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Michigan News

Detroit men die in rollover crash

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Police say a suburban Detroit man and his son were killed in a rollover crash at a community college after the man apparently suffered a medical condition while picking the teen up following classes. The SUV’s 46-year-old driver and his 18-year-old son were pronounced ...

Snyder to court: Drop Flint water charges

DETROIT (AP) — Lawyers for former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder urged a judge Tuesday to dismiss misdemeanor charges related to the Flint water crisis, a week after another judge took that step with seven other former officials. Snyder wasn’t covered by Judge Elizabeth Kelly’s decision ...

Suspect in fatal shooting at hotel near Detroit surrenders

DEARBORN — A man accused of fatally shooting a hotel clerk in suburban Detroit during a dispute over money then barricading himself inside a room has surrendered to police, authorities said. The gunman’s surrender at the Hampton Inn in Dearborn occurred shortly before 9 p.m. EDT Thursday, ...

Video shows white deputy telling Black woman he’s `blacker’

DETROIT (AP) — A white sheriff’s deputy in Michigan was reprimanded after body camera footage showed him tell a Black woman who had just been struck in the face during an altercation that he was “blacker” than she was because he’s from Detroit. The woman, Tracy Douglas, 59, of ...

Ann Arbor sends partially treated wastewater into river

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The City of Ann Arbor says an estimated 1.38 million gallons of partially treated wastewater flowed into the Huron River during maintenance Tuesday at its treatment plant. The wastewater had received all treatment except disinfection, the city announced Wednesday in ...

Groups encouraged to enroll in easement program

EAST LANSING —The U.S. Department of Agriculture encourages groups wanting to protect agricultural land to consider enrolling in its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, administered by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation ...