A suburban Detroit, Mich., woman who returned home to find a basement fire says she was told by authorities that no firefighters were immediately available because they were responding to a separate house fire. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens …
A weekend fire gutted a fraternity house at Alma College. The Morning Sun of Mount Pleasant says no injuries were reported following the early Sunday blaze at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house in Alma. About 20 to 30 people at …
A coalition fighting proposed changes to Michigan’s auto insurance laws filed a lawsuit Monday seeking claims information from an association that handles medical bills for seriously injured accident victims. The suit filed in Ingham County by the Coalition Protecting Auto …
Flooding caused by a water line break has interrupted patient care at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center clinic building. The building was closed for patient care Wednesday after being evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to flooding. Officials say there …
Michigan state senators are considering a measure that would put a system of colored flags in place at some of the state’s public beaches to alert swimmers to lake water conditions. Sponsors introduced the legislation in response to a high …
The deep recession in Michigan is impacting the workers compensation system there as some costs per claim rose slowly, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Amid recessionary pressures, indemnity costs per claim – payments …
Michigan authorities have announced the recall of two cheese products of Green Cedar Dairy in Dearborn because of possible contamination with Listeria bacteria and say they know of two people becoming infected. The state Department of Agriculture says the recall …
Experts say there’s no single reason for the big drop in alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan over the past decade. Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police …
A charitable organization in Lansing, Mich., says a weekend fire destroyed more than six months’ worth of donated clothing and possibly two months of donated furniture. The Lansing State Journal reports that Marcia Barrons Maiville, president of the Society of …
A woman says she accidentally placed about $700 in Christmas gifts into a stranger’s car after a key opened the vehicle’s trunk in suburban Detroit. Linda Gipson of Ypsilanti tells the Detroit Free Press and AnnArbor.com she discovered the mistake …