October Student Spotlight
The grant from the federal government’s “Hardest Hit” program will be used in a dozen Michigan cities, half of them in Wayne County.
Also, Ford is adding 850 jobs at its Dearborn facilities to manufacture the mostly aluminum F-150 pickup, America’s best-selling automobile.
A bank in Ann Arbor refused to close for Columbus Day “because Columbus in Ohio.” There’s more to the rivalry than football.
Workers will build new aluminum intensive F-150 pickup, which will help the No. 2 automaker meet higher fuel-efficiency standards.
Madeline Reid, 21 months, died of the virus, which so far has sickened 25 people in the state.
World Animal Awareness Society doubts estimates of 50,000 stray dogs in Detroit, but says they’re still a problem.
October is National Bullying Awareness Month. Patch talks with a local expert on how to spot it, how to confront it and how to stop it.
Forest Fun Hike and Halloween Festival Oct. 17-18highlight the countdown to Oct. 31
The automaker was a pioneer in providing domestic partner benefits, implementing a policy in 2000.
October 5-11, 2014, Marks Annual Public Awareness Campaign on the Dangers of Fire
Do you think Michigan State University alumni are dateable? A recent survey suggests they’re not.
Analysis of data from the paid matchmaking service puts Michigan State alum in the cellar on the datability scale.
The side effects of excessive sugar intake can be even spookier than Halloween. Wellness expert offers tips without quashing ghoulish fun.
Once the Great Lakes Water Authority is in place, the suburbs will have greater say into the operation of Detroit Water and Sewerage.
Exceptional Co-Op Preschool has openings in 3,4 and K-Prep classes
The airport has had a quarantine center that has been used during bird flu, SARS and other public health scares.
“Need is often a prime driver of innovation – and Detroit needs a lot,” CNN Money said.
“This is … a nationwide epidemic,” says attorney representing several clients whose dogs were shot by police.
Three scientists share prize in chemistry for overcoming limitations in optical microscopy.
The Detroit Zoo is seeking the community’s help in naming the calf born Sept. 30.
As one local community explores ways to put the hammer down on fracking, Don't Drill the Hills prepares to go to court on related issue.
The first lady will campaign for Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters Friday. The event is free, but tickets are required.
The application for FEMA assistance for damages in the Aug. 11-13 floods is Nov. 24.
Annual event raises more than $100,000 for Detroit-based Capuchin Soup Kitchen
Most female restaurant workers who depend on tips say they’re bothered by some form of sexual harassment.
There are no active cases of Ebola in Michigan, although man who had been in West Africa and had a high fever was placed in isolation.
A man recently caught a very big fish. How big? It was so big it took to men to wrestle it into the boat – and that's no fish tale.
Lake sturgeon can live nearly 200 years, and the one two Michigan men caught may have been the grandaddy of them all.
The 6th Circuit could deliver gay marriage advocates their first defeat, prompt showdown before U.S. Supreme Court.
To strengthen parent engagement, Nexus Academy of Royal Oak, suggests three easy steps for parents to implement at home.
A western Michigan grocery clerk who has been hugging customers for 40 years fired and charged with assault and battery
Divers pulled the body of Michael Anthony Hartnett, 18, from a pond Sunday. An insulin-dependent diabetic, his father reported him missing.
Teen dies after he was electrocuted in an accident at his school; officials probing why fence had electrical current.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and some metro Detroit firefighters, EMTs and paramedics are lending a "pink" hand to the effort.
Re-reading journals isn’t cathartic. It’s pathetic. Who was that tentative, unsure woman?
The 51 turtles and hundreds of others confiscated in international smuggling ring are being cared for at Detroit Zoo.
The Oct. 8, 2014, eclipse, the second in the lunar tetrad, is also called a hunter’s moon.
Police across a dozen high-crime areas coordinated their efforts over a 15-day period in September.
Yukie Ota won the world’s heart during an unflinching performance with a butterfly perched on her forehead.