On the road again: A homeless family's search for a permanent home   Carrie Gore-Dalton and her two sons - ages 5 and 20 - were told social workers would find them emergency housing. At the time, Gore-Dalton and her boys were living in a homeless encampment in a downtown Kalamazoo park. Officials shut down the encampment, and the emergency housing never materialized. Instead, they were given a bus ticket back to Arkansas. And just like that, a year of trying to make a new life for the family in Michigan was over. MORE ►14 arrested, released after police break up Bronson Park protest

Ranking the best and worst apples in Michigan   Let's compare apples to apples, shall we? There are winners and losers in the world of fruit and we have sorted them out. Sure, this is all just a matter of opinion. But, in our opinion, we have stellar opinions! If you want to become a teacher's pet this year, you must pick the right apple. No one should be giving an educator a mealy piece of fruit. But, really, just get out there and eat some apples, Michiganders! 'Tis the season. MORE ►9 unusual heirloom apples to look for in Michigan ►This Michigan orchard grows the best apples you've never heard of

The Detroit Tigers season is done, but the misery might not be over hat The picture with this story is from a happier time, back in May when the Detroit Tigers weren't ready to admit they were as bad a team as they would end up to be. We don't mean to pile on, but as baseball fans across the country settle in to what looks to be a fantastic postseason, our Tigers were never really in the playoff discussion. Beat reporter Evan Woodbery suggests next year probably won't play out any differently. It might even be worse (record wise). Oh, well. At the end of any season, only one team is a winner. MORE ►Free agent Jose Iglesias already is saying goodbye ►22 former Tigers are on playoff teams