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A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado.
2024-05-7

A federal judge in Michigan, United States, sentences a man to 16 years in prison for plotting to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. The man was also convicted of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction.
2022-12-27

Two men are found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction for use in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge.
2022-08-23

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces that Michigan will build an electrified road to charge wireless vehicles, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.
2021-09-21

Michigan begins tighter restrictions on public face mask usage, including $500 fines for refusal to wear one and the potential loss of business licenses for failure to enforce their usage.
2020-07-13

Michigan becomes the fourth state in the U.S. to pass 5,000 deaths from COVID-19. The state has 5,017 reported deaths and 52,350 total cases.
2020-05-19

Michigan becomes the first state in the United States to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes, which the state government says are marketed towards children.
2019-09-4

General Motors announces it will cease production at the Oshawa Car Assembly in Oshawa, Lordstown Assembly in Lordstown, Ohio, and the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit. Two transmission plants, the Baltimore Transmission in Baltimore and the Warren Transmission in Warren, Michigan, are also expected to stop production.
2018-11-26

At least three people die, including the shooter, in a shooting at the Berrien County courthouse in the U.S. state of Michigan.
2016-07-11