All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2022 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for four southeastern Michigan counties following a water main break that led to a boil-water advisory for several communities.Whitmer issued the emergency...
Aug 15 2022 // The family of a Michigan woman who was killed after an air bag module exploded in her SUV following a crash filed a lawsuit alleging negligence.The complaint was filed last Thursday in Houghton County Circuit Court and...
Aug 1 2022 // The Michigan Supreme Court last week said the state’s anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation, a victory for LGBTQ residents.The court, in a 5-2 opinion, said the word “sex” in Michigan’s...
Jul 27 2022 // Jurors heard closing arguments last week in the only trial to arise thus far from the Flint water crisis, a dispute over whether two engineering firms should be held partially responsible for the city’s lead...
Jul 26 2022 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services issued a cease and desist order against Salvasen Health for allegedly acting in violation of the Michigan Insurance Code. Salvasen Health is accused of selling...
Jul 21 2022 // A Detroit-area water utility said Tuesday that it will deny flooding claims stemming from a damaging storm last summer based on an independent review that found the flooding was caused by the amount of rainfall and not a...
Jul 18 2022 // A construction worker in suburban Detroit died last Friday after a bulldozer struck him, police said.A man was standing outside his dump truck around 11 a.m. while a bulldozer moved pieces of concrete that had been broken...
Jul 12 2022 // The father of the jet engine-powered semitruck driver who died during a performance at a southwestern Michigan air show said last Tuesday that the truck burst into flames after a blown tire ruptured the fuel tank.Chris...
Jul 11 2022 // A worker died in an accident July 7 at a Gerber Products Co. plant in western Michigan, parent company Nestle said.The employee was working on repairs to a production line when the accident occurred around 2 p.m., the...
Jul 11 2022 // The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people.The complaint filed last week in...
Jun 24 2022 // A hotel was among several businesses damaged as a fire swept through part of the downtown of a northern Oakland County, Michigan, village.Dozens of firefighters from area departments battled the blaze which started about 4...
Jun 23 2022 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced that a Plainwell resident was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to comply with future court-ordered restitution for submitting roughly...
Jun 9 2022 // A Detroit-area county and a health care provider have agreed to a $2.45 million settlement with the family of a man who died while in jail for a minor driving offense.David Stojcevski, 32, suffered serious withdrawals from...
Jun 8 2022 // Segal, a benefits and HR consulting firm, has acquired Bayview Insurance Group d/b/a Union Services Agency (USA), a Michigan-based insurance brokerage firm. The brokerage has focused on serving the insurance needs of labor...
Jun 6 2022 // The Michigan Supreme Court last week reinstated a lawsuit against a senior living center where an 89-year-old woman was locked out in cold weather and died a few weeks later.In a 4-2 order, the court said Independence...
May 31 2022 // Konos, Inc., a Michigan-based egg producer, will pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...
May 23 2022 // Roofs and walls on a busy business stretch were turned to tangled rubble. Mobile homes were destroyed. Tornadoes are so uncommon in northern Michigan that Gaylord doesn’t have a siren system to warn people about...
May 19 2022 // A wildfire in a heavily forested area of northern Michigan is now 98% contained and all road closures in the area have been lifted, state officials said Tuesday.The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said a stretch...
May 19 2022 // Alera Group acquired West Michigan Insurance Inc., a Property & Casualty insurance agency based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with office locations in Shelby, Michigan, and Hart, Michigan. Founded in 1924, West Michigan...
May 18 2022 // A Michigan court has reinstated a lawsuit by a former college gymnastics coach who claims he was defamed on Twitter by an ESPN reporter linking him to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar and a controversial coach.The 3-0...