A city in West Michigan is debating criminalizing public camping due to a growing concern about the homeless community.

Graduating with a degree is considered a milestone, but getting engaged on the same day? There’s something special about creating priceless memories like that as a Spartan.

A Michigan mother who pleaded guilty to murdering her 3-year-old daughter claims SpongeBob SquarePants told her to commit the crime.

A man who bought the home of Mark Latunski is speaking out on his experience with the home.

A state representative candidate in the race for the seat that covers part of Washtenaw and Jackson Counties suspended his campaign a month before the November election.

The East Lansing Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened early Sunday morning near Michigan State University’s campus.

JACKSON, Mich. A Michigan boy with a birth defect found his perfect match. It was pure happiness at the Jackson County Animal Shelter when 2-year-old Bentley Boyers got to take his new puppy home Friday. WILX reports Bentleys dad, Brandon Boyers came to the shelter to look at chickens he was thinking about adopting when a 2-month-old puppy with a cleft lip caught his eye. They family knew they had to bring her home to show Bentley he isnt alone. To see him have something in common with a puppy means a lot because he can grow up and understand that he and his puppy both have something that they can share in common, said Bentleys mother, Ashley Boyers.

October incidentA man visiting Michigan from New York called 911 on Oct. 10, 2019 after he said he escaped from Latunski’s basement, according to WILX. "He’s an idiot.”The caller said he didn’t know the name of the man he escaped. He also told dispatch that he didn’t want to pursue legal action, he just wanted to go home. November incidentOn Nov. 25, 2019 a man called 911 and said he was trying to get away from a man who had him tied up in his basement. He said he didn’t know, and that he wasn’t from the area.

Kayla is a web producer with an English degree from Michigan State University. Before joining the ClickOnDetroit team in 2018, she worked at WILX in Lansing as a digital producer.

LANSING, Mich. A Michigan woman is not happy after she says a bakery botched her cake, which was supposed to be unicorn themed. Alexandra Schroeder told WILX in Lansing that she spent more than a month planning her daughters fifth birthday party. She paid Whipped Bakery $370 to rent space for a baking birthday bash -- and a unicorn cake. She said the cake was supposed to resemble a unicorn, but ended up far from what she expected. The horn came out in a shape that was so embarrassing, Schroeder told WILX.

WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Three people were killed Thursday when a plane crashed near a Lansing airport, officials told NBC affiliate WILX. The single-engine Socata TBM 700 airplane crashed at 8:57 a.m. about 125 yards west of Airport Road, near the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens cemetery, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Here's scene video of the crash:FAA officials said there were six people aboard the plane. The plane took off from Indy South Greenwood Airport in Indianapolis and was preparing to land at the Capital Region International Airport when it crashed, officials said. Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board have also been notified.