Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Utility Denies Flooding Claims from 2021 Storm
Jul 21 2022 // A Detroit-area water utility said Tuesday that it will deny flooding claims stemming from a damaging storm last summer based on an independent review that found the flooding was caused by the amount of rainfall and not a...
Michigan Construction Worker Fatally Struck by Bulldozer
Jul 18 2022 // A construction worker in suburban Detroit died last Friday after a bulldozer struck him, police said. A man was standing outside his dump truck around 11 a.m. while a bulldozer moved pieces of concrete that had been broken...
Blown Tire Caused Fatal Crash at Michigan Air Show
Jul 12 2022 // The father of the jet engine-powered semitruck driver who died during a performance at a southwestern Michigan air show said last Tuesday that the truck burst into flames after a blown tire ruptured the fuel tank. Chris...
Worker Dies at Western Michigan Plant
Jul 11 2022 // A worker died in an accident July 7 at a Gerber Products Co. plant in western Michigan, parent company Nestle said. The employee was working on repairs to a production line when the accident occurred around 2 p.m., the...
Michigan Shop That Sold Gun in School Shooting Named in Suit
Jul 11 2022 // The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people. The complaint filed last week in...
Michigan Fire Damaged Hotel, Other Buildings
Jun 24 2022 // A hotel was among several businesses damaged as a fire swept through part of the downtown of a northern Oakland County, Michigan, village. Dozens of firefighters from area departments battled the blaze which started about...
Michigan Resident Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Prosecution
Jun 23 2022 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced that a Plainwell resident was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to comply with future court-ordered restitution for submitting roughly...
Family of Michigan Jail Inmate Who Died Settles Suit For $2.4 Million
Jun 9 2022 // A Detroit-area county and a health care provider have agreed to a $2.45 million settlement with the family of a man who died while in jail for a minor driving offense. David Stojcevski, 32, suffered serious withdrawals...
Segal Acquires Michigan’s Union Services Agency
Jun 8 2022 // Segal, a benefits and HR consulting firm, has acquired Bayview Insurance Group d/b/a Union Services Agency (USA), a Michigan-based insurance brokerage firm. The brokerage has focused on serving the insurance needs of labor...
Michigan Senior Living Center Loses Appeal Over Woman’s Death
Jun 6 2022 // The Michigan Supreme Court last week reinstated a lawsuit against a senior living center where an 89-year-old woman was locked out in cold weather and died a few weeks later. In a 4-2 order, the court said Independence...
Michigan Egg Producer to Pay $175,000 Over EEOC Lawsuit
May 31 2022 // Konos, Inc., a Michigan-based egg producer, will pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...
Rare Northern Michigan Tornado Kills 2, Injures More than 40
May 23 2022 // Roofs and walls on a busy business stretch were turned to tangled rubble. Mobile homes were destroyed. Tornadoes are so uncommon in northern Michigan that Gaylord doesn’t have a siren system to warn people about...
Northern Michigan Wildfire 98% Contained
May 19 2022 // A wildfire in a heavily forested area of northern Michigan is now 98% contained and all road closures in the area have been lifted, state officials said Tuesday. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said a stretch...
Alera Group Acquires West Michigan Insurance
May 19 2022 // Alera Group acquired West Michigan Insurance Inc., a Property & Casualty insurance agency based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with office locations in Shelby, Michigan, and Hart, Michigan. Founded in 1924, West Michigan...
Ex-Central Michigan Coach Wins Appeal Over Defamation Claims Against ESPN
May 18 2022 // A Michigan court has reinstated a lawsuit by a former college gymnastics coach who claims he was defamed on Twitter by an ESPN reporter linking him to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar and a controversial coach. The 3-0...
Michigan Governor: Last of $400 Auto Refunds Issued
May 11 2022 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced this week that auto insurers should have issued the last of $400 per eligible vehicle insurance refunds by May 9 and that any residents who have not received their refund should...
Report: Michigan 2020 Dam Failures Were ‘Preventable’
May 6 2022 // The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was “foreseeable and preventable,” resulting from errors and miscalculations over nearly a century, an expert...
EEOC Sues Michigan Foods Company Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
May 2 2022 // Eden Foods, Inc., an organic foods company headquartered in Clinton, Michigan that claims to be the premier natural foods company in the Americas, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to repeated sexual...
Dairy Processor to Pay $79,000 Over Disability Discrimination Suit at Michigan Location
Apr 20 2022 // Agropur, Inc., a dairy processor and U.S. subsidiary of Canadian-based Agropur Cooperative, will pay $79,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Michigan’s Manufacturing Technology Mutual
Apr 19 2022 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Manufacturing Technology Mutual Insurance Company based in Novi, Michigan. The...
