Automotive company Stellantis announced last week that it’s offering buyouts to 33,000 employees in an effort to “improve efficiency” in a competitive market.

A Detroit restaurant is gaining some much-deserved national attention.

Some of the tests from sick dogs in Northern Michigan have come back positive for canine parvovirus, a highly contagious virus that can affect all dogs.

A plan to activate a railroad corridor that runs from Southeast Michigan to Traverse City and Petoskey has received new funding to advance planning stages.

Michigan has confirmed the state’s first detection of the invasive spotted lanternfly after a small population was found in Oakland County.

20 years ago, ticks in our area were more of a nuisance because they rarely carried serious diseases. Unfortunately, that has changed.

Michigan officials want residents to be on the lookout for the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species that threatens agriculture and natural resources.

A family is upset with how they said a Clinton Township cemetery treated their father’s gravesite.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the education budget on Thursday, which is the highest state per-pupil investment ever.

Jumping worms look similar to earthworms but can easily be identified because of the way they thrash around.

A mother-son duo, a husband and wife, and senior citizens were arrested for a massive fake designer goods scheme in Warren after officials found 2,022 counterfeit items stacked “floor to ceiling” during a search of four kiosks and two homes.

It's been three years since Michigan lawmakers passed a bipartisan auto insurance reform package that promised to save us all money. Well, did it? Here's a look at the numbers and what should be done next.

An expert weighs in on how you can buy healthy food for less money.

A recent outbreak of hepatitis A cases have been linked to strawberries sold at Kroger, Aldi, Walmart, Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores nationwide.

A multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products has triggered a massive recall and now that recall has expanded to products that used that peanut butter.

Federal agents monitored a Detroit man’s Instagram account while he posted pictures of guns and drugs he wasn’t allowed to be around, claimed to be driving while high, threatened police, and tried to recruit others for an obvious unemployment fraud and identity theft scheme, according to authorities.

If you’ve never seen a tick in Michigan before, that may soon change: Experts say our state is experiencing a “tick explosion,” with ticks becoming increasingly common.

A West Bloomfield house was raided Tuesday after Wayne County Roads Division workers used $1.7 million in taxpayer money to fraudulently purchase 596 generators and sell them for personal profit, officials said.

A report by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the nonprofit organization that oversees our power grid, said Michigan could be facing power shortages in July and August.

They’re here. Stink bugs. Crawling out of their hiding spaces and into view. Ugh.

Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya’s fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle -- but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head.

Two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday in an effort to secure abortion rights in the state of Michigan, should the federal Roe v. Wade ruling be revoked and leave abortion rules up to individual states.

An Eastpointe mother who spent weeks searching for her missing teenage daughter only to find out her cousin had thrown the girl’s body in a dumpster delivered a powerful victim impact statement Wednesday in court.

Two brothers who were wrongfully convicted of an Oakland County murder spoke Tuesday, shortly after being released from a quarter-century in prison.

Michigan drivers with auto insurance are expecting $400 refunds per vehicle.

Eligible Michigan drivers will start seeing $400 auto insurance refund checks hitting their mailboxes this week. Here’s everything you need to know.

Funeral home directors are speaking out about how they’re treated by the Wayne County Morgue.

The state of Michigan is leading the way in economic growth in the U.S. -- according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

There’s an important update for the thousands of people who took advantage of the child tax credit last year.

MDOT says it will move ahead with plans to build an innovative interchange at a busy intersection in Madison Heights.

The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with hundreds of people who say they were sexually assaulted by former sports doctor Robert Anderson.

Our Dr. Frank McGeorge, MD, has been answering questions about COVID-19, the vaccines and masks since this pandemic started.

The suspected Oxford High School shooter and his parents appeared in court for two separate hearings on Friday.

Michigan’s health department is urging Michigan schools to double-down on preventative measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 as students and staff return to buildings after the holiday break.

Here are some positive stories to help put a smile on your face this Christmas.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office has issued a timeline and FAQ bulletin on the coming auto insurance refund checks due to insured drivers next year.

When a family of five from Northville was killed by a drunk driver, the sister of one of the victims decided to make meaningful change in their honor.

Insured Michigan drivers will be receiving auto insurance refunds after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to redistribute funds from its $5 billion surplus back to the people.

Interstate I-696 in Metro Detroit has reputation for some of the state's most intense and dangerous traffic.

This week we saw Michigan return to an unwanted position as the nation’s COVID-19 hotspot.

A Beaumont Health expert provided a concerning update about COVID and hospital trends in Metro Detroit, calling this the “fourth surge” and sharing three reasons why he believes numbers are once again on the rise.

The Local 4 Defenders are getting new insight into the Detroit towing scandal and how it worked.

Was it a meteor, like we saw a few years ago in Metro Detroit? Experts don’t think so.

With so many businesses struggling amid the worker shortage, many are asking when -- and if -- this crisis will ever end.

Here’s our coverage of the situation from the past few weeks in Metro Detroit.

About a week after a Local 4 Defenders investigation first exposed problems at the morgue, the medical examiner was brought in before a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services board.

The COVID situation has changed drastically in Michigan since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held her last briefing to lift restrictions on June 22, exactly three months ago.

Michigan has released a new breakdown of the state’s latest COVID data and trends, including the effectiveness of vaccines, outbreaks in schools and what to expect in the near future.

As Michigan students return to the classroom, MDHHS has updated its COVID-19 quarantine guidance for both vaccinated and unvaccinated students

More than 42 million Americans collectively owe $1.56 trillion in student loan debt -- here's how some are planning to address that problem.

We have been tracking the evolving responses to the call for masks inside Michigan school buildings as students and teachers head back into classrooms for the start of the 2021-22 academic year.

Michigan’s top health officials spoke Wednesday about the possibility of a mask mandate, the state’s “high” COVID-19 transmission rate, the spread of the delta variant and a third dose of the vaccine.

Nearly one million Michigan households were without power Thursday after severe storms blew through the Midwest.

Michigan has revealed its updated COVID-19 safety guidelines to protect students from the virus when they return to in-person learning.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging.

Michigan health officials are investigating a notable increase in Legionnaires’ disease cases across the state this summer, and excessive rain and flooding appear to be the culprit.

Whenever I step into my backyard I am inundated with mosquitoes.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan funding bill on Wednesday giving Michigan’s K-12 schools a boost.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer broke down the details of Michigan’s new COVID vaccine sweepstakes, including who can enter, how to sign up, what prizes are available and more.

Canada has eased some travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents crossing the U.S. border.

Michigan is lifting all of its COVID restrictions for capacity, masks and gatherings next week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced.

Michigan health officials reported the first confirmed human case of Sin Nombre hantavirus in the state, an illness spread by rodents, but not between individuals.