the end, the park system director thought it prudent to make it open to everyone.

Gold Star family of soldier killed in Afghanistan say it was not in vain amid Taliban takeover

"After this bad experience they were able to free that town, they could farm again, kids could play ball in the streets when before they couldn't, I don't think what they did was a waste," his mother said.

'Everything is on'; Metro Detroiters rejoice after days in the dark, tens of thousands still without power

At its peak, DTE's outage map reported more than 600,000 residents without power. Consumers Energy, which services electricity to Michigan residents outside of Metro Detroit, reported more than 250,000 without power.

Beaumont hospitals offering free CT scans that can detect heart attack

The test itself takes about three minutes and involves a couple of deep breaths while under a CT scanner. The screening typically costs about $100 and is usually not covered by insurance.

West Bloomfield woman's body pulled from Island Lake

A long, exhaustive search led to the discovery of a 44-year-old West Bloomfield woman - last seen Thursday evening boarding a canoe on Island Lake in Bloomfield Township.

Support rallies around Clarkston single mom who lost home from lightning strike

A lightning strike overnight sets a single mom's home ablaze and she lost everything - after moving in less than two weeks ago. But now, a heartwarming update.

Lightning strike fire destroys new home for mom, 11-year-old daughter

"I heard an explosion, I felt the explosion in my body," she said."It woke me right up. I thought it was just lighting that struck really close by. I went back to bed, and about a minute, to two minutes later, somebody was pounding on this window and this window, saying your house is on fire."