Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm will delay for at least one month a $127 per student cut in school aid because the state has about $180 million more on hand than anticipated. The governor said today she'll wait until a scheduled Jan. 11 revenue estimating summit before deciding whether the cut can be pared or eliminated. Full Story »
Detroit will be able to borrow more to stabilize its finances under a measure overwhelmingly passed in the state House today. Full Story »
Michigan is poised to become the 38th state to ban smoking in public places in May, following passage of the prohibition by the House and Senate today. Full Story »
The International Academy is the second best public high school in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. Full Story »
MDOT will mark the official reopening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the east side of the bridge at 10 a.m. Monday. The state had originally expected the bridge to reopen sometime after the first of the year or early spring. Full Story »
Police in Florida have released images of Paul Michael Merhige, considered armed and dangerous and possibly headed to Michigan. Full Story »
Lt. Governor John Cherry this afternoon proposed using Michigan's water supply to fund its education system. Full Story »
The red ink underscores the precariousness of the orchestra's finances and threatens artistic growth under music director Leonard Slatkin. Full Story »
Big Boy Restaurants International will lay off 88 workers and close its ready-to-eat-meals subsidiary in Warren after the government ordered a recall of its product due to fears of Listeria contamination. Full Story »
Jurors deliberating in the trial against 24-year-old Stephen Davis have twice asked for transcripts of testimony given by witnesses during the two-week trial. Full Story »
The House has approved a compromise plan to give General Motors and Chrysler dealers an appeals process to keep their showrooms open. Full Story »
Seven years after a fire damaged a metro Detroit church, an international artist is giving it a makeover. Full Story »
A tuition-free Bloomfield Hills high school that was voted the second best high school in the country, according to the annual Best High Schools list by U.S. News & World Report, is in jeopardy of losing students. Full Story »
Five Carson City Correctional Facility inmates who stabbed a corrections officer with a pitchfork and stole his van Tuesday have been arrested. Full Story »
An artist's reconstruction shows D'Wan Sims as he might look today, with a shadow of mustache and the same wide smile as on the posters that went up 15 years ago after his mother reported him missing. Full Story »
Nearly 70 teams of undergraduate engineering students showcased their capstone design projects Thursday at the University of Michigan College of Engineering's Design Expo held at the Duderstadt Center on U-M's North Campus....... Full Story »
While thousands of families were in the dark last night, Wednesday's power outage left at least one Ann Arbor business scrambling to save its product. Kroger at 400 S. Maple Road lost electricity for about 10 hours last night after a winter...... Full Story »
School districts will get a Christmas gift from the state: a $127 per pupil cut in state aid won't occur - at least for December, the Detroit Free Press reports. Gov. Jennifer Granholm rescinded the aid cut she ordered last...... Full Story »
State Rep. Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, is running for the state Senate. Byrnes will formally announce her candidacy for Michigan’s 18th District at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in front of the Ypsilanti Freighthouse in Ypsilanti’s Depot Town....... Full Story »
Lee Gordon and Amin Khalaf don’t have the answers to bring about peace in the Middle East. But they hope the work they’re doing with Jewish and Arab children alike in Israel will build the kind the leaders who will....... Full Story »
Comedian and actor Tim Allen is adding a new title to his resume: director. Full Story »
Detroit's former deputy mayor has pleaded guilty to a kickback scheme tied to the sale of city land in 2007. Full Story »
Governor Jennifer Granholm announced Thursday that the $127 per-pupil cut to school districts will be paused temporarily. Full Story »
ABC has revealed the new team for its popular morning show 'Good Morning America.' Full Story »
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to announce that school districts will avoid a $127-per-pupil cut this month. Full Story »
The Wayne County prosecutor is taking more legal action against former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. He's already in hot water over his restitution. Now, she's accusing him of violating his probation. Full Story »
If you could lift one dumbbell just one time, you'd really be helping lift up a Highland Township family battling illness. The goal is 20,000 pounds, but the real goal is to help a ten-year-old boy fighting for his life. Full Story »
Metro Detroit has been zapped by the high winds, which brought down power lines, toppled trees and left thousands in the dark. Now, enter the bitter cold. Full Story »
High school students in Livonia may soon be walking to school. The district is considering cutting out bus transportation to high schools to cut costs. Full Story »
The number of homeowners on the brink of foreclosure fell in November, the fourth straight monthly decline. That's good news, but many still need help. Go inside this story to get help . Full Story »
