A warm front lifting through the region is helping temperatures rebound from the 30s earlier in the day into the 60s by late evening, while also setting the stage for unsettled weather.
Clouds increase through Thursday morning as rain spreads across the region, followed by the chance for thunderstorms during the day. While the early activity is expected to remain below severe limits, conditions become more favorable for stronger storms by evening.
An Inkster family was nearly out $38,000 for damage to their deceased father’s cabin after AAA refused to cover their claim for nearly a year.
Wednesday, the first day of April, marks a noticeable shift. Cooler air settles in behind the front, with highs only reaching the mid-40s under mostly cloudy skies.
An Auburn Hills family says black mold put their kids in the hospital and at the doctor nearly a hundred times, and they say that was just one of the health nightmares they experienced inside the manufactured home they rented at Oakland Estates.
Pamela Sanford fears that a mummified body found in a Livonia creek may be her missing husband, James Sanford, who disappeared in April 2024 after leaving their Westland home without crucial medication.
A 4Warn Weather Alert has been declared for Thursday as a strong spring system moves into Southeast Michigan, bringing the potential for severe thunderstorms after a significant warmup.
An Auburn Hills manufactured home community says they’re suddenly stuck with two water bills. In addition to their personal water bill, they are being charged for a community water bill over $10,000 that they believe is due to leaks.
A blast of Arctic air is making for a bitterly cold St. Patrick’s Day across Southeast Michigan, with wind chills dropping into the single digits and teens and creating hazardous conditions for anyone spending time outdoors.
A Wind Advisory remains in effect across southeast Michigan until midnight, with southwest winds shifting to west and northwest and gusts reaching 40 to 50 mph.
The Investigators on Local 4 are working to get answers after a viral social media post showed a group of people dumping animal skins into a dumpster in Detroit.
A Novi mom said her signature was electronically signed on a contract she’d never seen, and the terms of her loan were quietly changed -- and she has been without a car for months.
A Novi mom of five has been without a car for months after she says her signature was signed electronically on a contract she’d never seen and the terms of her loan were quietly changed.
A Redford woman reached out to Local 4 about an insurance company charging premiums months after her mother’s death. Now, she’s getting a refund.
Southeast Michigan could see multiple rounds of thunderstorms from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon, with a few storms capable of becoming severe, according to the National Weather Service.
Michigan families are facing car insurance cancellations for not listing infants and toddlers on their policies, highlighting a gap in state law.
A Metro Detroit man with family currently living in Iran, just miles away from a Tehran military base bombarded and battered Saturday, is sharing his story with Local 4.
A brief surge of milder air will move into southeast Michigan to close out the workweek before colder air returns for the second half of the weekend, followed by another warming trend into next week.
After light snow moved through parts of Southeast Michigan late Tuesday night into early Wednesday, Metro Detroit is turning the corner toward a milder stretch to close the week, but winter isn’t done yet.
Michigan lawmakers are proposing new legislation in response to a series of Local 4 investigations that pulled back the curtain on how some Michigan families’ car insurance claims are getting denied and their coverage canceled because they didn’t list their kids, who don’t drive, on their policy.
WDIV-Local 4 is working on a TV special about America’s Thanksgiving Parade, and we’re looking for people with special memories or stories surrounding the Parade!
Valentine’s Day plans across Southeast Michigan are unfolding under generally quiet weather conditions Saturday night, though patchy freezing fog could develop late at night.
Dry conditions are expected to hold through the weekend, with temperatures gradually climbing each day. Highs Saturday will be around 40 degrees in Metro Detroit.
The man charged in connection with the disappearance and death of Na’Ziyah Harris pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including second-degree murder, less than two weeks before his trial was scheduled to begin.
After a stretch of cold air and occasional flurries, a gradual warming trend is setting up across Metro Detroit, bringing temperatures closer to, and eventually above, seasonal averages through the upcoming holiday weekend and into next week.
Light snow is expected to return to Southeast Michigan Thursday afternoon and continue into Friday, bringing slick travel conditions and colder air that will linger into the weekend.
It’s a desperate push to loosen confidentiality rules around Child Protective Services records in Michigan, arguing the change is necessary to prevent deaths like that of 5-year-old Ethan Belcher of Detroit.
A Cold Weather Advisory will take effect at midnight for much of Southeast Michigan and remain in place through 10 a.m. Friday, as dangerously cold wind chills develop across the region.
