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Crime Stoppers of Michigan could shut down while in dire financial straits --- FOX 2 got a pretty frantic call from Detroit police brass this morning to explain what was going on with Crime Stoppers, and essentially they told me [...]

84K without power. How to check power outage map --- June 11, 2026, 8:06 a.m. ET More than 80,000 electric customers across the state were without power at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 11, after severe weather swept west to east across Michigan [...]

Today in Chicago History: The Rolling Stones appear on Michigan Avenue in ‘tight trousers and haggard looks’ --- Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing [...]

Carney says the new Canadian-built bridge across Detroit River that Trump threatened will open --- TORONTO (AP) — A new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon, Canadian Prime Minister Mark [...]

Michigan would accelerate school reading rules, making them take effect July 1 --- The GOP-led Michigan House voted largely along party lines Wednesday to set a new deadline less than three weeks away for schools to comply with new reading curriculum [...]

New documentary explores Michigan history before America's 250th --- Frontier to Freedom is a new documentary examining Michigan's history, from when the first European settlers arrived, up to its establishment as the twenty-sixth state of the Union. Keith Patterson, the doc's writer, [...]

Michigan overdose deaths down 47% from 2021 --- LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Overdose deaths in Michigan have dropped 47% since 2021, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The state’s overdose death rate for 2025 is projected to [...]

Weather service issued for southern Michigan. Why it could be dangerous --- Updated June 10, 2026, 8:21 a.m. ET The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, across most of southern Michigan with [...]

Michigan House adopts bills to punish interference with law enforcement, emergency responders --- The Michigan House approved bills Tuesday that would allow police to establish 25-foot buffer zones around law enforcement and emergency response activities and arrest demonstrators who threaten or [...]