A mother of eight received a heart transplant at the University of Michigan Health on her 48th birthday after years of living with a failing heart. Skip to main content.

Today, Michigan is the 10th most populous state in the U.S. It is home to more than 11,000 inland lakes and is the only state made up of two peninsulas, featuring 3,288 miles of Great Lakes shoreline.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michiganders are celebrating the day their home became the 26th state. On Jan. 26, 1837, an act was signed by Congress admitting Michigan into the union. Of course ...