Nearly two dozen Lapeer businesses go full Stars Hollow October 16 and 17, with Hep Alien bandmates Todd Lowe and John Cabrera headlining a ticketed church concert.

Downtown Utica shuts down Auburn Road Saturday for Halloween festivities, and merchants say the crowds keep coming back all year.

City attorneys call glue traps “the single most inhumane wildlife control product available” as Ann Arbor eyes a ban with fines up to $500.

A Detroit mutual-aid group says it got the news by voicemail — now it's fighting to save the wooden shelter protecting its community fridge.

Leaders at the North End grocery say a $20,000-to-$30,000 weekly shortfall is eating into reserves, but the store insists it isn't closing.

John and Susan Hagen spent months repairing sagging floors before rebranding the 1925 cottage as The Hoffa House.

April Shaw, 16, once wasn't expected to live this long. Now she's flying over Oakland County thanks to a Berkley nonprofit.

Public Allies Detroit returns with a $16,000 pitch contest at TechTown, plus a year of free coaching for winners.

The Community Resource Collective's new hub on Saginaw Street bundles recovery coaching, housing help and crisis-navigation services.

A restored pond, sensory gardens and a school-pride mural now greet 450 Osborn students at the Detroit high school.

Trinity Park residents in Livonia face rent hikes of up to $163 a month, with few other senior housing options nearby.

Superheroes and grandmothers alike joined the state's largest autism gathering in Royal Oak, as fundraising props up services state budget cuts put at risk.

Downtown Northville expects 25,000 visitors this weekend as the 37-year-old festival mixes parades with a historic Mill Race Village duck race.