Detroit Schools Finalizing Budget Proposal
The new emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools says the draft budget he's delivering to Lansing,Tuesday, is the "best" spending plan the district has proposed in more than a decade.
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The new emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools says the draft budget he's delivering to Lansing,Tuesday, is the "best" spending plan the district has proposed in more than a decade.
The city of Dearborn is -- once again -- considering closing three swimming pools this year and another three next year.
Authorities say a 62-year-old man died and his wife suffered from exposure after they became stranded for several days while riding an off-road vehicle on a muddy logging road in the U.P..
WWJ's Charlie Langton and Sandra McNeill took the question out onto the streets of Royal Oak and found mixed opinions.
Alex Avila got the game-winning double in the eighth inning Monday, with the help of the umpire ruling on fan interference.
State Police say 41-year-old Martin Kniespeck was westbound on I-94 near Nine Mile Road around 1 a.m. Tuesday when his car drove onto the left shoulder and hit an unoccupied construction vehicle.
The early snapshot is expected to show how the district plans to address its $327 million budget deficit.
A Heat Advisory will be in effect Tuesday afternoon with a high expected of 90 degrees.
Police say there was no indication of credible threats after threatening messages were discovered on a bathroom wall at Lahser High. But as a precaution, patrols will be visible around the school.
Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. He was killed in an insurgent attack that also claimed the lives of five of his comrades from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The Dexter Fire Department was called to a home on Lake Hollow Court, where firefighters were told that an 87-year-old man who had been with his daughter disappeared. The family found his body partially in the water, near their boat dock.
With the Michigan State Police soon to get involved in an investigation of the Detroit Crime Lab, some families are hoping it will help clear their loved ones who have been convicted of crimes.
Authorities say a wrong-way driver from Nebraska crashed head-on into a car on a foggy western Michigan highway, killing himself and two women in the other vehicle.
Thousands are still without power across Michigan because of Sunday's high winds and heavy rain.
