By Journal Staff LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday filed an emergency application for leave to appeal in the Ontonagon County Circuit Court and requested a stay of enforcement against the parole of Paul Gauthier, 70, who last resided in Ontonagon. The state ...

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of kidnaping a Lansing toddler was arrested Monday in suburban Detroit but the girl was not with him, police said. Authorities were searching for 2-year-old Wynter Smith, a Black child with braided hair who was wearing a white shirt with ...

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fireworks explosion in western Michigan killed one woman left nine other people with injuries ranging from critical to minor, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said. The explosion happened Monday, but a news release from the department did not say ...

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan county has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit by a sheriff’s officer who said he suffered on the job, especially after secretly recording a sheriff making insulting remarks about women and minorities. Steve Rand, who was Jackson County ...

LANSING — People who are sexually assaulted under the guise of medical treatment in Michigan will be further protected when coming forward, and their abusers will receive stricter punishments under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The long-sought changes to Michigan’s ...

By Journal Staff LANSING — Grant proposals for community tree-planting projects are being accepted by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the 2023 DTE Energy Foundation partnership grant program. This program supports tree planting projects in DTE Energy’s service area that ...