IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One of the women on Donald Trump's short list to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court got her first taste of politics as a college student stuffing envelopes for Democrat Joe Biden's 1988 presidential run. But, by 1996, Joan L. Larsen was volunteering ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Health officials are searching for answers after coronavirus cases linked to Michigan State University students and staff rose to more than 1,200. "I'm kind of feeling like I'm running out of tools in my toolbox. I'll find some more," said Linda Vail, Ingham County ...

DETROIT (AP) — Wendy Caldwell-Liddell is tired of waiting for change in Detroit. The nation's largest Black-majority city has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and its ensuing economic fallout. More than 14,200 COVID-19 cases and 1,500 deaths have been confirmed in the city. So ...

DETROIT (AP) — The Republican-controlled Legislature is seeking to intervene in a major court decision that will allow Michigan absentee ballots to be counted days after the election. The House and Senate want to join the case and appeal the decision. Absentee ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A SUV carrying six teenagers was traveling at more than 100 mph in suburban Detroit before the vehicle jumped a curb and crashed in a wooded area, killing two, police said Monday. The chief in Southfield offered details about the Friday night crash involving ...

MASON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan resident’s apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one election official. The resident put a toilet on their lawn with a sign that says, “Place mail in ballots here.” Barb Byrum, the Democratic clerk of Ingham County, ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her use of emergency powers to manage the pandemic is not unique and she worries that efforts to take away her unilateral authority, if successful, could lead coronavirus cases to spike to dangerous levels in Michigan. The Democrat locked down the state ...

ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A small plane crashed Saturday shortly after takeoff in western Michigan, killing two people aboard, authorities said. The Ottawa County sheriff's office responded around 6:30 a.m. to an area near Ottawa Executive Airport in Zeeland Township. The victims ...

LANSING (AP) — A judge on Friday cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan, saying envelopes postmarked by the eve of the Nov. 3 election are eligible, even if they show up days later. The decision is significant in a state that is anticipating waves of absentee ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Ingham County health officials have identified 11 more large houses near Michigan State University's campus where there are known exposures to the COVID-19 virus. The health department has ordered residents in those houses to quarantine for the next two ...

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — An 85-year-old man was stabbed to death inside a southern Michigan supermarket, but his attacker was unable to flee because a witness held him at gunpoint until the police arrived. The victim was stabbed multiple times in the head and neck Wednesday afternoon at a ...

LANSING (AP) — President Donald Trump called Michigan's top election official a "Trump Hater" Thursday after the state mistakenly created overseas absentee ballots that didn't list Vice President Mike Pence. The ballots instead paired Trump, a Republican, with Jeremy "Spike" Cohen of the ...

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — People convicted of crimes will continue to pay millions of dollars a year to keep the lights on in Michigan courts, along with other operating costs, under a law signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer signed a two-year extension ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Graduate students who teach at the University of Michigan returned to classes Thursday after voting to end a strike. The Graduate Employees’ Organization, which represents about 2,000 students who teach or assist, said it achieved “critical progress” on child ...

AUBURN, Ind. (AP) — A Michigan couple and an Indiana man have been identified as the three people killed in a seven-vehicle pileup on a northeastern Indiana highway, police said Thursday. Dale Eugene Lowe, 81, and his wife, Jean Elsie Lowe, 72, of Charlotte, Michigan, both died from their ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly possessing child sexually abusive material. The post reported that on Wednesday, troopers received a request to assist the South Dakota Criminal Investigations Division ...

LANSING (AP) — President Donald Trump ... and "Spike?" Local election clerks in Michigan downloading absentee ballots for residents overseas were given ballots that listed Trump's Republican running mate as Jeremy Cohen, who is the Libertarian Party candidate for vice president, the ...

ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) — Students at Grand Valley State University were ordered Wednesday to hunker down for two weeks due to a spike in coronavirus cases linked to the western Michigan campus. There have been more than 600 cases of COVID-19 among students since Aug. 23, with the majority ...

RAPID RIVER — Two people were injured in a Tuesday morning accident in Rapid River, the Michigan State Police Gladstone Post reported. Police said that at about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, troopers responded to the area of U.S. 2 and U.S. 41 on a report a two-vehicle crash. Information received ...

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer agreed to a budget framework this week, saying there will be no cuts to K-12 schools or municipalities despite the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on tax revenues. The deal came 17 days ...