The Ann Arbor News

LANSING, Mich. — Kirk Herbstreit showed up to a charity golf outing with strong ties to Michigan State on Monday, but he still got questions about the Big Ten and Michigan’s shocking win over Ohio State. The ESPN college-football analyst called the Wolverines’ 42-27 win over the Buckeyes...

ANN ARBOR – When their teams needed them most, these Ann Arbor-area softball players stepped up. No moment was too big for these standout athletes as they rose to the occasion and made an impact throughout the season in the circle. Thanks to their impressive play, several of the...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – Newlyweds Brendan and Isabel Kiel, standing on the I-196 shoulder with their bridal party, made the best of it when their rented Hummer limousine burst into flames. He recalled being in disbelief. She said: “I think we were all just laughing the whole time.”

LANSING, MI -- The Powerball jackpot is the largest it has been in several weeks as the jackpot for the drawing on Monday, June 27 is worth $346 million. The cash option for tonight’s drawing is worth an estimated $196.7 million. The jackpot could be worth more if ticket sales exceed expectations.

SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, MI – Hyundai broke ground on a new Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory (STIL) north of Ypsilanti on Monday, June 27 -- a $51.6 million investment with plans to generate more than 150 jobs. Executives from the auto company were joined by Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II...

MARQUETTE, MI – Crews are searching Lake Superior and its shoreline for a woman reported missing in Metro Detroit. The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Coast Guard are leading the search for 31-year-old Olivia Lauren Ernst, who was reported missing in Wixom on June 26. Wixom police...

The parade of storm systems stretched across the Pacific Ocean is looking like the number of floats in a dying rural festival parade. With less storms in the pipeline, rainfall could be pretty skimpy over the next week or so. Here is the satellite loop of the current storm system...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- An Ann Arbor jewelry store is set to open its new and expanded space in the coming weeks, with a grand opening to follow. Lewis Jewelers, 2000 W. Stadium Blvd., will be opening its new store at 300 S. Maple Road in mid-July. The location previously housed Quarter Bistro, which was demolished to make room for the new 25,000-square-foot development at Westgate Shopping Center.

Norm Shinkle, member of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers for more than 13 years, resigned from his post last week rather than wait for an ongoing question of whether he could remain on the board while running for the state legislature. “The issue of ‘Is it a conflict to...

ROTHBURY, MI -- Electric Forest is a place where attendees often feel empowered to let their personalities show. You can often see it in their attire, body paint or tattoos and the totems they carry. Bright colors, including lipstick, face jewels and hats, are a trademark for some. Others choose...

Michigan’s largest health system will continue to provide abortions when medically necessary despite earlier statements indicating its hospitals would follow the legal guidance of a 1931 state law that virtually bans all abortions outright. Beaumont-Spectrum Health (BHBS) announced Friday that it will follow the decades-old ban to the letter...

Michigan’s football program has its first commit in its 2024 class. Nashville (Tenn.) Ensworth four-star linebacker Mason Curtis announced his verbal pledge to the Wolverines on Monday afternoon in a post on Twitter. The 6-foot-4, 200-pounder is ranked as the No. 203 overall prospect and No. 14 linebacker nationally,...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- The former location of Chela’s Restaurant and Taqueria is about to see a new concept from a Detroit-based chef. Brad Greenhill, owner and chef of Detroit’s Takoi, will be bringing a Mediterranean concept to 307 S. Fifth Avenue in the coming months. The restaurant — which currently has the working name Spiedo, the Italian word for a roasting spit — will feature a variety of rotisserie meats and vegetables.

KENT COUNTY, MI – A Kent County man is facing several charges after he admitted to shooting numerous deer from his vehicle and abandoning them to “relieve frustration.”. Edward Trout, 29, of Cedar Springs, admitted to Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers that he illegally shot and abandoned multiple deer in Nelson and Spencer townships.

To please most people in Michigan through the Fourth of July period, the weather should be near normal. That looks like the type of weather we have coming. Near normal weather in early July gives us warm temperatures, but not sizzling hot. It also means most times of the day and night you won’t need a sweatshirt on, which is a big bummer for most Michiganders around July 4.

YPSILANTI, MI -- Matt Siegfried noticed the headstone of Pvt. Elias Rouse, a Civil War veteran from the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, while riding his bike through Ypsilanti’s Highland Cemetery. The discovery led Siegfried, an Eastern Michigan graduate and Ypsilanti resident, to research that found many African American soldiers who...

PONTIAC, MI — When the parents of the accused Oxford High School shooter go to trial, they will be doing so in their native Oakland County. And when that trial takes place, the defense plans to call the alleged teen shooter himself to testify on his parents’ behalf.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – She wanted to outlive her daughter’s killer, if only to be her voice if he ever tried to get out. Edith “Sammi” Siordia lived to be 81. She had a hard life. She lost another girl as an infant. A grandson she adored drowned just before he turned 4. In later years, her kidneys failed. She underwent dialysis three days a week.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - A current Ypsilanti City Council member hopes to unseat a three-term incumbent in the Democratic primary race for a seat on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners covering all of the City of Ypsilanti and parts of neighboring townships. Council Member Annie Somerville will go head-to-head...

DETROIT – One person is dead after a dispute between neighbors escalated into a fatal shooting as a man and woman were driving away from a Detroit apartment complex Sunday night, June 26, WDIV Local 4 reports. Detroit police arrested a suspect after the shooting happened around 11 p.m....