LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered flags at half-staff for a portion of Monday to recognize Memorial Day. The flags will be lowered at sunrise and returned back to full staff at noon.

Michigan is suspending road work and lifting traffic restrictions for about 58% of ongoing state projects to ease congestion this holiday weekend. The state Department of Transportation (MDOT) will ...

The two leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice for Black ...

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The MHSAA boys and girls track and field regional meets take place between May 15-17. Here is the schedule and locations for ...

But it has jumped significantly in Michigan — to 5.5% in March ... the day after Inauguration Day (which was the Martin ...

In the late 1940s, the Western Michigan College Players performed ... scholarship programs that continue to this day, like the Martin Luther King Jr. Students Scholars Academy, which provides ...

By just before 2 p.m., the protesters had cleared out, but Michigan Avenue continued ... part of a service project celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, joining other Democrats in painting ...

MLK Day is a federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin ... but it wasn't until 2000 that all 50 states fully recognized it. In 1968, Michigan Rep. John Conyers introduced the first motion to make ...