Daniel Quinn keeps a room in his apartment furnished with toys, dolls and dress-up costumes for his 3-year-old daughter. But it's unclear whether he'll ever be able to bring her home. Even though DNA tests, the child's mother and Quinn all agree he's her father, Michigan law says he's not. Full Story »
A battle over the budget turned ugly in Macomb County on Tuesday as the prosecutor vowed to sue over cuts he says will cripple his department's ability to keep offenders off the streets. Full Story »
Dimondale -- Lincoln Park ministers on Tuesday gave the Liquor Control Commission an estimated 1,000 letters protesting the opening of a controversial strip club and pleaded with officials not to grant it a liquor license. Full Story »
Detroit -- A federal judge has cleared the way for a jury to decide a wrongful death lawsuit filed by an Oakland County man in the 2005 drunken driving crash that killed his wife and two sons. Full Story »
Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools teachers will head into the Thanksgiving break without a new union contract, as both sides say bargainers fell shy of brokering a tentative agreement despite significant progress. Full Story »
The key to keeping kids from dropping out of school may not be hidden in the halls of the state's high schools but instead in elementary schools like Hope Academy in Detroit. There, the elementary staff has signed up for a statewide dropout challenge initiative aimed at reaching out to kids who are at risk of leaving school. Full Story »
Jurors deliberating this morning asked to see several hours of videotaped testimony in the murder trial of Jerome Hamilton, 16, charged with shooting to death a Rib Rack restaurant manager in Lathrup Village more than a year ago. Full Story »
With Tuesday's removal of its aging kitchen, the Royal Oak Farmers Market will soon finish a 12-year transformation. "It looks like the Oklahoma Dust Bowl," Market Master Gwen Ross exclaimed, as a wrecking crew worked. Full Story »
One of the two teens convicted of killing a student outside of Ford High School in Detroit last fall was sentenced Tuesday in Wayne County Circuit Court, according to the state Attorney General's Office. Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- Detroit Edison and advanced battery maker A123 Systems will use $5 million from the U.S. Energy Department to see whether used-up batteries from the cars of the future can store emergency power for the electrical grid. Full Story »
Macomb County Board of Commissioners voted to slash millions of dollars from the countys sheriffs department and prosecutors office. Full Story »
Michigan State University head coach Mark Dantonio says two of his football players have been dismissed from the team. Full Story »
New legislation spells out the differences between baby-sitting and operating as a day care provider. Full Story »
The company that owns the Ambassador Bridge has filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Michigan Department of Transportation, claiming that MDOT has deliberately kept completed ramps to the bridge closed. Full Story »
At least four Waterford Township businesses were burglarized over the weekend, police said. Full Story »
The day her cat died, Ann Arbor area crime novelist Lisa Ann Reardon drove to her father's Dexter Township home and shot him, her sister testified in court today. Reardon always pledged she was "gonna do this" when her beloved...... Full Story »
Marilynn Dickerson sat patiently in her chair, arms folded and clutching a copy of Helen Thomas' latest book. The 89-year-old Scio Township resident was first in line at the Michigan Theater tonight in downtown Ann Arbor to see the veteran...... Full Story »
It's a bad day to be driving in evening rush hour traffic in Washtenaw County. Dispatchers with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department say police are currently working on four crashes on the expressways, as of 6:15 p.m. None are believed...... Full Story »
The next mass H1N1 vaccination clinic for Washtenaw County residents in the priority groups will take place at Manchester High School on Dec. 5, the county public health department announced today. Vaccinations will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until...... Full Story »
The Ann Arbor school district has extended its deadline for applying for a vacant school board seat as it debates whether to switch to November elections. Anyone who wants to apply for the seat vacated by Trustee Helen Gates-Bryant, who...... Full Story »
I-696 has reopened after a fiery crash late Tuesday night. Full Story »
A police officer has been injured by a hit and run driver in Inkster. It happened in front of the Bungalow Motel on Michigan Avenue east of Middlebelt. Full Story »
If your plans for the Thanksgiving weekend involve travel, whether it be in the air or on the road, Chief Meteorologist Jerry Hodak has the weather word and Action News... Full Story »
Carjacked at the car wash: A man who stopped to clean his car got shot in the back by a gunman who then stole his car and left him for... Full Story »
Donny Osmond is the new champion of "Dancing With the Stars." Osmond took home the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program. Full Story »
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation that exempts baby-sitting from day care regulations after the state ordered a Barry County woman to stop watching her friend's children before school. Full Story »
It's a dangerous game that turns deadly without warning and kids in metro Detroit are playing. It's called the "choking game," and it cost one Ann Arbor teen her life. Full Story »
