Events from the year 2015 in Michigan. Top stories of 2015 included: * The Flint water crisis, including a declaration of emergency by Flint's mayor on December 15 and the resignation of MDEQ Director Dan Wyant on December 29 * The emergence of Detroit from the Detroit bankruptcy * The conviction of Bob Bashara in the Death of Jane Bashara * The trial of Charles Pugh for having sex with a minor * The role of two Michigan nurses in the June 24 Supreme Court decision (Obergefell v. Hodges) legalizing gay marriage * The extramarital affair (and use of taxpayer funds to cover it up) between two freshmen Tea Party legislators (Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat) * The legal battle by Richard Wershe Jr., aka "White Boy Rick", to win his freedom * Efforts to eradicate the New Zealand mud snail