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  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn selects Mike Esseily as new superintendent

Nargis Rahman May 7, 2026

Dearborn Public Schools has a new superintendent. After several rounds of interviews, the school board chose Mike Esseily to lead the district...

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  • Culture & Music
  • Secondary

Don Was receives honorary degree from Wayne State University

WDET Digital Team May 7, 2026

Celebrated producer, musician and WDET host Don Was is being honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters by Wayne State...

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  • Auto
  • Crossing the Lines
  • Featured
  • News

Crossing the Lines: Automakers fueled growth in Highland Park then left it running on financial fumes

Quinn Klinefelter May 7, 2026

In the early 20th Century Ford and Chrysler operated extensive facilities in Highland Park, helping its population grow to more...

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Dave Woodward
  • Secondary
  • The Metro

The Metro: The meeting that launched a recall campaign, and what Dave Woodward says now

Robyn Vincent, The Metro May 7, 2026

Last month, hundreds of Oakland County residents packed a Pontiac meeting room. They came to speak against a proposal that...

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  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit gains professional women’s hockey team

Jerome Vaughn May 6, 2026

Hockeytown is getting a new team.  Officials from Ilitch Sports and Entertainment announced today that Detroit is getting a Professional Women’s Hockey League...

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  • The Metro

The Metro: World renowned Mariachi Vargas to perform at Detroit Opera House

Cary Junior II, The Metro May 6, 2026

This weekend Detroit will experience a legendary performance. The Detroit Opera house is hosting Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan on Saturday,...

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  • Jobs & the Economy
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  • The Metro

The Metro: This trucking company owner worries about price hikes — but not the war causing them

Sam Corey, The Metro May 6, 2026

High fuel costs are impacting everyone. One industry is being hit particularly hard.  Truckers are seeing costs skyrocket as diesel...

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  • Immigration
  • News

Meet a Baldwin resident who visits ICE detention every week

Claire Keenan-Kurgan May 6, 2026

For the nearly 1,500 immigration detainees at North Lake Processing Center, the large ICE detention facility in Baldwin in northern...

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  • The Metro

The Metro: The people of Saline vs. Big Tech

Robyn Vincent, The Metro May 5, 2026

One of the largest data center projects in the country is happening in Michigan, in the small farming community of...

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  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police and fire departments look for more information on Huntington Place arsonist

Sascha Raiyn May 5, 2026

The Detroit police and fire departments have released a video of a man who started a fire inside Huntington Place...

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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: New music from Soulwax, Dry Cleaning, Gabrielle Cavassa

Ryan Patrick Hooper May 5, 2026

Starting off slow and mellow with tracks from Swamp Dogg, Herbert and Gabrielle Cavassa—who will be performing this year at...

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  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • The Metro

The Metro: Why the push to recall Dave Woodward is about more than one person

Sam Corey, The Metro May 5, 2026

Many look at our politics and feel powerless. But they often skip over the decisions that are happening in their...

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