Michigan

Brighton drone maker blueflite will test flying donor organs to Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical center, in a state-funded pilot announced Wednesday, October 21. Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) gave blueflite $245,000 for the Ann Arbor project, the largest of 12 drone and advanced air mobility grants that add up to $1,705,000.

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A Genesee County employee was detained by ICE agents Thursday night while her asylum application is being processed, according to county officials. Benazir Noorzad is a Human Resources Representative in the county's Benefits Division. She is lawfully in the country, per her department head Anita...

JACKSON, Mich. (News 10) - A new national report shows the skilled trade workforce is aging out faster than new workers can replace it. According to a report from the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades, nearly 1 in 4 skilled trade workers are 55 or older. For every 100 workers needed in the industry, only 55 are coming through the pipeline to replace them.

With her shell cracked into numerous pieces, the mother turtle laid motionless in the road with her eggs scattered around her. That’s when Erin Hug and her daughter drove by. After spotting the injured turtle lying in the road near Battle Creek, Michigan last summer, Hug stepped in to...

At Hager Park in Georgetown Township, visitors can walk from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic — all without leaving Ottawa County. The park's sprawling relief map of the United States, complete with state lines, rivers and mountain ranges rendered in raised berms and gravel outlines, has drawn families for decades. But after more than 50 years of exposure to Michigan weather, the landmark had fallen into disrepair, until a local teenager decided to bring it back.

ROYAL OAK — When Zachary Totz tried to eat at the Sign of the Beefcarver Oct. 24, the line wrapped around the block. So the next day, the restaurant's last day serving its hand-carved roast beef, Totz arrived nearly three hours before the Sign of the Beefcarver opened at 11 a.m. to make sure he'd have a chance to eat there one last time. Totz, 37, of Warren, was young when he first ate at Sign of the Beefcarver, as he used to go with his grandmother growing up after a trip to Cranbrook or the De

DETROIT - One of the biggest Thanksgiving parades in the country is celebrating 100 years with a new museum exhibit. The 100th America’s Thanksgiving Parade will be held along Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit the morning of Thursday, November 26. “This is 100: America’s Thanksgiving Parade” exhibit is running...

NWS warns visibility could fall to a quarter-mile or less across 11 southeast Michigan counties.

Fourteen senior citizens who call the Renshaw Senior Apartments home are waiting to find out whether Clawson voters will let the city sell the building out from under them. On Nov. 3, residents of the small Oakland County city will decide a ballot question that would authorize the Clawson City Council to sell or otherwise dispose of the city-owned complex at 121 Renshaw Ave.

EATON COUNTY, Mich. (News 10) - Scammers are finding new and sophisticated ways to target mid-Michigan residents, turning to artificial intelligence and local phone spoofing to steal money, according to Eaton County Sheriff Tom Reich. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Reich alerted the community that fraudsters are calling residents...