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Michigan's two largest utilities said about 20,000 customers still without electricity around Lansing should have service restored by Sunday night.

Megan and Tristian Stephens' wedding memories will forever be entangled with the limbs and debris that rained down after a violent storm.

"This tree has been a problem for a long time," said neighbor Dorothy Armstrong about the tree that fell on Vernita Payne's home and killed her.

The National Weather Service confirmed seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan during the late-night thunderstorms earlier this week.

"We're asking customers to be patient," BWL General Manager Dick Peffley said. "Restoration times are going down, not up."

An 18-year-old male from Mason who deputies said was driving the vehicle was transported to Sparrow Hospital with serious injuries.

The men being prosecuted are Eric Molitor, 39, of Cadillac and twins Michael and William Null, 41, of Plainwell and Shelbyville.

A section of Interstate 96 between Williamston and Webberville has been reopened, according to an alert from Ingham County emergency officials.

DeWitt's Padgett Park Natural Area has wide, well kept trails, a dog park and picnic area with bathrooms.

An environmental group is launching a survey after the discovery of more than 100 scooters under a single bridge on Michigan State University's campus.