Sara Schulz

Ann Arbor is launching a new kind of municipal utility, using locally generated solar power and battery storage to give residents another option for clean energy.

The city of Eastpointe is ending its contract with Flock Safety after the police department found that two employees misused the company’s license plate reader system.

Oakland County commissioners are collecting residents’ DTE Energy bills from before and after the March rate hike to bolster their challenge to a proposed 10% increase next year.

A Detroit family is seeking help after severe storms sent a large tree crashing through the roof of their home, leaving the house unsafe to enter.

City and county officials faced pointed questions from Ypsilanti residents after a promised clearing of a homeless camp behind their homes was delayed.

When Lake Shore High School students return to class Tuesday, they’ll be walking the halls with a new rule: backpacks can’t come with them into classrooms.

Severe storms tore through metro Detroit. Prompting a local state of emergency in Detroit where Mayor Mary Sheffield said the east side had significant devastation. More than 20 old-growth trees were toppled at Gabriel Richard Park and knocked out nearly 100 traffic signals at the peak.

After spending 25 years touring as a musician, Chris Tait found a new calling: helping other artists and community members navigate recovery from addiction.

Residents on Hendricks Street on Detroit’s east side said they spent days trying to figure out what to do with two lost pigs that made themselves at home in their neighborhood.

A tribute to singer Erykah Badu went on as scheduled Monday night at Aretha’s Jazz Café, just hours after firefighters battled a fire in an office on the sixth floor of Detroit’s historic Music Hall.

A Grosse Ile officer is suing the township and the chairperson of its Police Commission, claiming she was retaliated against after reporting suspected witness intimidation and was subjected to discrimination during her career.

A Grosse Ile police officer who says she was the department’s first female detective has sued the township and the chairperson of its Police Commission, alleging she was retaliated against after reporting suspected witness intimidation and was subjected to discrimination during her career.