January 15, 2016 Michigan approves beer with baby on the label A brewery's beer featuring a baby on the label now has official approval in Michigan.
January 15, 2016 Ex-CEO goes to prison for embezzling public funds for personal fortuneteller A former Michigan official who embezzled $500,000 in public money to pay his personal psychic fortuneteller has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, it was reported Thursday.
January 15, 2016 Michigan asks for major disaster declaration over Flint water crisis Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has asked President Barack Obama to issue an emergency and major disaster declaration amid a drinking water crisis in Flint that began months ago, and the state attorney general announced Friday that his office would investigate how the situation was handled.
January 15, 2016 Missing girls found hundreds of miles from home after double homicide Authorities say two young Michigan girls have been found safe in Colorado after they were apparently taken by their father following a double homicide.
January 15, 2016 Michigan gov asks Obama to declare Flint water crisis a disaster Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked President Barack Obama Thursday for an emergency and major disaster declaration amid an ongoing crisis over drinking water in the city of Flint.
January 13, 2016 National Guard activated to help deal with Flint, Michigan water crisis Members of the Michigan National Guard began arriving in Flint on Wednesday for briefings on the drinking water crisis just as state health officials reported a spike in Legionnaires' disease cases in the county where the city is located.
January 13, 2016 Some Detroit schools closed because of absence of teachers Some Detroit schools are closed for the day because of an absence of teachers, although the number is lower than in previous days.
January 12, 2016 Door-to-door effort underway in Flint water crisis Volunteers and police are knocking on doors in Flint to distribute bottled water, filters and lead test kits to residents in the Michigan city that's confronting a water crisis.
January 12, 2016 The Latest: Detroit schools closed again in teacher sick-out The latest on teacher complaints about Detroit public schools (all times local): 8 a.m.
January 11, 2016 Dozens of Detroit schools closed amid teacher 'sick-out' A wave of teacher absences described by an activist as "rolling strikes" shut down more than half of Detroit's 100 public schools Monday, keeping thousands of students at home as a so-called sick-out entered a second week.
