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Marijuana once again found in railcars of new Fords shipped to Midwest

June 1, 2019 at 2:03 a.m.

Ford employees on Wednesday found 277 pounds of marijuana in railroad cars used to ship new Ford vehicles from Mexico to metro Detroit, authorities said. The rail-cars had been unloaded...

Michigan's Short's Brewing has sold a 20 percent stake of Lagunitas, which is headquartered in Chicago and Petaluma, Calif.

Lagunitas buys 20 percent stake in Michigan’s Short’s Brewing Co.

June 3, 2018 at 3:59 a.m.

Short's Brewing Co., which until last year used the slogan "Michigan only, Michigan forever," announced Wednesday that it sold a 19.99 percent stake to Lagunitas Brewing Co. But since Lagunitas,...

Billionaire Dan Gilbert apologizes for Detroit billboard: ‘We screwed up’

June 3, 2018 at 4:58 a.m.

A Sunday-night Facebook post signed by billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert announced that his organization "screwed up badly" when posting a sign in downtown Detroit that said, "See Detroit like we...

Another doctor, wife charged with female genital mutilation in Michigan

August 21, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

For the second time in a week, authorities have charged a Detroit-area doctor with breaking a federal genital mutilation law, this time arresting a suburban physician and his wife for...

Police and rescue workers at the scene after multiple bicyclists were struck by a vehicle in a deadly crash June 7, 2016, in Copper Township, Mich.

Kalamazoo reels after 2nd horror in 4 months

August 21, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

Dubbed the "Chain Gang," an informal group of bicyclists in their 40s to 70s pedaled off for their weekly ride. It started at 6 p.m., every Tuesday: a tradition the...

Flint’s only brewery: Drink unleaded beer, help kids

June 11, 2018 at 5:46 a.m.

Flint's only microbrewery encourages people to come in and drink up: The water's lead-free, and there's documentation to prove it, according to Tenacity Brewing's owners. The brewery "always tested our...

Woman charged with murder in death of newborn at work

June 24, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

A young office worker put her newborn son into a sealed plastic bag and hid him in a desk drawer after giving birth in a toilet stall at a Redford...

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