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Nico Gatzaros, owner of the London Chop House and Fishbones, wants to dig a hole in the Brightmoor area of Detroit and allow people to dump there for free.
A bus driver sickout appears to be unfolding within the Detroit Department of Transportation, as several buses aren't running, leaving riders scrambling.
The summit comes on the heels of the sentencing last week of Detroit's ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and of his father Bernard Kilpatrick and contractor Bobby Ferguson.
Leland, Michigan -- near Traverse City -- has been voted as the second Best Place to Watch a Sunset in North America.
Detroit Police say two women are dead and a man is in custody after a shooting at a Detroit senior center on the city's southwest side.
Cherries, musty basement, pears, pomegranate and cat pee. All of those terms are used to describe wine and not all of them are derogatory.
One of the many things I love about the Tech Tour is that it gives me an excuse to visit Michigan's magnificent Upper Peninsula in October. Oh, and the high tech at Michigan Technological University, too.
Michigan Technological University has a track record of amazing presentations on the Tech Tour. It didn't disappoint this year either.
Do you know a young professional in metro Detroit with the talent and vision of a future leader? Wayne State University would like you to nominate this person for a 2014-15 Marshall Memorial Fellowship -- a three-week opportunity to explore politics, business, innovation and culture in Europe.
Michigan's agribusiness sector is filled with innovators. Many tools and inventions could be scaled up for greater economic and industry impact. That's the mission of the Sprout Lab, sponsored by Grand Valley State University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Saginaw Valley State University.
Merit Professional Learning is offering two project management courses in November. Each course is ideal for those seeking a career in project management or wishing to brush up on their management skills.
Rediscovery of a long-forgotten mineral deposit located under two West Michigan counties is set to spark a new multibillion industry in Michigan that will quickly position the state as the nation's leading source for a critical agricultural tool that is in demand internationally. Potash -- potassium chloride -- is an essential plant nutrient and critical ingredient in fertilizer. Currently mined in only three locations in the nation, supplies are dwindling and prices skyrocketing. Now, one of the highest-quality potash ore deposits in the world has been identified below the surface of West Michigan. The discovery was made by using the treasure trove of geologic data that is housed at Western Michigan University's Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education. The result of the rediscovery, say geologists, will be the introduction of a new industry in Michigan worth as much as $65 billion, easily surpassing the state's historical oil and gas production revenues and triggering explosive job growth in Osceola and Mecosta counties. "This is conceivably one of Michigan's most valuable resources," said Theodore A. Pagano, a potash geologist, engineer and general manager of Michigan Potash Co. LLC. That firm now controls the rediscovered potassium ore reserve called the Borgen Bed that lies under more than 14,500 acres in the two counties. His company has worked quietly over the past three years to ensure the reserve could be technically, economically and logistically put into production and compete head to head with the New Mexico and western Canadian mines that are now the major North American sources of potash. "This is the United States' only shovel-ready potash project," Pagano said. "Michigan is New Mexico untapped. What we're looking at is the introduction of an industry that is critical to the economic health of the state. We'll be producing a Michigan product for Michigan farmers that would dramatically reduce the expensive transport costs on the more than 300,000 tons of potash consumed in our state annually." Verification of the quality and amount of the potash in the Borgen Bed was done by using core samples provided by WMU geologists under the direction of Dr. William B. Harrison III, professor emeritus of geosciences and director of his department's Geological Repository for Research and Education, which is also now the permanent home to the Michigan Geological Survey. In 2008, Harrison and his wife, Linda, an administrator with the repository, came into possession of geologic core samples collected in the early 1980s when a Canadian company was prospecting for potash in Michigan. That company established a mine and small processing plant in Michigan but pulled back from fully commercializing the deposit. Over the years, changing business plans and corporate mergers pushed the Michigan operation into the background, and mineral leases for the area lapsed. The sample cores came to WMU by chance and were added into the University's statewide collection of core samples. "Without Bill and Linda Harrison, Michigan and the United States would be without the rediscovery of a multi-billion dollar potash deposit," said Pagano, adding that he learned through industry sources that the Harrisons might be able to help him in his quest to define the scope and quality of the Borgen Bed. Potash is found in just a few areas once covered by inland seas. The seas evaporated and the potassium and sodium chloride deposits crystallized into potash ore and were covered by successive layers of rock and soil. The Michigan deposit, WMU's Harrison said, is the purest and highest-grade potash being produced globally -- 600 percent higher than that being produced in New Mexico's vast Permian Basin. It is also twice the grade of deposits found in Canada and Russia, the two nations that control more than 80 percent of the world's potash reserve. "One of the things that makes this so valuable is that it is an incredibly rich deposit that is in easy reach of the enormous demand from Midwest corn and soybean farmers who operate within a 500-mile radius of this deposit." Harrison said. "This is an opportunity for new wealth to come from the use of natural resources never tapped before." This Spotlight feature is sponsored by Western Michigan University. More at www.wmich.edu.
Big changes are coming to a heavily-traveled roadway in Southfield. It's part of what city officials are calling the Evergreen Road Improvement Project.
Detroit Police Officer Patrick Hill had been hospitalized since April 2nd, after he was wounded during the shootout with a murder suspect.
Fire officials are investigating after a man was injured in an Ann Arbor house explosion Monday morning. CBS News Detroit's Jordan Burrows gives the latest updates from the scene.
The Michigan State Spartans celebrated a weekend of commencement ceremonies.
Families poured in to check out this Michigan treasure.
The City of Detroit's Easter Fun Fest returns to provide families an opportunity to not only get outside and be active, but ring in the holiday with some fun.
Mixed media artist Donald Calloway has been creating art in some form or fashion most of his life. His art studio takes you on a journey, as his creative collection of his art runs the gamut.
Soon after a positive test, Dorfman found himself hospitalized, on a ventilator and in a medically induced coma.
It has been 12 days since anyone has seen Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker. Now, a Facebook live video conversation has surfaced where Kelly is seen talking with three men about coming to Detroit only two days before he went missing.
A Plymouth man's cancer diagnosis hit the reset button on how he lived his life. Since then, he and his family have been giving back to others facing the same struggles.
The Sphinx organization gives a platform to Black and Latinx performers of all ages.
