President of GVSU makes his case.

AP file photoOn April 17, the Pontiac Silverdome will once again open as an entertainment venue. The Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, is returning to operation as a sports and entertainment venue, bringing with it economic activity that could help to...

Unemployment is the top issue on Americans' minds in Gallup's latest poll on the most important problem facing the country.Thirty-one percent of Americans mention jobs or unemployment, significantly more than say the economy in general 24 percent , health care...

Michigan's elementary and middle school students have improved their reading scores on standardized tests, according to results released by state officials Friday.

Ann Arbor attorney Douglas Mullkoff will work with former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers on the appeal of her prison sentence following a bribery plea.

Chester Patterson, right, recently admitted he was not firing a warning shot when he killed Frederick "Rick" Tholen III.

Citizen Patriot • Jeremiah WilsonOfficers salute as the hearse carrying fallen Jackson Police Officer James Bonneau passes by on its way to the grave site on Friday afternoon in Canton Township.Friday's funeral for slain Jackson Police Officer James Bonneau was...

Citizen Patriot • Katie RauschJackson Police Department officers walk single file into St. Michael Lutheran Church to pay their respects to fallen Jackson Police Officer James Bonneau on Friday morning in Canton Township.CANTON — As hundreds of officers stood at attention...

Citizen Patriot • Jeremiah WilsonBlackman Township Public Safety Officer Darin McIntosh salutes along with other officers as the casket of fallen Jackson Police Officer James Bonneau is placed in a hearse at the conclusion of his funeral on Friday afternoon...

A video of Friday's funeral services for Jackson Police Department Officer James Bonneau....

Seven of the 42 soldiers in the 180th Transportation Co. deployed to Iraq are women.

Watch videos from an officer's Taser and listen to 911 call.

"Most cases like this are cases of greed, or avarice," her lawyer said. "I really don't think that's the situation in this case."

Some say state leaders need to either adjust the test, or the criteria for reaching the top categories. Check out how schools did.

Watch video from incident released after the Kent County prosecutor ruled no criminal charges would be filed against the police officers who used Tasers to subdue Matthew Bolick.

At the close of a graveside service for Jackson Officer James Bonneau, police officers, once standing at attention, fell out of line. They embraced each other and their families. Some wiped away tears.

State Rep. Rashida Tlaib D-Detroit on Thursday introduced legislation that would extend workers' compensation rights to illegal immigrants in Michigan.

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The trio's beachfront cabin was washed away.

Heins told an overflowing crowd of police officers from around the country, and friends and family of slain Jackson Police Officer James Bonneau the magnitude of that phone call he received Tuesday morning when he learned one of his officers had been shot.

Tom Rademacher tells story of how a woman learned she had nine siblings, a father stunned upon learning of her existence, and a birth mother who had to confess her deepest secret.

The 2010 US FIRST robotics competition kicked off this week in Michigan, with hundreds of high school teams competing in regional events that will lead to the championship in Atlanta next month.

Voters should know in a few weeks whether Michigan has a functioning government.

Seating arrangements placing congressional hopeful Steve Heacock next to an absent Vern Ehlers caused a buzz at a recent political breakfast in Grand Rapids. But Ehlers cautioned insiders not to make too much of it.

A Michigan school district accused of not doing enough to prevent the harassment of a student has been ordered to pay $800,000. Hudson Area Schools, in Lenawee County near the Ohio border, was sued by the parents of a young...