Man charged with assault and battery for wiping nose on Michigan Dollar Tree employee's shirt

A 68-year-old man is facing assault and battery charges in Oakland County after police said he used a Dollar Tree employee's shirt to wipe his face when she told him he needed to wear a mask.

Court sides with Gov Whitmer in case claiming stay home order violated constitutional rights

The plaintiffs in Martinko et. al. v. Whitmer et. al. alleged that the “mandatory quarantine” imposed by the Stay Home, Stay Safe order (EO 2020-59) and the intrastate travel restrictions contained in an earlier version of the order (EO 2020-42) violate their rights to both procedural due process and substantive due process, according to a release.

Ford, General Motors recalling employees as Michigan automakers prep for reopening

Both Ford and General Motors indicated over the last week they would begin prepping their plants to reopen as the state contemplates how to jumpstart the faltering economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expects short term extension of stay home order

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said during a press conference on Wednesday that she expects a short-term extension to the Stay Home, Stay Safe order will be necessary, which is currently set to expire at the end of April.

Beaumont worker turned away 4 times with COVID-19 symptoms before dying

"The fact that she got infected by doing the job she did for 31 years and she couldn't get taken care of by her own family, meaning Beaumont it’s sad," said Corrothers. "It is disheartening to say the least."

Family says COVID-19 plasma trial may have saved Michigan man's life

A Michigan family credits an experimental plasma treatment from the Mayo Clinic's Convalescent Plasma Program to their loved one's recovery from the coronavirus.

ER nurse who died from COVID-19 'cared so much about other people' says family

Carly Ewald says her aunt was working on the frontlines, since the coronavirus hit Michigan, flooding the Henry Ford ER, where she worked since mid-March.

Grandfather walks four miles just to see newborn granddaughter through glass door

Coronavirus isn't stopping this grandfather from Michigan from walking four miles to see his newborn granddaughter, even if it's through a glass door.

Detroit mother of 4 dies from coronavirus, her brother wants others to learn from it

Omari says the 47-year-old mother of four had been sick for roughly two weeks. Her symptoms, which were complicated by asthma, became overbearing. Her family convinced her to go to the hospital.

Family of 90-year-old COVID-19 victim struggles with no goodbyes, contact

A 90-year-old woman who died of COVID-19 spent her final minutes alone due to being place on quarantine. Family members were told they were risking their lives by seeing her before she died.

Big 3 automakers will partially shut down US plants, bolster safety measures to protect workers

The UAW and the big three automakers have agreed to not close its manufacturing plants, in exchange for new safety measures and an increase in adherence to CDC recommendations on social distancing in the workplace.