In Ottawa County, deer crashes are up nearly 22 percent in recent years. On Monday, Nov. 6, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office responded to 15 deer-involved crashes in one night. During November, that’s normal for the area.
New apps and smart locks from Amazon and Walmart that let retailers deliver packages inside your house or apartment -- even putting groceries in your refrigerator -- with a digital code while you are away raise liability questions and could raise home insurance rates, experts warn.
An insurance company is seeking reimbursement for money it paid for damages to a tractor-trailer that were allegedly caused by a low-hanging communications wire.
A trio of new Dodge Challenger SRT Demons were destroyed in a hellacious blaze while they were being shipped to their owners, but all three will be resurrected.
At least three children were killed and six other people were critically injured after a driver in a pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn buggy early Sunday in central Michigan, officials said.
Retailer Meijer Inc said it was recalling packaged vegetables in six U.S. states because of possible contamination from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can cause fatal food poisoning in young children, pregnant women and elderly or frail people.
Brazen thieves swiped the wheels and tires from seven new Explorers and one Expedition, leaving the vehicles on landscaping bricks in the lot at Galesburg Ford near Kalamazoo. "I was very upset. You feel helpless," dealership owner Bill Dorrance said.
A recall on papayas has been expanded to three brands, with more recalls possible, after the Food and Drug Administration narrowed in on the source of a salmonella outbreak that has been blamed for at least one death and has sickened over 100 more dating back to May.
"The alarm went off. I opened the door to check and found there was smoke.” Nearly 200 people were forced to evacuate an eight story high rise after a fire erupted in a top floor apartment. Now all wondering when they will be able to go back home.
The driver of a red pickup appeared to be drunk, according to witnesses who called 911, as he sped erratically through Kalamazoo County in June 2016. Before police could catch up to him, the driver plowed into a group of bicyclists on a rural road, killing five of them in a crash that would make international headlines.
The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against 412 people, including 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their roles in what Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling the largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history.
According to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), Michigan boasted the country’s largest decrease in the amount of opioids prescribed for workers’ compensation claims between 2009 and 2015. In total, the amount fell by 37 percent, and the WCRI claims it is due to amendments of Workers’ Compensation Health Care Services rules and fee schedule.
Between 11% and 18% of injured workers in 15 states do not return to work within a year of their accident, a range that is in line with previous studies, according to reports released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
Detroit -- by a wide margin -- has the highest auto insurance rates in the U.S., according to a nationwide analysis of rates. Brooklyn, New York and New Orleans followed Detroit on the list compiled by CarInsurance.com, a quote-comparison website.
