DETROIT (AP) — In a boom, a low rumble and a vibrating crash, the looming smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator whose stench sickened and angered Detroit residents for decades came down in a controlled implosion Sunday morning. Reducing the smokestack to rubble is almost the final ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking proposals for food safety education and training as part of the annual Food Safety Education Fund grant program. The grant cycle for 2023-2024 runs from Oct. 1, through Sept. 30, ...

By Journal Staff DETROIT— Sunday, at the Motor City Pride parade, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order establishing Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Commission. The commission will address issues facing Michigan’s LGTBQ+ community, according to a release. Among the issues that the ...

By ED WHITE Associated Press LANSING — Robert Holmes Bell, a federal judge for 30 years whose trials included one that led to a rare death sentence in Michigan, has died. He was 79. Bell died Thursday, Michelle Benham, the court’s chief deputy clerk, said Friday. A cause was not ...

DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s extensive charging network beginning early next year. In addition, GM will adopt Tesla’s connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station. GM joins Ford in shifting its ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Michigan State University said it will use approximately $300,000 in donations to create a memorial to honor students who were killed or wounded in a mass shooting in February. The permanent memorial, to be “planned through a meaningful, respectful and collaborative ...