Posted: 6:22 AM The Michigan Historical Museum is hosting a day of educational events this week to celebrate Michigan's 176th birthday and the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Updated: 6:09 AM A round-up of events to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Michiana.

Posted: 9:20 PM Events across Michigan this week are honoring the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 50th anniversary of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Posted: 9:18 PM Winds that gusted to 60 miles per hour have swept across Michigan, knocking down trees and power lines and cutting off electrical service to at least 195,000 homes and businesses.

Posted: 5:07 PM Michigan health officials have reported three more infections in the past week linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.

Posted: 4:51 PM The Gerald R. Ford Library at the University of Michigan is taking steps to make its collections available for all visitors, even virtual ones.

Posted: 10:09 AM The Sturgis Police Department is looking into finding the reason behind an elderly woman's death.

Posted: 9:52 AM A man stole a prized 2011 University of Michigan autographed football from a Lenawee County couple. The man also stole other items from their home.

Posted: 9:48 AM Michigan's congressional delegation wants to host an open house in Washington, D.C.

Posted: 9:44 AM The Gerald R. Ford Library is making it easier for people all across the nation to look at it's collections.

Posted: 4:41 PM The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court says a criminal charge against a fellow justice closes an unhappy chapter at the state's highest court.

Posted: 4:32 PM Hundreds of people have gathered outside the Michigan Capitol for a gun-rights rally, a few days after President Barack Obama called for new restrictions.

Posted: 10:28 AM A 12-year-old has been on an unusual mission since she was nine--to raise money to buy a treadmill for dogs who have to live at the humane society.

Posted: 10:15 AM The public gets the chance to check out the North American International Auto Show starting this weekend.

Posted: 9:59 AM Michigan ranks last nationally in the amount of federal spending on benefits for veterans. A new state office hopes to change that

Updated: 11:39 PM A brother and sister are behind bars after a fight turned fatal in Benton Harbor Friday night.

Posted: 9:34 PM The U.S. Treasury Department says it has come up with a plan on how it will sell the remaining 300.1 million shares of stock it owns in General Motors. The process will bring to an end almost four years of partial government ownership of the car maker.

Posted: 9:31 PM The Supreme Court will decide whether a former Detroit police officer convicted of killing his girlfriend should get a retrial.

Updated: 6:52 PM A 44-year-old Niles woman pled “no contest” to the charges that she caused the death of three adults and one infant in a fiery car crash in 2011.

Posted: 2:58 PM Republican state senators have introduced a bill that would exempt Michigan-made guns and ammunition from federal regulations.

Posted: 7:09 AM Michigan has been given a $31 million federal grant to help the state implement a health insurance exchange that's a major part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Posted: 7:08 AM An autopsy report lists accidental drowning as the cause of death for a Northern Michigan University soccer player who was found unresponsive in a campus pool.

Posted: 7:05 AM U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is coming to Detroit to make "a major funding announcement" that is expected to involve plans for a light rail system between the city's downtown and the cultural, medical and educational center a few miles north.

Posted: 7:02 AM Authorities say a man abducted and raped a Central Michigan University student and set fire to a house where she fled.

Posted: 10:53 PM A partnership between the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University is promoting how their research is contributing to technological advances on display at the auto show in Detroit.