The Chelsea Alehouse Brewery opened Thursday in Chelsea's Clocktower complex, Chelsea Patch reported. Chris Martinson stands in front of a glass wall that separates the brewing and drinking areas at Chelsea Alehouse Brewery. Janet Miller | AnnArbor.com file photo Chelsea Alehouse is the city's first microbrewery, and its opening comes after years of research and planning. Owner Chris Martinson... Full story »

Retired Detroit science teacher Lenora Ashford is participating in research that involves using stem cells to repair damaged heart cells after a cardiac arrest.  Full story »

The state's largest health insurer is back encouraging action on legislation enabling its restructuring after Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed it. Full story »

The 500e -- the Auburn Hills-based automaker's first all-electric vehicle -- achieved a combined 116 miles per gallon equivalent with 122 MPGe city and 108 MPGe highway. Full story »

What a well-designed internship program can do for your business. Full story »

Statewide, prices are averaging $3.24. Full story »

Following a diesel-filled lineup in Los Angeles, Audi is coming to Detroit with speed, and the top down. Audi of America has confirmed that the 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet and re-freshened 2014 Audi R8 lineup will debut later this month at the 2013 North American international Auto Show in Detroit. Full story »

Following a marathon lame duck session where a flurry of bills were passed by the Michigan Legislature, state lawmakers are preparing for the start of a new legislative session. Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican-led Legislature have done a tremendous amount of work over the last two years catering to the business community — reforming the state tax code... Full story »

Workers at the Milan Automotive Components Holdings LLC plant in Milan (now Inergy) take "mules" off the line where bumper covers are made. The MEDC hopes its new program will encourage a new generation to embrace manufacturing as a career. Robert Chase | Ann Arbor News The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has been focused on closing the "skills gap"... Full story »

The most popular Grand Rapids business stories on MLive during the past week. Full story »

Tucked into the federal law steering the national economy away from the "fiscal cliff" is a renewal of a tax credit that could benefit those who make biodiesel, a Genesee County company that builds biodiesel machines and Michigan soybean farmers. Full story »

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials hoped to start the new year with an operational overhaul that included ending its tax-exempt status, changing how it's regulated and transforming itself from a charitable trust to a customer-owned nonprofit. Instead, they're beginning 2013 doing what they did in the final months of 2012: Lobbying state lawmakers and the governor to... Full story »

Ellis, whose retirement at the end of the month will end his 35-year career with the Air Zoo, has helped transform that small collection of planes into a more than 120,000-square-foot facility that is just as much a theme park as it is a museum. Full story »

Other panaceas: High technology. Biotechnology. Information technology.  Full story »