Dundee News

Herndon performed at the 1st Annual Mayfly Music Festival and returned for the 10th Anniversary.

Charles Blackmer stands on the left in front of his undertaking parlor. His son, Eddie, is stationed on the right, in front of the furniture store.

Heavy rains caused by a line of severe thunderstorms moving through metro Detroit have flooded some roadways for the evening rush hour and may have knocked out power to as many as 80,000 DTE Energy customers.

A newcomer to Miss Michigan and a preliminary talent winner, Miss Wayne County Nicole Blaszczyk won the 2009 Miss Michigan crown before a crowd of about 1,300 Saturday at the Frauenthal Theater.

Chicago's Ed Swiderski broke Jillian Harris' heart - at least a little - when he told her on 'The Bachelorette' Monday that he had to leave the show to get back to his job.

Mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of a 5-year-old girl found buried along a river after a disappearance that brought out hundreds of searchers.

UPDATED AT 11:57 A.M. - Without outward signs of trauma, figuring out how 5-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan died will prove difficult if the girl indeed was buried for two weeks in hot weather along the River Raisin, a pathologist told the Free Press.

Prayers for the safe recovery of 5-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan changed Sunday to prayers for the recovery of her family and friends from the grief that surrounds the child's disappearance and apparent homicide.

A neighborhood grocery store is offering free food and fun for families this weekend.

Barb Rothman put her arms around her husband and her chin on his shoulder as the two stood just feet from the little girl's crude waterside grave.

The man who called authorities after finding a body on the banks of the River Raisin said he and his father unknowingly sat for hours fishing from atop a concrete block not knowing it contained a body.

Action News has learned that Monroe County Sheriff's Department investigators found a child's body west of Monroe that may be the body of the missing 5-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan.

Waterpark water's piquing the interest of people who frequent area waterparks, and that's because they're wondering just how clean it is.

Members of United Auto Workers Local 723 who are laid off from Chrysler LLC's Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant in Dundee, Mich., walk through downtown Monroe yesterday to tout how they have received industry accolades for the quality of their product and to urge people to buy American-made products.

UAW local 723 members spent the morning marching the streets of downtown Monroe urging residents to buy American and buy local.

President Barack Obama is the best thing to happen to American gun and ammunition manufacturers since they invented the Defense Department.

Monroe County as a whole did fairly well on the fall MEAP test, with two districts scoring 100 percent when their results are compared to state averages.

COUNTY: Monroe HIGHWAY: M-50 over River Raisin CLOSEST CITY: Dundee ESTIMATED STARTING DATE: Thursday, March 12, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Saturday, March 14, 2009 TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS: Both directions of ...

Our other big story, a state of emergency in Dundee tonight. It's due to high waters in the area.

Flood warnings remain in effect today across parts of Lower Michigan. Areas covered by the warnings include the River Raisin in Monroe County.