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July 10, 2009: The new General Motors Company began operations today with a new corporate structure, a stronger balance sheet, and a renewed commitment to make the customer the center of everything the new GM does.

Police arrest a motorist for assault and battery after Alpena officers say he tried to punch another driver.

The rapid succession of home-based business signs cropping up in Livingston County shows some residents are taking financial matters into their own hands.

The Department of Natural Resources today announced that portions of the Old State House Off-Road Vehicle Trail and Route in Iosco County will be closed.

Unprotected text: We investigate if sending messages on your phone while driving is more LOL than OMFG.

MI Department of Agriculture Proposes Bovine TB Zonal ChangesMichigancattle and bison owners will be impacted by boundary changes Lansing - Michigan's bovine Tuberculosis eradication project partners will host public meetings to provide information on the proposed zonal boundary changes in cities throughout Northern Lower Michigan's Modified ...

The YMCA is offering up a free week of summer camp for the first 150 kids whose parents are unemployed or serving in the military.

Most Michigan state government offices, including local Secretary of State and MichiganWorks! offices, will be closed due to the state budget crisis on the following days: Vital public health and safety services like State Police road patrols, correctional facilities, psychiatric hospitals, veteran's homes and youth facilities will not be impacted.

June 18, 2009 - Comments F How bad was the Month of MAY for Michigan?A After seeing April leap to 12.9% unemployment you'd probably guess somewhere around 13.3% unemployment or an increase of +.4%.A You would be wrong by +.8%. Michigan's unemployment level has now escalated from a Depression to a level best described now as a "State of Emergency."A ...

With Michigan staring at another gaping budget hole next year, there's only one question: Will we raise taxes again? You betcha.

U.S. scientists say they have found evidence of human activity on a 9,000-year-old land bridge now located more than 100-feet deep in Lake Huron.

Story updated at 8 a.m. Deputies have released Thomas Township Trustee Timothy Ader from the Iosco County Jail after prosecutors charged him with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The search for a missing Tawas woman has ended. The body of 81-year-old Emma Ruth Nichols was found today just before 5 p.m. Thursday, according to Iosco County Central Dispatch.

They didn't have caps and gowns Monday, but 60 graduates hope to have something others won't -- jobs making movies in Michigan.

Michigan's Summer Free Fishing Weekend is scheduled for June 13-14. On that weekend, residents and non-residents can fish without a license , though all other fishing regulations apply, a state Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman said in a news release.

A third Muskegon County resident has tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, county health officials confirmed Thursday.

A new name for Detroit's weakened auto giant GM is making the rounds, sometimes with irony, sometimes with dread, suggested by the deepest Washington industrial intervention in a half-century. The Obama administration is planting itself at the wheel of General Motors with a major ownership stake - and all that goes with it for the U.S. taxpayer.

May is Older Americans Month, a great time to bring attention to the issues that impact older adults and create community-wide opportunities to help older Americans improve their quality of life.

Thanks once again to all the generous people who donated more than $500 for poppies this month of May.

Michigan officials are hoping to double the amount of fish-gulping cormorants they can shoot and kill in the Great Lakes.