northern Michigan

A rare northern Michigan tornado tore through a small community on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40 others as it flipped vehicles, tore roofs from buildings and downed trees and power lines.

Kayakers on a tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan narrowly escaped injury when a large section of cliff collapsed near them into Lake Superior.

A 2-year-old girl whose family said wandered away as they prepared to leave a woodland campsite in northern Michigan has been found alive, Michigan State Police said Tuesday morning. Gabriella Roselynn Vitale was reported missing from the campsite in Oscoda County about 8:15 a.m. Monday and her pink coat was found a few hundred yards from where she was last...

Sweet Tart the cat is the newest mayor of Omena, Michigan. The feline candidate beat out another cat, 13 dogs, a goat, a peacock and a chicken in this year’s “paw-lit-ical” election.

Politics in a small northern Michigan village have gone to the cats and dogs and goats and even chickens. Omena’s newly elected mayor is a feline named Sweet Tart. Dogs Diablo Shapiro and Punkin Anderson Harder are vice mayor and second vice mayor. An election committee named Harley the goat press secretary while Penny the chicken is special assistant for...

Kelly Cochran was already serving life in prison for the murder of her ex-lover when she was sentenced once more for allegedly killing her husband. But a new docuseries chronicling the investigation into the case suggests her crimes were far more grisly than anyone anticipated. And now, the lead investigator suspects she may be a serial killer behind several other...

A Hobart, Indiana woman serving life in prison for her role in the murder of her boyfriend now stands trial in the murder of her husband, the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana reported.

Drivers are being warned about potential traffic snarls in northern Michigan on Labor Day as the Mackinac Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic during the span’s annual walk.

A test flight for a 787-8 Dreamliner took an interesting turn Wednesday. Well, it took several interesting turns.