Michigan

A widespread outage affecting Microsoft 365 services, which has continued into Friday morning, has affected Southeast Michigan government agencies and schools.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is investigating an infestation of invasive red swamp crayfish found in Cass County. While colder temperatures are slowing them down, state wildlife officials said the threat is not going away. Native to the southern United States, the crayfish become more active as temperatures rise. The DNR plans to assess the extent of the infestation next spring, when warmer weather makes the crayfish easier to detect. Kathleen Quebedeaux, fisheries biologist for

NILES, Mich. -- A veterans memorial in Niles has been vandalized twice in recent months, leaving local veterans upset as police continue searching for information about those responsible. The Veterans Memorial at Riverfront Park was first vandalized in October and was targeted again Tuesday. Larry Kilcoyne, a U.S. Marine Corps...

MOUNT CLEMENS — What happened to Ashley Elkins of Warren? It's a question Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Carrie Seward left the jury with during opening statements on Nov. 13 in Macomb Circuit Court at the trial for Deandre Booker, Elkins' ex-boyfriend and the man accused of killing her. Elkins, a mother of two, was last seen Jan. 2, 2025, entering Booker's apartment complex. Her blood was later found all over his bathroom. Her hair, an earring and a fired bullet were found in the drain of h

Smart ovens that cook with infrared light. Voice-activated faucets. Cabinets that lower for wheelchair users. MOKA’s new Discovery Lab in Muskegon features more than 100 pieces of technology to make homes more accessible.

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - A Saginaw man is being recognized for 50 years of helping others through blood donation. Thursday, 79-year-old Ken Gembel reached the milestone of 1,000 units of blood donations. He started his journey in 1974 when a co-worker invited him to give blood at an office blood drive. That one drive inspired him to keep giving for more than five decades.

BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - On Nov. 11, 1976, history was buried beneath concrete in Bay County. Fifty years later, pieces of life inside a time capsule from America’s 200th birthday — documents, magazines and even a beer bottle — were uncovered to a round of applause.

John D. Dingell VA Medical Center — Referral Source for Women Veterans. Vista Maria is converting four buildings on its Dearborn Heights campus into transitional housing for women veterans and their children, with the nonprofit saying the project will eventually create 56 units serving more than 80 women and kids. The first building alone is designed to hold 14 women and four children, part of what organizers describe as the only program of its kind in Michigan built specifically around housing

Four men were arraigned Tuesday in Michigan's 19th District Court in a Rouge Plant parts theft case that the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office says involved more than $80,000 in new car and truck parts taken from Ford's Rouge Plant in Dearborn and sold through a Detroit shop and on eBay, CBS Detroit reported. Wissam Faraj, 35, of Canton, a former Ford employee who was terminated in 2025, is charged with conducting a criminal enterprise and receiving and concealing stolen property. So are Aiman Ka

Prices and home sales in Metro Detroit's real estate market are dropping, the result of the cooling change in seasons and rising interest rates, Nick Manes of Crain's Detroit Business reports. The median sale price of a house or condo in Southeast Michigan has fallen more than 7 percent since...