Southeast Michigan school closings: Check the list for Friday, March 3

Southeast Michigan schools will likely close on Friday as a major snow maker blows into the area - bringing up to 6 inches of snow for some parts of Metro Detroit.

Rain and snow system upgraded to Winter Storm Warning for SE Michigan

The low end of the forecast assures at least one inch, with three to five inches most likely. There may be eight inches at the high end for southeastern Michigan.

Does March really come in like a lion and go out like a lamb?

According to the Farmers' Almanac, the weather folklore came from people far back in history who believed that evil spirits could affect the weather.

Over 25K still without power a week after Michigan Ice Storm

Wednesday will mark one week since a crippling ice storm knocked nearly a million Michigan residents off of the electric grid. DTE has restored power for most but there are still more than 25,000 who are living without electricity.

DTE, Consumers power outages renew push for automatic credit, more money for lost food

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is pushing DTE Energy and Consumers Energy to provide automatic credits to customers after power outages and more money to help people who lost food or needed to stay in hotels.

Re-freeze is on in Southeast Michigan before temperatures rebound this weekend

Crazy week of weather right? We'll start to see some less exciting conditions this weekend into next week with temperatures in the 40s incoming.

461K DTE customers remain without power, with estimated restoration of Sunday for many

"I've been through too many winters of suffering, losing food, being cold, gotta go to a hotel, calling friends," said Gregory Lane, who bought a generator. "It's just too much."

Southeast Michigan school closings: Check the list for Friday, Feb. 24

Hundreds of thousands of DTE Energy customers are still without power and a freeze is in the forecast with temps expected to dip again.

Warren man watches garage burn from downed wire as DTE takes 6 hours to respond

"This was a brand-new GE refrigerator," he says gingerly stepping through the charred rubble. "Up in these rafters here, we stored all our family stuff - you see how small our house was, no basement, no upstairs. We stored all our summer clothes, pictures."

Death of dogs from live wires highlights dangers of downed power lines

DTE Energy estimated Thursday morning that there were about 3,200 wires down, meaning that people need to be careful and check their yards before letting pets outside.

Southwest Michigan firefighter killed by downed wire

A firefighter in Southwest Michigan was killed by a downed power line during Wednesday's winter weather.