Gus Burns

MENOMINEE, MI -- A long-running marijuana battle in Menominee, marked by lawsuits and political infighting, is no longer frozen in a judicial stalemate.

BAD AXE, MI—Terry Kaufman was a trusted small-town funeral director who helped families prepare for the inevitable. That trust came at a steep cost.

Possessing a small amount of marijuana, even when illegal, is no longer enough to justify a warrantless vehicle search in Michigan, the state Supreme Court ruled.

LANSING, MI — During budget negotiations last year, Michigan's elected officials stunned the state's seven-year-old marijuana industry with a new 24% wholesale tax.

A 5-2 Michigan Supreme Court ruling found that possessing a civil-infraction amount of marijuana does not provide probable cause for a warrantless vehicle search.

The former middle school teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old student he tutored in 2016. Prosecutors say additional possible victims have come forward.

Matthew W. Chapin, 48, of Otisville, is newly charged with 10 counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving at least one victim younger than 13 and others between the ages of 13 and 15.

Warning: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing. The criminal investigation into former LakeVille teacher Michael W.

A former Michigan pastor sentenced in March to between 25 and 40 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing a girl he raised in his home wants his conviction overturned.

A 36-year-old lawyer who led a double life lay dead in the February 1976 snow.