Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Four Charged in Death of 5-Year-Old Michigan Boy in Oxygen Chamber Explosion
Mar 13 2025 // Four people have been charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was “incinerated” inside a pressurized oxygen chamber that exploded at a suburban Detroit medical facility, Michigan’s attorney general...
AM Best Places Michigan’s Wolverine Mutual Under Review With Positive Implications
Mar 13 2025 // AM Best has placed under review with positive implications the Financial Strength Rating of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “b” (Marginal) of Wolverine Mutual Insurance...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Michigan’s Hastings
Mar 10 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of “a+”...
Court Rules Against Michigan Gardener Whose Organic Lawn Was Destroyed
Mar 10 2025 // A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover lawn was destroyed by a man spraying herbicide — at the wrong address. Marilyn Mack reported...
Michigan Man Sentenced in Million-Dollar Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 26 2025 // A man from Detroit, Michigan was sentenced last week for his role in a multi-state, million-dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the U.S. government and the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Michigan’s Hastings
Feb 25 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of “a+”...
Court Reduces Verdict for Michigan Gardener Whose Organic Lawn Was Destroyed
Feb 24 2025 // A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover lawn was destroyed by a man spraying herbicide — at the wrong address. Marilyn Mack reported...
Engineering Company to Pay $53M to Settle Flint, Michigan Water Lawsuits
Feb 24 2025 // An engineering company said Friday it has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that alleged some blame for lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a decade ago. The deal by Veolia North America...
Michigan Insurer In Talks to Settle Lawsuits Over Fired Workers and COVID-19 Vaccine
Feb 18 2025 // A major Michigan insurance company is in talks to possibly settle more than 100 lawsuits by employees who were fired after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, court records show. The disclosure comes three months...
Judge Tosses Opera Singer’s Lawsuit Against the University of Michigan Over Firing
Feb 12 2025 // A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an acclaimed opera singer who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct. David Daniels waited too long to sue the university, U.S....
Michigan DIFS Advocates for Careers in the Insurance Industry as Part of Careers Month
Feb 11 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is highlighting in-demand jobs available to Michiganders in the insurance field as part of Insurance Careers Month. More than 73,000 Michiganders work in...
Child Killed in Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion at Michigan Medical Facility
Feb 3 2025 // A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility. The hyperbaric chamber explosion occurred about 8 a.m. at the Oxford Center in...
Risk Strategies Acquires Michigan’s Comprehensive Benefits, Gabrielson Insurance
Jan 30 2025 // Risk Strategies announced the acquisition of Comprehensive Benefits, Inc. and Gabrielson Insurance & Financial Services, both located in the Greater Detroit area. The joint acquisition preserves an established working...
Michigan Joins Multistate Enforcement Action Against Block, Inc.
Jan 29 2025 // Michigan joined 47 state financial regulatory agencies in a coordinated enforcement action against Block, Inc., for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws that safeguard the financial...
Uncertainty Looms for Michigan’s EV Industry Amid Federal Policy Changes
Jan 28 2025 // While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry last week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan, a state retooling from America’s most recognizable auto hub to...
Michigan Adult Care Company to Pay $170K in EEOC Lawsuit
Jan 21 2025 // PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, will pay $170,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission...
Michigan Little Caesars Franchisee to Pay $26K in Child Labor Violations
Jan 16 2025 // A Farmington Hills, Michigan Little Caesars restaurant employed minors in violation of federal child labor regulations by assigning them to operating dangerous equipment such as dough mixers and ovens and allowing three...
Dozens of Vehicles Broken Into During Michigan Basketball Game
Jan 15 2025 // More than two dozen vehicles in a high school parking lot had their windows smashed and were broken into during a men’s college basketball game at nearby University of Michigan. Ann Arbor police said the break-ins...
Michigan Taco Restaurant Owner Ordered to Pay $823K in Back Wages
Dec 23 2024 // A federal court has ordered the owner of three West Michigan taco restaurants to pay 177 workers a total of $823,326 after the court granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s request for summary judgment, concluding...
Michigan DIFS Urges Residents to Review Policies Amid Winter Risks
Dec 11 2024 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is urging residents to review their auto, home, and renters’ insurance policies to ensure they fully understand their coverage and have a plan to pay...
