Posted: 6:33 AM A soldier is to visit his Michigan hometown for the first time since losing all four limbs while fighting in Afghanistan.

Posted: 10:14 PM The union for striking Detroit Water and Sewerage Department workers says it will continue the walkout until the city gives amnesty to 34 workers threatened with firing.

Posted: 10:13 PM Suspended Detroit police Ralph Godbee says he can't discuss the sex scandal that led Mayor Dave Bing to remove him.

Posted: 10:11 PM West Michigan authorities say they've arrested two men in the death of a longtime Grand Valley State University student adviser whose body was found at a home last month.

Updated: 11:46 AM Public school districts across Michigan are preparing for the first student count day of the new school year.

Posted: 9:15 AM A dog that authorities say was found frozen to the ground in Lansing in 2011 with its legs bound with heavy-duty electrical tape is getting a new home.

Posted: 9:13 AM A swan living in the Traverse City area that has a fishing lure snagged between its eyes is attracting attention of those who want to help the bird.

Posted: 9:56 PM Katie Couric is giving a Disney World trip to a 16-year-old Michigan girl who was elected as her school's homecoming queen in an apparent prank.

Posted: 9:33 PM Midwest retailer Meijer Inc. says it's planning to hire 12,000 new employees as it prepares for the holiday season as well as to support continued growth.

Posted: 4:32 PM Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has suspended police Chief Ralph Godbee during an investigation of unspecified allegations against him.

Posted: 12:09 PM A southern Michigan farmer who also leads the local branch of the Republican Party is taking the presidential race to one of his corn fields.

Posted: 8:21 AM Authorities say a Michigan State University professor has been hospitalized after police responded to reports about a man who took off his clothes in a classroom building and was heard yelling.

Posted: 8:19 AM Midwest retailer Meijer Inc. says it's planning to hire 12,000 new employees as it prepares for the holiday season as well as to support continued growth.

Posted: 7:31 AM The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has divided $1.3 million in federal money among a dozen groups for projects designed to boost competitiveness of the state's specialty crops.

Updated: 9:50 PM The homecoming dance for some Grand Blanc High School students ended early when face-to-face only dance rules were enforced.

Posted: 9:47 PM A Monroe County man convicted of growing marijuana in greenhouses with his son has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Posted: 4:44 PM A national organization has asked the city of Frankenmuth to take down a 55-foot cross erected in the late 1970s in a public park.

Posted: 4:42 PM More than three dozen West Michigan self-storage units have been broken into.

Updated: 4:39 PM Union leaders want striking Detroit Water and Sewerage workers to comply with a judge's order and go back on the job.

Posted: 7:11 AM Detroit officials are heading to court to halt a strike by water and sewer department workers who walked off their jobs with the system that serves about 4 million people across southeastern Michigan.

Posted: 10:50 PM Police say a Detroit-area woman who collected welfare benefits despite winning a $735,000 lottery prize has died of a possible drug overdose.

Posted: 10:48 PM The young woman crowned Miss Michigan USA says she's "excited to represent the state of Michigan."

Posted: 10:43 PM A Michigan inmate who blamed prison officials for his bad teeth has another cavity to fill: a $353 bill for his failed lawsuit.

Posted: 10:38 PM Firefighters with two departments in Jackson County are wearing pink T-shirts under their fire gear in October to raise money for breast cancer research.

Posted: 10:36 PM Organizers of Grand Rapids' sprawling ArtPrize international art show and competition have announced the 10 finalists for the $560,000 in prize money.