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When they desired a smoke in the spring of 1912, gentlemen passengers aboard the new City of Detroit III sought out the vessel’s Gothic...

Of the 161 patents credited to pioneering automobile industrialist Henry Ford, a mostly forgotten and quirky one issued to him on Jan. 13, 1942,...

Last April when Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors Co., made the headline-grabbing news the company was moving its world headquarters to...

The gruesome deaths of two unarmed young men fleeing police on foot in the Grand Rapids area in April 2024 — one was pinned...

Anyone who buys prescription medications at a corner pharmacy or makes health-care decisions at a company is well aware of the costs involved. The brunt...

In their 3-acre backyard in Ludington, Kim and Richard Ambrose set up three beehives that were intended to be for their personal use. Soon...

Colleen Dickey, owner of Tessmer Book Bindery in Mount Clemens, says her shop is a treasure in itself. The business, founded by her great-grandfather, Herman...

While he was serving in the U.S. Marines, Tom Bennett pictured one day owning and operating a small farm where he could raise chickens,...

After three years in stealth mode, Troybased startup Slate Auto hosted a brand launch and revealed its compact EV pickup last April, amid officials’...

David Beattie, owner of Slot Mods in Clinton Township, typically creates elaborate, seemingly impossible, custom slot car tracks. Now, he’s helping a California car...