A commission that sets the salary levels for elected officials in Detroit meets tonight…for the first time in half-a-dozen years. WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more… The Elected Officials Compensation Commission will gather in the Detroit City Council’s chamber of the whole tonight (Thurs.) at the request of Mayor Dave Bing. The Commission has not met as a body since 2003…even though it ... Full Story »
December 10, 2009 by Pat Batcheller The new Nine Mile Road bridge over I-75 in Hazel Park is scheduled to open this weekend. The old bridge was destroyed by a tanker explosion last summer. Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman Rob Morosi says the new bridge will be ready for traffic a couple of weeks sooner than expected. “Looking at the good weather, looking at the design ... Full Story »
Former Detroit Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton was implicated in the bribery scheme last week when a co-conspirator pleaded guilty in federal court. Now…Milton is following suit. He told a federal judge that he let down his family and the citizens of Detroit when he accepted a bribe in exchange for helping facilitate the sale of Camp Brighton to the Chaldean Catholic Church. Milton’s lawyer…Elliott ... Full Story »
Despite Kwame Kilpatrick’s plea of poverty…prosecutors presented evidence that the former mayor and his family spent lavishly using money from a variety of sources including loans, tax refunds, political funds, and gifts. Prosecutors maintain Kilpatrick did not disclose these…and other assets as required by the court and that some of the money was hidden in his wife’s bank accounts. But ... Full Story »
The Oakland County Executive spent this morning sharing his knowledge of financial management in the current economic crisis. L. Brooks Patterson hosted about 300 local officials from across the tri-county area. The point of the seminar was to talk about the current state of the economy and how local governments could plan better. Patterson’s Deputy County Executive Robert ... Full Story »
Howdy Holmes, the oldest of five children, is happy to be a fourth-generation owner of Chelsea Milling Co., producer of 23 Jiffy mix products and the market-share leader in the retail prepared baking mix business. Full Story »
Police are close to completing a months-long investigation into allegations that a former Airport Community Schools employee stole as much as $75,000 from the district and two Boy Scout troops. Full Story »
Monroe County is taking steps to make lower-cost federally subsidized financing available for certain commercial, industrial and governmental projects. Full Story »
Nearly 2,900 homes and businesses in the Monroe County region were still without power this morning due mostly to high winds as bitter cold and snow squalls continued today. Full Story »
— Evening News photo by KIM BRENT Ignazio Cuccia holds the door for Sara Waldecker as they carry out donations of baby items that members of the Kiwanis Club gathered at their meeting Wednesday for a “world’s largest baby shower” to benefit Heartbeat of Monroe. Full Story »
At about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Dearborn Police Department responded to a residence located in the 22000 block of Outer Drive for an individual who had been stabbed. Full Story »
The Dearborn Public Schools, in cooperation with the city of Dearborn Health Department, will host a flu shot clinic from 2-5 p.m. Friday and Monday in the lobby of the Administration Building, 18700 Audette. The clinics are open to residents and non-residents of Dearborn. Both the seasonal flu shot and H1N1 flu shot will be available. Full Story »
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- This year’s Dearborn Heights Goodfellows paper sale raised $37,573 — about $1,000 more than last year — despite a very poor economy. Full Story »
DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Dearborn Public School support staff rejected the district’s contract offer on Sunday, so layoffs will begin next week. Full Story »
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- The City Council publicly discussed a position in the mayor’s office Nov. 24 that’s raised some concerns, but the mayor and city attorney said there’s been no wrongdoing. Full Story »
A two-story wood frame farmhouse in China Township quickly went up in flames Saturday morning, claiming three lives before Marine City firefighters extinguished the blaze at about 4 a.m. Full Story »
Keeping any business-support organization up and running these days can be a huge challenge. So as members of the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce prepare to celebrate their 30th anniversary, the milestone is just that much sweeter. Full Story »
How difficult is it to sell a house in Macomb County? It's not difficult at all if you're willing to take a substantially lower price than two years ago. In the current real estate market, priced right, people have sold their property within a couple of months. Full Story »
Free kits to help reduce the spread of influenza viruses can be obtained at the Memphis Police Department. Full Story »
Two concurrent fundraising events could make the holidays very merry for some furry creatures, not to mention many humans. Full Story »
A tree is reflected in a rain puddle in the German city of Stuttgart. AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann
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