Courts

Was the denial of a permit for a youth ministry in a small northern Michigan town a zoning issue or an act of religious bias? That's the central question in a new federal lawsuit out of Leland Township.

A former Michigan State University physician accused of sexual assault is now being held at the Ingham County Jail.

Four people were injured, which shut down the bridge for roughly five hours on Wednesday. The suspect is Redane Smith, a 28-year-old male seasonal worker from Jamaica.

An Ingham County judge put the corruption trial of a former Michigan House speaker Lee Chatfield on hold Monday.

Opponents are going to court in hopes of blocking a controversial $50 million grant Michigan awarded in August to fund construction of a Canadian company’s copper mine in the western Upper Peninsula.

The township says the Christian group didn’t meet the zoning criteria, but Youth For Christ called it religious discrimination.

When popular band director John Stanley Ross left Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000, he wrote a letter attributing his departure to personal reasons. Until recently, Ross's true reason for leaving has been unknown to the public. His story is a part of a larger phenomenon called "pass the harasser."

A ballot question to tighten Michigan’s voter ID and registration laws barely missed its chance to get before voters Monday.The Michigan Board of State Canvassers refused to certify the proposed constitutional amendment to the November ballot. That’s after several of the petition signatures the campaign turned in were called into question.

The outcome of this case was determined by the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines, which have not been updated in decades, and some say it's time for a change.

The report commissioned by Interlochen Center for the Arts details some 70 incidents of sexual abuse dating back to the 1950s. District Attorney Noelle Moeggenburg confirmed that she's looking into the cases that "may still be prosecuted."