Michigan officials announced Thursday that they have passed the state’s budget for the fiscal year 2025.

The power of Tuesday’s storms in Southwest Michigan is becoming clearer as teams survey the damage in hard-hit communities.

Wednesday’s calmer weather and ample sunshine was welcomed across the region, but it comes on the 60th anniversary of another sobering weather event.

Members of the National Weather Service were on the ground Wednesday morning in southwest Michigan to assess tornado damage following a night of severe weather.

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Tornado touched down in Centreville, Michigan.

Officials say at least one tornado touched down in a Michigan city, causing major damage, power outages, and an emergency declaration.

Clean-up is already underway after an evening of powerful storms, including tornadoes, which left paths of destruction in Southwest Michigan.

The federal government is offering a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in Southwest Michigan.

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The work to replace aging lead water service lines in Benton Harbor is almost complete.

Located in Cass County, Michigan, the Dr. T.K. Lawless Dark Sky Park is the only International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) certified Dark Sky Park in southern Michigan.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced $30 million in rail infrastructure funding for Michigan. The Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program awarded $368 million to 46 projects across 32 states and Michigan’s projects were selected.

Four Indiana juveniles have been pulled from the waters off a Lake Michigan beach in Southwestern Michigan.

It’s been several years since the start of the Flint water crisis, but the issue doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon in Michigan, and perhaps around the U.S.

It’s been several years since the start of the Flint water crisis, but the issue doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon in Michigan, and perhaps around the U.S.

Earlier this evening, three Southeast Michigan counties had Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. With additional stormy activity to come, we can not rule out additional alerts before tonight is over.

A man accused of killing two neighbors in southwestern Michigan told police that he shot them last week because they were too loud and he couldn't sleep.

One of the most interesting climate solutions is right beneath our toes, in the soil: Regenerative farming.

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A police cruiser has been stolen and wrecked in southwestern Michigan by a 25-year-old woman who slipped from handcuffs after being arrested earlier for drunken driving. The woman had been taken into custody about 3 a.m. Monday after a crash in Lockport Township, authorities said. She was placed in the rear seat of a St. Joseph sheriff’s office vehicle. The sheriff’s office said she drove off in the cruiser but struck a utility pole and several trees. Lockport Township is north of Michigan’s state line with Indiana.

PAW PAW, Mich. – The leader of a school district in southwestern Michigan said he will recommend that the Redskins nickname be dropped. Paw Paw Superintendent Rick Reo said he will take his message to the school board on March 9. “Our nickname is preventing us from realizing our true potential as a school that welcomes, celebrates, supports and challenges all students,” Reo said in a district newsletter. The Paw Paw board voted in 2017 to keep the nickname and mascot. Reo said he believes the district originally chose Redskins to "celebrate the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans."

PAW PAW, Mich. – Michigan State Police seized three kilograms of fentanyl during a traffic stop on I-94 in Southwest Michigan. Michigan State Police made the stop in Van Buren County after troopers spotted “several indicators of criminal activity,” eventually searching the vehicle and finding the hidden drugs, WOOD TV reports. “The amount of fentanyl involved in this case is alarming and not typical of what we see day to day,” Capt. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. Like morphine, it is a medicine that is typically used to treat patients with severe pain, especially after surgery.

(CNN) - Four additional cases of Eastern equine encephalitis, including two deaths, have been confirmed in Southwest Michigan, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. Michigan has confirmed seven total EEE cases, including three deaths, officials said. Typically, only 5 to 10 human EEE cases are reported every year, but about 30% of all cases result in death, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition to the Michigan cases, two more people in Rhode Island have been diagnosed with EEE, the Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said Tuesday. In Massachusetts, there have been eight human EEE cases, the Massachusetts Department of Health said Friday.