Many public institutions will close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, while some private businesses will remain open. Here's what to know.

Residents across Michigan are preparing to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 20. Several events celebrating the holiday and the civil rights leader’s legacy are scheduled throughout Michigan this month.

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with this Muskegon Heights skate spot at 1775 Evanston Ave. on Monday, Jan. 20. The event is open to all, starting at $8 admission, but babies and toddlers up to 32 inches tall can enter and watch for free.

Monday has been proclaimed as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Michigan by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist.

On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, falling on Monday this year, Michigan residents hoping to run errands or conduct business may be out of luck ...

A mobile food distribution in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be held on Monday, Feb. 3 at the Dow Gardens Education Center, 2203 Eastman. The food distribution was originally scheduled for Monday,

The walls of her second-floor office at East Lansing City Hall are lined with reminders of civil rights history: pivotal moments in the fight for equality, marches, sit-ins and quotes from civil rights leader,

This past week saw Northern Michigan University honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a week full of thoughtful events that promoted community service. The full week of events was put on by the NMU Office of Diversity and Inclusion with the NMU Black Student Union.

Keynote speaker Diana Patton visited Central Michigan University to talk about Martin Luther King Jr., mindfulness, hope and coming together to bring change to the world at the Central Michigan University French Auditorium,

Many school districts have closed Thursday, Jan. 23, as snowfall continues - particularly along the lakeshore - in a weeklong winter storm.

King was born to Alberta Williams and Martin Luther King Sr. in Atlanta, in a modest two-story Queen Anne Victorian home that had been purchased by his maternal grandfather for just $3,500 20 years earlier.