Gov.-elect Whitmer names cabinet members   Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday named a handful of cabinet officials, including heads of the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Transportation. As the director of the DEQ, Liesl Eichler Clark will help Whitmer tackle her first priority: clean drinking water. Paul Ajegba, as director of MDOT, will assist Whitmer as she addresses her campaign promise to "fix the damn roads." MORE ►Lawmaker denies rumor she's joining Whitmer's team

Celebrity deaths in 2018, from the famous to the notorious   Some were old-school celebrities straight out of vintage Hollywood. Others were more notorious than famous. Here is a look at the celebrities who died in 2018. The list includes President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush, who died within months of each other, as well as comic actress and director Penny Marshall, comic book genius Stan Lee and the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. MORE ►Video: 2018 celebrity deaths

Bowl season heats up for U-M, MSU and rest of Big Ten Conference hat Minnesota got the Big Ten off to a quality start during Bowl season with a win Wednesday in the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field. The rest of the conference hopes to follow suit over the next few days. (Just in case you missed it, our picks go heavy on our Big Ten friends.) By the by, Michigan plays Saturday in the Peach Bowl. Michigan State plays Monday in the Redbox Bowl. MORE ►U-M's Don Brown: 'You've got to move on' from Ohio State loss  ►MSU has one more chance to show life on offense