Southeast Michigan letter carriers join nationwide food drive
Communities across the country, including in Southeast Michigan, are doing their part to help people struggling with hunger. Letter carriers collected food donations on Saturday.
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Communities across the country, including in Southeast Michigan, are doing their part to help people struggling with hunger. Letter carriers collected food donations on Saturday.
Service organizations in Metro Detroit are banding together to help feed people in need.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced state funding allocation to Food Bank Council of Michigan, while the legislature works on a plan to temporarily fund SNAP benefits for state residents.
Nearly a month into the shutdown, food banks across the country are already straining to meet rising demand. Now, they are bracing for an even bigger surge.
State officials will direct $4.5 million to Food Bank Council of Michigan to help fill in the gaps as SNAP funding runs out.
In late March, the USDA announced it was canceling $4.3 million worth of food shipments to food banks in Michigan. The impact on one food bank in Washtenaw County will be noticeable as USDA food had been 30% of their total distribution.
Officials said Food Gatherers is now turning to the county, the city and local philanthropists to fill in that gap.
Changes in agriculture in the federal government are being felt here in Michigan.
The Redford Union School District has launched a new program offering laundry services and essential foods for underserved families.
The annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive in Macomb County is reported to have collected more than 126,000 pounds of food.
In 2022, Food Gatherers distributed 7.8 million pounds of food to community members in need.
For every point the Pistons score at home games, Kroger will donate a pound of food to Gleaners Community Food Bank.
Extra SNAP benefits are estimated to have kept 4.2 million people out of poverty.
The Michigan National Guard has received a request to aid Food Banks in four communities across the state, including Ann Arbor, Comstock Park, Flint, and Pontiac. Approximately 10 Michigan National Guard members will be serving at each site.
One in five metro Detroiters are not getting enough food to eat each day.
Consumers Energy and several mechanical contractors made the holidays a little brighter for 10 Michigan-based food banks and homeless shelters.
Area food banks and other places that help the hungry could be getting busier soon, as the state's lifetime welfare limits take effect Saturday.
Charter cable and data is making a $35,000 donation to a statewide network of food banks during the toughest time of the year for hurting families -- holidays and winter
Video shows the moments a baby was tossed by its mother from a burning home and caught by a Kalamazoo officer.
About seven acres in Southeast Michigan, known as the unincorporated community of Hell, has been listed for sale.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
The $1.776 billion fund, which is part of the agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Dept., is to be used to compensate those who claim that the government weaponized the legal system against them.
Michigan State University's board approved a new ethics policy 5-3 that lays out consequences for trustees who do not comply, with at least one trustee refusing to sign it and calling it a potential tool for retaliation.
About seven acres in Southeast Michigan, known as the unincorporated community of Hell, has been listed for sale.
Some parts of two Huron-Clinton Metroparks in Metro Detroit remain off-limits to the public due to storm damage.
Residents in Detroit said they are fed up with teens swarming downtown Detroit every weekend. Many are now calling on the city of Detroit to change the curfew after a 14-year-old was shot in the chest.
Authorities say the gunshot wound does not appear to be life-threatening. An investigation is ongoing.
Video shows the moments a baby was tossed by its mother from a burning home and caught by a Kalamazoo officer.
From classic cruisers to new memories still being made, the Woodward Dream Cruise remains a celebration of Michigan's automotive culture.
If you are planning a road trip for Memorial Day weekend, remember that the cost of gas this year is noticeably higher than last year.
Michigan is demanding repayment of $35 million from the American Center for Mobility, a key player in autonomous vehicle development.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Washington, D.C., by Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman John Moolenaar would prohibit the importation, manufacture or sale of Chinese cars in the United States.
Michigan's average diesel price on Sunday is $6 — the highest ever recorded by the American Automobile Association.
The three commemorative posters are designed by a featured artist representing one of the three distinct art fairs that come together as one.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
With summer not far behind, the city of Detroit is preparing for the highly anticipated 2026 Ford Fireworks next month.
Motown may be Detroit's most famous sound, but it's far from the only one.
Gene Simmons visited Detroit Rock City to celebrate the grand opening of a restaurant co-founded by him and his Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley.
The $1.776 billion fund, which is part of the agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Dept., is to be used to compensate those who claim that the government weaponized the legal system against them.
Michigan State University's board approved a new ethics policy 5-3 that lays out consequences for trustees who do not comply, with at least one trustee refusing to sign it and calling it a potential tool for retaliation.
The Supreme Court's term is set to end around the end of June, with decisions on birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans and gun rights still to come.
Two House members from opposite parties introduced legislation that would revoke federal retirement benefits from current or former members of Congress convicted of sexual assault, trafficking, or exploitation of minors — and redirect those funds to victims.
Buyers can still find lower-cost homes in some midsize cities, especially across the Rust Belt and Sun Belt, a new analysis finds.
Officials say 21 cases were reported in the state, with 29% of those cases among children.
Michigan has $176 million in opioid settlement funds sitting unused in local government accounts.
Two Michigan health systems and Detroit Public Schools are getting $86.4 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for costs that were needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Teen tobacco use in Michigan is rising again, prompting calls for increased prevention spending.
Eastern Michigan University's Esports program is bringing back its summer camps for students, which run through August.
Tarik Skubal's multi-million dollar pitching arm feels better than it has all season.
José Ramírez homered and hit a two-run double on a 3-for-4 night, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the reeling Detroit Tigers 8-2.
Sunday's win at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, is only his second PGA tour victory, after winning the 2024 Wyndham Championship.
The Detroit Tigers were defeated by the Blue Jays 4-1 on Sunday after Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and scored twice, and Kevin Gausman pitched six shutout innings.
This week on Michigan Matters, the roundtable talks about the governor's race and the impact of former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
The roundtable discusses the impact of rising gas prices and friction at the federal level with Canada and the U.S., and how it affects tourism.
Life Directions has been helping guide and mentor young people in Detroit.
Robert Costa, the award-winning national correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and chief Washington analyst for CBS News, talks about Michigan's role in this critical midterm election.
Diallo Smith, CEO of Detroit nonprofit Life Remodeled, talks about its new opportunity hub on the east side of Detroit called Anchor Detroit.
Video captures the moments a mother tosses her baby from a burning home to a police officer in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Hell, Michigan, is a small town located in Putnam Township near Pinckney, Dexter and Hamburg in Livingston County. The multi-parcel property spanning more than 7 acres is selling for $625,000.
When President Trump and the Justice Department settled the president's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department over the leak of his tax returns, the terms included the creation of a $1.7+ billion "anti-weaponization fund."
A woman fell into an open manhole after exiting her car in New York City, and died as a result of her injuries. The cover had come off after another vehicle passed through the area. CBS News has this report.
More than 13,000 people were given evacuation orders as the Sandy Fire grew in Simi Valley, California.