The interstate bridge over the Menominee River was blocked after a tanker carrying industrial sludge overturned. It is now open. Watch Video

U.S. Department of Agriculture Director for Michigan James Turner today presented ceremonial checks totaling over $10 million to Houghton, Franklin Township, Calumet, Laurium, Baraga, Baraga Township, L’Anse, Richmond Township and Bay Ambulance.

The Michigan Department of Transportation is reopening the Cut River Bridge on U.S. Highway 2 in the Upper Peninsula.

The University of Michigan-Flint says it's responding to a shortage of physical therapists by increasing the number of students in its training program by 50 percent.

Police say an officer responding to a disturbance at a car wash in the Detroit suburb of Warren was slashed with a knife but is expected to recover.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have announced a $16.7 million grant to train math and science teachers for work in urban school districts in the state.

President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions.

A man charged with killing a worker and wounding five others in the Orlando engineering firm where he once worked has been denied bond.