Black Lake sturgeon season: Michigan's shortest fishing season approaches

Michigan's Black Lake sturgeon fishing season begins Feb. 7 and is slotted for five days. However, it will likely end sooner, as last year's season ended in just 17 minutes.

Man dead after Ypsilanti police chase ends with crash, shots fired

A driver is dead after a police chase in Ypsilanti ended with the man crashing and shooting at Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputies.

General Motors laying off more than 1,100 employees from two locations

Some tough news to start the new year for scores of autoworkers. General Motors says it’s laying off more than eleven hundred workers at its Factory Zero location in Hamtramck.

Ypsilanti barricaded swordsman arrested by police after 30-hour standoff

After over a day of chaos in a Ypsilanti neighborhood, police say they have arrested the man who barricaded himself with a sword in a Cross Street home.

Why Michigan pothole season is coming early in 2026

Michigan's seesawing weather doesn't just mean whiplash from the elements for you — but your vehicle as well.

Michigan worsening flu rates expected to get even worse

Rates of influenza and RSV that have already hammered hospitals are expected to go up even further as children and adults alike return to school and workplaces respectively.

Six Oakland County ice rescue calls in 7 days leads to renewed warning by sheriff

In the past 24 hours alone, first responders were called out three times, he said, pulling out everything from snowmobiles to deer to a dog, who died.