SEC proxy filings show Rocket’s 2025 median worker pay at about $112,820 while UWM’s 2024 median sits near $43,349 — a striking split among Metro Detroit mortgage employers. The gap reflects different pay mixes and reporting choices.

UAW Local 1700 will hold a strike‑authorization vote May 7–8 at Stellantis' Sterling Heights Ram plant amid complaints about outsourced skilled trades.

Ferndale mainstay Drifter Coffee will close Sunday after expansion plans stalled and mounting costs forced the decision.

Michigan State Police say a 39-year-old Osseo woman died after a handgun discharged inside a pickup on Greenly Street. Detectives are investigating and say there is no public threat.

Ann Arbor-based Esperion agreed to be acquired by ARCHIMED for $3.16 per share plus potential milestone payments, valuing the firm up to $1.1 billion.

Federal filings show a loose front-seat pivot bolt prompted a recall covering about 179,698 Ford Broncos and Rangers; dealers will fix affected seats free of charge.

A Roseville mother was arraigned on two misdemeanor child‑abuse counts after videos circulated online. Prosecutors say the footage prompted the investigation and bond was set at $50,000.

A 28-year-old Southfield woman was stabbed twice and crashed her SUV outside the Oxley Apartments; a 24-year-old suspect is in custody.

SMART will offer year‑round free rides to K–12 and college students across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties; riders need only show a school ID. The program begins May 1.

A federal judge in Detroit gave Aerian Porter-Craig 210 months after prosecutors say she sold fentanyl‑laced cocaine that killed three Grosse Pointe Woods residents.

A Pontiac restaurateur says he was duped into donating to a bogus "2026 Camp Explosion" appeal; Oakland County deputies warn the same woman has hit other businesses.

Construction starts May 4 on a $10M pedestrian tunnel under Northland Drive, closing a key gap in the Grand River Greenway and linking local trails.

A Grosse Pointe mother is urging federal prosecutors to step in after state officials declined to press criminal charges in her son’s 2019 Snapchat‑recorded overdose, even after a $75M civil verdict.