This year's champions in high school girls basketball were crowned on Saturday in East Lansing

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Marquette County after thunderstorms and flash flooding caused widespread damage in May.

All rights reserved)Michigan has cited 16 businesses for failing to follow safety precautions that protect workers from COVID-19, state officials said. Emergency rule citations are for businesses that resume in-person work and fail to have written COVID-19 preparedness and response plan or don’t provide adequate training to their employees. Total penalties, including other workplace violations, were $7,200. Location: WixomFine amount: $2,800Violations:Not developing and implementing a written COVID-19 preparedness and response plan. Click here to view a full list of MIOSHA COVID-19 workplace safety citations.

MARQUETTE, Mich. A judge has ruled in favor of an Upper Peninsula police officer and dismissed a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a man who had threatened to kill himself. Marquette County sheriffs deputy Keith Romback said he went to Clifford Tucker's home in Ishpeming Township in 2016 because the former logger was despondent over chronic pain and threatening to end his life. Romback told Tucker he was there to help him. The deputy followed Tucker to a bedroom where the 68-year-old veteran picked up a shotgun. The deputy reasonably concluded that Tucker posed a credible threat of serious harm, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney said on Aug. 28.

A Michigan church advertising for their upcoming movie series certainly got more attention than they expected. The NORTHIRON Church in Ishpeming built a massive Lego man to advertise their annual movie series, which combines films with the Bible. To kickstart the series, they picked The Lego Movie, and the attention has been divine. The pastor and the church community came together to build the massive Lego man and placed it in front of the house of worship. 150-Year-Old Bible Survives Church Fire UnscathedBibles, Crosses Miraculously Survive Church Fire UntouchedRetired Cop Converts Old Church Into Boxing Gym to Help Mentor Kids