GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury in Michigan started its deliberations Monday in the trial of four men accused of designing a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The jury picked a leader Friday and went home for the weekend, following hours of closing arguments from lawyers on the 15th day of trial. […]

An undercover agent who posed as an explosives expert ready to help those involved in the alleged plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer testified Monday that he met with the defendants briefly, detailing conversations that showed their intent to obtain explosives. FBI Special Agent Timothy Bates testified that his role […]

Teenage Defensive Driving is a 5-hour program aimed at the teenager. The curriculum includes 4 hours of hands-on training and 1 hour of online instruction. The areas covered in class and reinforced during practical exercises are: Defensive driving Skid control Serpentine Controlled braking Evasive maneuvering Confined area maneuvering Off road […]

LANSING, MICH. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared March 20-26 as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) is calling on residents to take action by participating in a voluntary statewide tornado drill at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23. “Last summer […]

LANSING, Mich. ­- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. Friday, March 18, weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways from the Michigan/Indiana and Michigan/Ohio state lines north to and including […]

It was a year ago this month when Michigan fish and wildlife regulators caught wind that aquarium moss balls sold in a Washington state pet shop were infested with zebra mussels, an invasive species that has decimated Great Lakes ecosystems. Within a day, Corporal Nick Torsky and his fellow Michigan […]

Spring in Northern Michigan marks the return of the maple syrup season. For many this is the first opportunity to get back into the woods after a long winter. There is a lot of debate over the origins of maple tapping, but the practice goes back to indigenous culture where […]

ST. IGNACE, Mich. ­- Kim Nowack, Mackinac Bridge director, has been named Woman of the Year by the Michigan Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS). The award “honors a woman who is an outstanding role model and has contributed to the advancement of women and minorities in transportation.” The award was presented to […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signaled Friday she will veto Republican-sponsored legislation that would freeze Michigan’s 27-cents-per-gallon gasoline and diesel taxes for six months amid high prices at the pump. The Democratic governor has instead called on Congress to pause the federal 18-cents-a-gallon gas tax and 24-cent diesel tax. Whitmer […]

Diane Postler-Slattery, CEO and president of the University of Michigan Health-affiliated MyMichigan Health, died Tuesday evening following a plane crash in northwest Florida, the health system announced. She was 62.  Postler-Slattery and her husband, Don, who also was killed, were believed to have been on board a single-engine Cessna 182 that went missing […]