public safety

South Haven is restarting its lifeguard program following 19 drownings in Lake Michigan so far this summer. Also, a beloved Ann Arbor garden center is closing after more than 100 years of business. Then, a look back at Detroit's mayoral runs.

Updates on the stabbing of 11 people at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday. Also, the last surviving member of a widely-known family of quadruplets from Lansing has died. Then, a native Michigan author's latest book traverses parallel dimensions as the characters contend with the variants of life.

The next focus of the Michigan House could involve bills to help counties and local governments fight violent crime.

Detroit wants to expand its ShotStopper community violence intervention program with state funding.

The new monitoring system keeping Detroiters and others in Wayne County aware of what’s in the air. Also, a new security system at Eastern Michigan University looks to AI to identify gun incidents on campus. And learning to sit quietly in your own skin - with nothing on. What two Michiganders learned taking on a side job posing for life drawing classes.

From demands for auto no-fault reform to new gun laws now in effect, there's a lot to catch up on in Michigan legislature.

The bill would fine adults who knowingly send such content without prior consent.

Flint officials are also enforcing the city’s new vehicle forfeiture ordinance.

The Alert-Flint system is similar to notification programs in many other communities around Michigan and the country.

“We’re doing it because the conditions in the building are awful," insists Lansing Mayor Andy Schor.