Dangerously cold wind chills continue across Metro Detroit as Arctic air remains in place heading into the weekend. A Cold Weather Advisory for cold wind chills remains in effect through Saturday morning, but even after the advisory expires, bitter cold will linger across the region.
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 3 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday for all of Southeast Michigan. Snow develops mainly after 3 a.m. and continues through Wednesday morning.
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Rain will mix with and change to snow Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, with the best chance for accumulating snow arriving during the evening and overnight hours.
Metro Detroit is headed for an unusually mild end to the workweek, with temperatures expected to surge to near-record levels by Friday, while cooler air lingers across the Thumb and parts of Southwestern Ontario.
After a Livonia couple was stranded in the Caribbean due to the military operation in Venezuela affecting travel, Local 4 spoke to a Royal Oak travel agent about what people should know if they are traveling to the Caribbean in the coming months.
A woman said she and her daughter were asked to leave the Detroit Rescue Mission and Ministries women and children’s shelter after she sounded the alarm on safety concerns in an anonymous interview with Local 4.
A woman living inside the Detroit Rescue Mission and Ministries women and children’s shelter says she and her daughter were asked to leave after she sounded the alarm on safety concerns in an anonymous interview with Local 4.
Another round of light snow is moving into Southeast Michigan Tuesday evening, adding to a wintry pattern that will carry through New Year’s Eve and usher in a bitterly cold start to the new year.
Several Dearborn Heights city employees were suddenly laid off on Friday morning. Impacted employees say they were told it was because the city is cutting costs.
The storm will bring widespread rain, strong to potentially damaging winds, rapidly falling temperatures, snow squalls and a risk of flash freezing, creating impacts on roads, air travel and the power infrastructure across Southeast Michigan.
A Detroit single mom and her three kids say they’ve been living among black mold for over a year. They don’t have the money to move, and her cries for help have been falling on deaf ears, until she called Local 4.
Federal authorities are no longer treating fentanyl like another street drug. They’re treating it like what they say it has become: a weapon of mass destruction.
The intersection of Telegraph and Schoolcraft roads is raising safety concerns among residents, despite showing a slight improvement in crash statistics over the past year.
Several tenants living inside a Clinton Township apartment say they’ve been without hot water for nearly two weeks. The apartment complex says the issue was fixed last week.
Bitter cold air continues to spill into Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan tonight as a strong cold front pushes through the region. A chance of light snow develops late this evening and overnight, mainly after midnight.
A round of heavy, wet snow that fell across Southeast Michigan Tuesday night and Wednesday morning is creating a new hazard as temperatures rapidly drop below freezing.
Light snow moving into Metro Detroit early Sunday will be followed by another surge of cold air, bringing slippery travel for the first half of the day and wind chills that fall below zero by late Sunday night and Monday morning.
Discipline has been recommended for three high-ranking officials with the Detroit Fire Department in a payroll fraud investigation months after the Investigators at Local 4 looked into allegations.
A winter storm is set to move into Michigan Saturday afternoon, and it is expected to drop five to eight inches of snow across much of southeast Michigan by Sunday morning.
A developing winter storm is expected to bring widespread accumulating snow Saturday afternoon through early Sunday, following a sharp drop in temperatures Friday morning.
Discipline has been recommended for three high-ranking officials with the Detroit Fire Department in a payroll fraud investigation months after the Investigators at Local 4 looked into allegations.
A quiet but chilly Sunday night will ease Metro Detroit into a busy holiday week that features rain, a sharp temperature drop and possible snow showers just in time for America’s Thanksgiving Parade on Thursday.
People living in the area around one Michigan intersection told Local 4 that it’s smelled like “raw sewage” for years.
Detroit kicks off the holiday season Friday evening with the 22nd Detroit Tree Lighting at Campus Martius Park, and the weather will cooperate. Comfortable temperatures and dry skies will welcome large crowds downtown before a colder weekend settles in across Southeast Michigan.
Mostly cloudy skies and mild November temperatures will set the stage Friday evening as an expected crowd of more than 100,000 gather for the 22nd annual Detroit Tree Lighting at Campus Martius Park.
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries refuted allegations of inadequate living conditions in their veteran housing after a report highlighted issues.
Something stinks in Macomb County and it’s described as a “raw sewage” odor. It’s something county residents and business owners have been dealing with for years.