Downriver residents delivered June 1 letters asking prosecutors and city officials to force BASF to stop contaminated groundwater from reaching the Detroit River. Regulators and the company are refining long‑term fixes even as neighbors press for faster action.

Priority Waste named Aaron Johnson CEO and signaled TPG would take control, with officials promising capital to address months of missed pickups across Metro Detroit.

Mayor Mary Sheffield wants steep property‑tax cuts to ease Detroit’s affordability crunch, but replacing that revenue will take state action and tradeoffs. Ticket taxes, circuit breakers and budget moves are all being weighed.

Sterling Heights adopted registration, ID checks and deposit caps for crypto kiosks after hundreds of thousands in local losses. City officials are pushing lawmakers to make protections statewide.

A power failure at Ford Field postponed the Michigan girls high school flag football state championship and left teams waiting for a makeup schedule. Organizers say teams will be notified when dates are set.

A Kent County man used a $20 scratch‑off buy to hit a $2 million top prize. He took a roughly $1.3M lump sum and says he’ll buy a house and take a trip.

At the Mackinac Policy Conference, Michigan coach Dusty May said the Fab Five banners could return to Crisler Arena "sooner than later," tying the move to the team's 2026 title and a Fab Five reunion.

A dispute at an after‑prom party in Hazel Park turned into gunfire early Friday; a 20‑year‑old man was killed and a 19‑year‑old woman was wounded.

House Democrats refiled a Death With Dignity package in Lansing that would let some terminally ill Michiganders obtain life‑ending prescriptions under strict safeguards. The bills face GOP resistance and pushback from medical groups.

The Michigan Supreme Court remanded a Southfield man's 50-year sentence to the Court of Appeals, reopening review of how his sentence was calculated under state guidelines.

Red Bull’s free F1 Showrun will visit Dearborn’s Parklane Towers on July 18 with Oracle Red Bull and Racing Bulls cars, Ford vehicles and driving demos.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told Fox 2 Detroit she won't run for president in 2028, ending months of speculation and refocusing attention on Michigan's politics.

A suspected impaired driver struck an MSP cruiser at Nine Mile and Brittany in Eastpointe; the trooper was uninjured and the driver was arrested on suspicion of OWI.