By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SARA BURNETT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats will be in charge of Michigan’s state government for the first time in nearly 40 years come January, raising progressive hopes of undoing decades of Republican-backed measures and advancing an ...

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — The body of a southern Michigan doctor who vanished last week after leaving work has been found in a frozen pond near his home, police said. Divers found Dr. Bolek Payan’s body early Tuesday afternoon after holes were cut in the ice-covered pond near Payan’s Leoni ...

ISHPEMING — An Ishpeming man was lodged in the Marquette County Jail following a standoff Tuesday evening in the city of Ishpeming. According to the Ishpeming Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Angeline Street for a domestic assault complaint involving the ...

GRAND RAPIDS — A Delaware trucker described as an architect of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced Wednesday to more than 19 years in prison — the longest term yet given to anyone convicted in the plot. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Barry Croft Jr., ...

GRAND RAPIDS — The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat and blow up a bridge to ease an escape. Adam Fox’s sentence is the longest of anyone convicted in the plot so far, though ...

LANSING — Building a water workforce through education and career pathways; advancing technology, scientific research, and data sharing; and protecting vital ecosystems are major focus areas in Michigan’s newly released 2022 State of the Great Lakes report.  The Office of the Great Lakes ...