High water levels are wreaking havoc in the Great Lakes, swamping communities

Rita Alton has an unusual morning routine these days: Wake up. Get dressed. Go outside to see if her house is closer to tumbling down an 80-foot (24.4-meter) cliff into Lake Michigan.

Man returns $43,000 he found in couch he bought from Michigan thrift store

Howard Kirby got the surprise of his life last month when he found over $43,000 in cash inside a couch he'd purchased at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso, Michigan.

Son, 7, dies when suspected drunk dad hits light pole in Clinton Twp

A 7-year-old boy was killed when his father, who police believe was drunk, drove through an intersection and crashed into a utility pole head-on in Clinton Township early Sunday morning.

Michigan man uses battle ax to fight off home intruder

A Michigan man whose hobbies include ritualized combat with replica weapons from the Middle Ages says he wielded a battle ax he calls "my baby" to fend off an intruder.