The Pontiac Silverdome, built three decades ago for $56 million, is being virtually given away -- sold at auction for a paltry $583,000. That comes out to $7.25 a seat, a fire sale that's reduced the once-proud arena to another sad symbol of the Detroit area's economic collapse. Full Story »
A Detroit elementary school teacher is accused of pawning one of the district's laptop computers for $60. Full Story »
He's already suffering after the violent death of his son. Now, someone is stealing from the cemetery. The man's son is buried in Brownstown Township, and his grave site is just one of the crime scenes. Full Story »
Home prices in Metro Detroit are ticking upwards slightly…but still increasing more than the rest of the nation. The Standard and Poors/Case-Shiller home price index finds the price of homes in the Metro region rose almost two percent from August to September. Metro Detroit broker Gary Reggish attributes the rise to a first time home buyers tax credit that has been extended to include ALL ... Full Story »
Borders is reporting a smaller loss for the third quarter of this year. WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ Borders lost nearly 39 million dollars between the beginning of August and the end of October. That’s compared to a loss of more than 172 million dollars for the same period last year. Officials say the Ann Arbor based bookseller spent much of the third quarter preparing for the Christmas ... Full Story »
Obama Administration officials say cities like Detroit will face an overwhelming cost burden…unless Congress passes health care reform. WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more… The U-S Senate is preparing to debate it’s version of health care reform. And members of the Obama Administration are on the stump…promoting what they say will be the benefits if either the House or Senate versions of ... Full Story »
Detroit Democratic Congressman John Conyers is calling on President Obama to take a tougher stance with lawmakers who are uncertain about voting for health care reform. WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more… Conyers has long championed both health care reform AND President Obama. But noting the thin margin of victory in getting health care reform through the House…Conyers said on the ... Full Story »
If Detroit’s strip club ordnance is going to change it won’t happen until next year at the earliest. That’s because a change in the ordinance failed to garner enough votes at the final scheduled council meeting of year. The issue is dead for now… but could be resurrected by the next council when it is seated in January. Supporters and opponents came to the last meeting to voice their ... Full Story »
EXETER TOWNSHIP — A gravel hauler rolled over this morning, spilling its load at Oakville-Waltz and Sumpter Rds. Officials said the driver suffered minor injuries in the accident that occurred shortly before 6 a.m. Full Story »
IDA TOWNSHIP — A man carried his younger brother to safety early this morning after their house caught fire and eventually was destroyed by flames. The victim, 20, was talking to officials afterward and appeared okay, said Michigan State Police Trooper Marc Moore, a Monroe County fire investigator. Full Story »
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend means closings for government offices, early-bird hours for many retailers and changes in the newspaper delivery schedule. Full Story »
An estimated 1,000 people are expected for the annual pre-Thanksgiving feast Wednesday served by City of Monroe fire and police workers at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Full Story »
Employees of the Monroe County Road Commission Monday peppered agency officials with questions over proposed budget cuts, potential employee layoffs and a salt barn under construction in Summerfield Township. Full Story »
DEARBORN -- Dearborn Public School parents, students and employees made it clear to board members Monday night they do not like the staffing cuts planned by the district. Full Story »
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- The Crestwood Board of Education welcomed a new member to its ranks Monday night – selecting Kevin Sauve to be its newest member. Full Story »
DEARBORN -- A publicity stunt — that’s what an attorney representing Andiamo Dearborn is calling allegations of discrimination and wage viola-tions made against the restaurant by a group of current and former employees. Full Story »
DEARBORN -- Dearborn’s holiday tradition continues with the annual lighting of the official City Christmas tree and community sing-along on Tuesday. Full Story »
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- The city of Dearborn Heights annual Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m., Dec. 1, , at the Dearborn Heights City Hall, 6045 Fenton at George. Full Story »
During a Macomb Township Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 10, Macomb Township's legal council informed concerned residents that a lawsuit was filed against developer GTR on Nov. 9 in Macomb County Circuit Court in connection with a faulty detention basin. Full Story »
Two Detroit teenagers must wait one more week before the continuation of their murder case in the shooting death of 21-year-old Matthew Landry of Chesterfield Township. Full Story »
In the spirit of the holidays, and with the hopes of bringing their two communities together, New Haven Village President Jammie Kincaid and Lenox Township Supervisor Ron Trombly have organized a community dinner to celebrate the diversity in the two communities and also to recognize their similarities. Full Story »
Forum at golf course draws hundreds Full Story »
Residents saw some movement on Marine City Hall repairs last week. Full Story »
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