Michigan News

Western Michigan University's governing body has voted to raise tuition and fees 5.7% for in-state students attending the Kalamazoo school.

State legislators may soon decide whether to change Michigan election laws to speed up the voting process for military troops serving overseas by allowing local clerks to transmit absentee ballots via e-mail or fax.

In today's column , I have a little fun with some friends of Michigan who had words for me after Spring Hill, Tenn.

Re-enactors from the 3rd Michigan Infantry, of Grand Rapids, fire a volley at the Civil War Trail marker dedication at the Tate Farm in Hunterstown on Thursday morning.

Lawmakers in Ohio aren't the only ones taking a proactive approach to livestock care standards.

As America celebrates Independence Day this weekend, the world's greatest riders and the most prestigious motocross series on the planet come together again to provide racing on live network television.

Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson says clerks from Michigan's three largest counties will gather in suburban Detroit to propose fixes to what she calls the state's "broken" military voting system.

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL James and Jennifer Brand, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

Lansing -- The swine flu has claimed two other Michigan residents, putting the state's death toll at seven, according to state health officials.

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved adding new fees to monthly bills for customers of 40 municipal utilities in the state.

Dozens of sex offenders -- and some from Mid-Michigan -- were mistakenly released from prison, prompting police to re-arrest them.

Virginia Commonwealth University President Eugene P. Trani's 19-year tenure as leader of the state's largest university is ending.

Michigan jurors will be instructed not to use cell phones or other electronic devices at trial or during deliberations except during breaks.

When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.

The state of Michigan says it's working with France to take new steps to finally determine if a northern Lake Michigan shipwreck is the Griffin, which sank while loaded with furs 330 years ago.

Pleasantview Township -- A northwestern Lower Michigan sheriff says a masked man pulled a handgun on a night worker at the Boyne Highlands resort, then escaped with more than $21,000 from the office.

Union leaders at General Motors' manufacturing plant in Spring Hill say they see a future for the facility despite losing out on producing a new small car model to a plant in Michigan.

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Dan and Melinda Cameron, of Kalamazoo, a son. Fran and Chris Czuk, of Portage, a daughter.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent a letter Monday to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger formally offering to house - for a fee - some of the Golden State's prison inmates.

The Obama administration says it has named Michigan Racing Commissioner Christine White as state executive director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency.