Michigan

The Michigan Supreme Court has left in place a lower court ruling that awards possession of a frozen embryo to the ex-husband as the final act in a divorce case.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s appointment of Michigan Supreme Court Justice-designate Noah Hood might have been more consequential if it flipped the high court’s majority. But that’s not the case. Rather, it takes the court from a majority of Democratic Party-affiliated justices to a 6-1 super majority. Why it matters. Plus, President Trump will visit Macomb County next week for a rally highlighting the first 100 days of his second administration.

Mourning dove. Squirrel. Goldenrod. What do they have in common? Somewhere in Michigan, someone hates them.

The SS Badger Lake Michigan car ferry is set to travel to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on April 29 for essential repairs before the start of the sailing season on May […]

Got seedlings? Upgrade their containers before their final move into the garden a few weeks from now.

This week on the Up North Lowdown, we’ll meet the host of a new podcast from Classical IPR called Intermezzo ... plus OUR host Ed Ronco goes on stage in Traverse City and dies. But on purpose.

A U.S. subsidiary of the Swedish defense company Saab announced its plans to build last year. The facility will take up about 60 acres in an industrial park south of Grayling.

Workers first discovered the spill last week. Remediation work is ongoing.

Tomorrow, the school's Native American Student Organization will host its annual graduation pow wow, open to the public.

State and federal authorities are assessing damage to private property this week in 12 counties in northern Michigan.

In local arts news this week, we explore Classical IPR’s new podcast through the lens of humor. And then there’s a murder, a fictional one.

Sugar maples recover better than most species, according to a researcher at the University of Vermont.