Environment

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced last week that a viral disease found in deer has been detected in Southwest Michigan.

Some cooling centers in Southwest Michigan saw high traffic during last week’s sweltering heat, but others were quiet.

Tuesday night’s tornados left some people in Kalamazoo County without a home. Some sought shelter with the American Red Cross at the Kalamazoo First Assembly of God church in Portage.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited a mobile home park in Pavilion Township Wednesday after a tornado left many without a home.

The Gun Lake Tribe has won two grants aimed at fighting climate change and building resiliency.

The loan marks a major step forward in the effort to restart the nuclear plant.

Federal regulators say the company spent $53,500 of Palisades' decommissioning fund on its effort to restart the plant, and another $3,500 on community events.

Some days this winter it’s felt more like spring. Public health experts say that means people should watch out for a certain eight-legged parasite.

Many may see Piranhas as a cornerstone of the Amazon rainforest, but special attention was brought to their more peaceful cousins during a recent presentation at Western Michigan University.

Legislation aimed at protecting a key food source for monarch caterpillars got a hearing in a state Senate committee Tuesday, Feb. 6.