FOX 2 News Detroit

The village of Milford has issued a drinking water warning. We're told the community water supply may be contaminated with bacteria. Full Story »

As state funding shrinks, schools around metro Detroit are forced to make drastic cuts. Districts have already announced closing schools and laying off employees. Now, another district is being forced to make some tough decisions. Full Story »

A fire swept through a St. Clair County home early Tuesday, killing a man and two young children he was trying to rescue even as neighbors also tried to save them, authorities said. His wife and a girl escaped. Full Story »

General Motors Co. plans to pay all of its $6.7 billion in government loans by the end of June, Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. said Tuesday. Full Story »

Dave Bing will make another visit to the White House the second by the Detroit mayor this month. Full Story »

At the height of the holiday shopping season, the IKEA store in Canton is forced to close its doors. Shoppers were turned away from the home decor retail store because of water damage. Full Story »

The Ikea store in Canton is closed Tuesday due to 'technical difficulties,' according to both an e-mail and voice recording from the popular home furnishing giant. Full Story »

It will be about three more months before former Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers gets her punishment for public corruption. Full Story »

Authorities say a fire that swept through a St. Clair County home has left three people dead. Full Story »

Houses with dreary urban facades covered in polka dots. A traveling dollhouse made from the remnants of abandoned homes. A dilapidated residence covered in ice. Full Story »

The freezing death of a World War II veteran has prompted new laws to protect municipal utility customers in Michigan from having their electricity and natural gas shut off. Visit the state's Helping Hand Web site . Full Story »

A teenager gets tattooed, but his mother is calling the inking illegal. She claims the permanent mark was made without her permission. Full Story »

Parents fought hard against changes to their kids' schools, but big changes are on the way nonetheless. The Wayne-Westland Schools have decided to reconfigure. Full Story »

The Detroit Public Schools are trying to round up volunteers to read to students. Full Story »

Kwame Kilpatrick may have left Detroit, but his legend lives on now more than ever in a new book called "The Kwame Sutra". It's the perfect gift for anyone who watches Detroit politics. Full Story »

She has two young daughters and the love of family and friends. Now, she's praying for a miracle. Learn how you can brighten the holidays for a local woman battling cancer. Full Story »

Workers have returned to the Cadillac Place building in Detroit's New Center Area after a threat forced a two-hour evacuation. Full Story »

Erma Henderson, a civil rights advocate who became the first black woman elected to the Detroit City Council, died Monday. She was 92. Full Story »

AAA Michigan says gasoline prices are down 4.7 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $2.54. Full Story »

It's the buzz of the Keatington subdivision in Orion Township near Lake Voorhees -- the sighting of a big cat and tracks. Full Story »

A decade-long decline in teens' use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday. Full Story »

An overpass destroyed five months ago in a fiery tanker crash on Interstate 75 near Detroit has been replaced and is set to officially reopen. Full Story »

A new state law intended to reduce the fire hazard posed by smoldering cigarettes has frustrated some Michigan smokers, who complain that the safer cigarettes taste foul. Full Story »

Authorities are investigating a crash that left a suburban Detroit man and his girlfriend dead after their car slammed into a freight train. Full Story »

The Highland Park School Board has some tough decisions ahead of them that could include a school closing and layoffs. Full Story »