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Mid-Michigan flood victims and their attorney will gather Monday, May 19, outside the Midland County Courthouse to mark five years since the Edenville and Sanford dam failures — and to demand accountability from the State of Michigan.

A man’s lawsuit against the Michigan DNR after a deadly U.P. snowmobile crash is awaiting a trial date.

A jury said Thursday it could not reach a verdict, leading to a mistrial in the case of a former Grand Rapids police officer who was accused of murder after he shot and killed a man following a traffic stop three years ago.

The family of Patrick Lyoya says it will continue to fight for legal justice after a jury could not come to a verdict in the trial of the former police officer who shot him.

Attorney Ven Johnson unpacks the case against Ex-police officer Christopher Schurr on trial for the murder of Patrick Lyoya. Johnson, who represents the Lyoya family in a civil lawsuit takes a look at the role of government immunity, and why Schurr can’t use it as a legal shield.

Ven Johnson sat with the family of Patrick Lyoya on the first day of the trial. He said reliving the day Lyoya died has been “devastating” for his family.

A federal judge has determined a military veteran’s lawsuit can proceed against both the U.S. government and a federal psychiatrist on the accusations the she engaged in an improper romantic and sexual relationship with the veteran.

The trial for the former Grand Rapids police officer charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 death of Patrick Lyoya begins Monday.

 More than three years after the fatal police shooting of a Black man in western Michigan, former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr sat in court April 28 as his long-delayed trial began.