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Michigan City police want to add Flock cameras to high-traffic areas
1+ week, 2+ day ago (465+ words) The Michigan City Police Department is asking for Flock cameras to be added in some high-traffic areas of the city, despite national controversy surrounding the technology. Assistant Police Chief Kyle Shiparski presented the Michigan City Common Council with the department’s…...
Two Grand Rapids homicides in one week due to gun violence
1+ week, 3+ day ago (84+ words) Police have identified a man who was killed in a Grand Rapids shooting, with this death marking the fourth killing due to gun violence in the city since the end of July and the second just this past week. (Sept....
Michigan reaches $1.2M settlement with woman who accused ex-staffer of sexual assault
1+ week, 4+ day ago (531+ words) LaTroy Lewis, a graduate assistant at Michigan in 2024, was fired by the Atlanta Falcons in February. Matt Pendleton / Imagn Images The University of Michigan reached a $1.2 million settlement last month with a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by…...
Grand Rapids neighbors share concerns about Flock cameras
2+ week, 4+ day ago (42+ words) The city of Grand Rapids is taking a look at its use of automated license plate reader cameras. (August 25, 2026)... The city of Grand Rapids is taking a look at its use of automated license plate reader cameras. (August 25, 2026)...
Michigan AG releases Flint water crisis report, says final accountability step her office can take
2+ week, 4+ day ago (435+ words) By JACQUELINE GANUN and DAVID COLLINS Nessel, a Democrat in her final term, said the report is meant to be a thorough public account of the criminal investigation, and she regretted that the details were never presented in court to…...
‘They Know His Situation’: A Woman Intervened as Walmart Personnel Restrained a Man With a Disability Outside a Michigan Store
2+ week, 5+ day ago (343+ words) Outside a Walmart in Michigan, a bystander is seen intervening as store personnel physically restrain.a man who bystanders described as having a disability. The video was captured by bystander Anitra Raspberry outside the Walmart Supercenter in Big Rapids and…...
NY school guard who groomed 11-year-old Michigan girl online sentenced
3+ week, 5+ day ago (404+ words) A former elementary school security guard from New York has been sentenced in west Michigan to 30 years in prison for sexually grooming an 11-year-old Petosky girl online by pretending to be her age and swapping virtual pets in a video…...
Shootings in Michigan leave 5 people plus suspect dead following large-scale search
4+ week, 1+ day ago (246+ words) A series of shootings in Michigan left five people plus a suspect dead Friday, police said, following an extensive search around two homes and a wooded area. Officers responded just before noon to reports of a shooting at a home…...