Annual survey offers a chance for families to enjoy nature. Also, did you know a frog’s tongue isn’t attached to the back of its mouth?
There are oodles of family friendly activities going on in southeast Michigan this weekend. Here are a few of them.
Maj. Rodger Jackson of Macomb County honored for service as command surgeon.
Something unexpected happened when a 7-year-old came home from school wiping tears from the glasses he’d been excited about days before.
In a dizzying two days since a reporter told of man’s 21-mile walk to work, strangers give $225,000+ – enough for a car, house and garage.
A Michigan boy has never had a haircut. When he turns 5 on Valentine’s Day, he’ll share his mane to put a smile on some other kids’ faces.
Dave Brown figured his buddy had died from injuries he suffered in Vietnam in 1968. For many years, Roger Watson was closer than he thought.
An anonymous donor is dusting a metro Detroit community with $1,000 donations that allow them to continue doing good works.
Mayor says he’ll make good on his promise if $1,000 is raised for pet adoption event, but there’s no way he will wear a tutu.
Three scientists share prize in chemistry for overcoming limitations in optical microscopy.
Two Henry Ford Cardiac Rehab physiologists helped a Warren man who had a heart attack 37,000 feet over Milwaukee earlier this month.
A volunteer named Mary Young proved she still is – young, that is. But she wasn’t the youngest person helping with Floods of 2014 cleanup.
Michigan Community Services Commission is mobilizing volunteers, including veterans with team Rubicon and youths with AmeriCorps.
The girl who was disfigured during an attack by a pet raccoon when she was 3 is going back on the ‘Today’ show.
More than 1,000 people raised $27,600 in three months to help Michigan man get surgery he hopes will allow him to lead a normal life.
“Mighty Girl” is expected to thrive after a “very tricky” operation to open an artery to her walnut-sized heart.
The movie, in stores July 22, is about a real-life boy who says he went to Heaven and met Jesus during surgery. We spoke with the family behind the film about how it can help start a discussion in your town.
Patch readers told us who the "Everyday Inspirations" in their communities are, and we're sharing their stories and the work they've done locally.
A dog rescuers have named Olive was spooked as she roamed around an abandoned home for days with her head stuck in a jar, but now she’s ready for adoption through the Michigan Humane Society.
"It's all my Christmases rolled into one," says Marine vet.
A 3-year-old heart transplant survivor will get to ride on a fire truck, tour a firehouse and wear a badge on the 30th anniversary of the first wish granted in the United States to child with a life-threatening medical condition.
A New York woman is so good at bargain shopping that she's used her skills to donate groceries and other goods to charity. Learn how you can follow her lead locally.
As a part of our "Everyday Inspirations" series, we look at how children across the country are making big impacts locally.
After losing three people close to her in eight months, Edie Elkan picked up a harp for the first time in 28 years. Now she runs a program training others to play the instrument for patients in hospitals.
When the fund was set up a decade ago by a humanitarian donor who chose to remain anonymous, he was clear “that it didn’t have a perpetual shelf life,” an archdiocesan official says.
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Who says the punishment always has to fit the crime?
Christian Bucks’ idea to foster friendship spreads to 32 states—and counting.
City considers proposal for one-year trial period.
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Here's our roundup of the most uplifting and feel-good stories from Patch towns across the country.
Check out some of this week's top community contributions from the area.
Fifty turkey experts will answer questions on meal prep and turkey emergencies this holiday season.
It's not on the menu, but customers can give baristas a special recipe that will produce a drink similar to the beverage enjoyed by the fictional witches and wizards from the Harry Potter books.