Updated: 5:49 PM The Michigan State Police and the National Guard are joining forces. The two groups say they're now better prepared to fight weapons of mass destruction.

Updated: 8:46 PM The Bush administration dropped the federal terrorism alert level one step, to yellow.

Updated: 10:01 AM In less than three years since it was first detected in New, York the West Nile virus has almost been detected in every state.

Updated: 9:56 AM Some of your health problems could be caused by your cavities, that's what one dentist says after seeing improvements in some of his patients after removing the mercury fillings in their teeth.

Updated: 8:06 PM Fire investigators are still trying to find the cause of Wednesday night's church fire at the Doors of Healing Tabernacle Church in Lansing.

Updated: 10:35 AM Most of us have spent the summer nights as children chasing and catching fireflies. Now, scientists are using the chemicals that make fireflies glow in high-tech cancer research.

Updated: 8:46 AM A lot of people think Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD only affects kids. But doctors say adults can have it too. ADHD involves trouble concentrating, paying attention and/or acting restless.

Updated: 7:28 PM Two weeks after a Waverly Middle School student died trying to cross St. Joe Highway, school administrators are taking action.

Updated: 5:39 PM A probable link between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Dementia.

Updated: 4:48 PM President Bush signed a bill on Wednesday that offers $330 billion in tax breaks to families, businesses and investors and $20 billion in state aid.

Updated: 4:08 PM The 110th Security Forces Squadron, back from Operation Iraqi Freedom, spent Wednesday afternoon with students from Springport Elementary School.

Updated: 9:41 AM About 100 protesters showed up on the lawn of the Ingham County Court House in Mason to voice their disgust over the county continuing to sell dogs from its shelter to medical research.

Updated: 6:43 PM Barricades are going up in the Genesee neighborhood in Lansing. It's an effort to reduce crime.

Updated: 5:35 PM As the school year comes to a close, the Lansing School District attributes the truancy program for better school attendance.

Updated: 9:35 AM Stores shelves have scores of new allergy medications this year. The problem is how to sort out which ones will work for us.

Updated: 8:55 AM The hottest fast food alternative to a hamburger and fries may be those healthy looking salads but you may find something surprising when checking out those nutrition labels.

Updated: 8:55 AM Memorial day was extra special this year for several mid-Michigan families who have service men and women overseas.

Updated: 9:46 AM Veterans of Foreign War Post membership could see an increase in the coming months.

Updated: 9:48 AM It's one year later and the memories of Memorial Day are still engraved in the hearts and minds of Potterville residents.

Updated: 10:27 PM Two fatal car accidents have been reported so far during the Memorial Day weekend.

Updated: 10:21 PM Some area businesses will either be closed or have reduced hours on Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Updated: 7:45 PM A house fire that fire officials believe started in the kitchen destroys a home in Lansing, leaving a family of five without a home.

Updated: 7:40 PM In order to save the school money and pay for the increasing costs of equipment and transportation, officials at Jackson High School say they may have to start charging student athletes $25 per sport next year.

Updated: 6:09 PM Many took time Saturday to remember soldiers who died in service, in a number of memorial services across Lansing.

Updated: 6:32 PM A 56-year-old Jackson woman is charged with 62 felony counts in connection with the embezzlement of $1.5 million from AAA Michigan.