Updated: 7:50 AM Close to 200 men and women from Howell's Michigan National Guard unit will be leaving Jan. 3 to go to the Middle East.

Updated: 4:37 PM The collection of social security numbers for drivers' licenses is raising concerns.

Updated: 10:15 PM While many here in Mid-Michigan are taking a break from all of the hustle and bustle others are basking in the glow of their holiday decorations, spending the night celebrating the reason for the season.

Updated: 10:33 PM The Michigan Beef Industry Commission says they stand behind the state and USDA's standards for food and animal disease prevention.

Updated: 8:06 AM F/Lt. Gary Nix, Michigan State Lansing Post Commander says he hopes to continue his agency’s streak of three consecutive holiday periods without a fatal accident.

Updated: 6:25 PM Good news for retailers as last minute shoppers fill stores across mid-Michigan.

Updated: 5:37 PM Flu activity here in Michigan is at its highest level, "widespread." Health officials warn travelers to beware when traveling this holiday season.

Updated: 8:10 AM A judge ruled that servicemen and women couldn’t be forced to receive the anthrax vaccine if they choose not to. The news could affect sales of Lansing’s Bioport to its largest client the U.S. Department of Defense.

Updated: 8:13 AM Frequent hand washing is a good way to keep from catching the flu. A recent study shows doctors don't measure up to nurses in handwashing frequency.

Updated: 10:20 PM Doctors have confirmed that Robin Williams, the little girl who died Wednesday evening, had a strain of influenza in her system. Now, a second death is being reported.

Updated: 5:46 PM Two sheriff's deputies have been cleared of any wrongdoing after a man dies during a struggle.

Updated: 5:14 PM Ingham County's Medical Examiner says a young mother was strangled to death in her apartment.

Updated: 8:48 AM Congestive heart failure is a debilitating condition that affects up to 5 million people. It leads to shortness of breath, weakness, fatigue and impaired quality of life. Medications help manage the symptoms but a new breakthrough procedure is actually fixing the failing heart.

Updated: 8:33 AM Some people rely on the weather forecast but others rely on their head, or what's going on inside. There maybe a connection between the weather and those migraine headaches people receive.

Updated: 9:16 PM A little girl is dead and nobody knows why.

Updated: 6:08 PM Can you get sick from common traditions at church?

Updated: 5:45 PM A number of law enforcement agencies came together today to kick off the statewide "You Drink and Drive. You Lose" campaign.

Updated: 4:27 PM Gov. Granholm and the state legislature have agreed on a budget deal that delays next year's income tax reduction and cuts spending another $12 million.

Updated: 7:38 AM State Legislators may be near an end to the ongoing state budget battles to erase a $930 million deficit.

Updated: 5:59 PM A local man with brain cancer gets help from co-workers and a local organization.

Updated: 5:47 PM A Mid-Michigan school is fighting a losing battle with the flu. Chippewa Middle School has one fifth of its student body absent with flu-like symptoms.

Updated: 5:16 PM AAA Michigan says the number of holiday travelers continues to slide.

Updated: 8:59 AM About a milion and a half Americans have Lupus. It causes a lot of symptoms, but if a patient's kidneys are affected they could end up needing a transplant. Now there's a new pil that could avoid this complication.

Updated: 8:39 AM Looks like people are going to see an income tax cut in a couple of weeks. But that could mean your child's school may take another big hit.

Updated: 4:00 PM Dozens of students are absent from their Okemos classrooms due to illness.