Sterling Heights to Create New PTSD Treatments for Police Officers and Firefighters
The Wayne State University Physician Group is working with the city of Sterling Heights to help firefighters and police officers...
Marissa Gawel is a reporter in WDET’s newsroom. She originally joined the station as an intern after working for a social media start-up in San Francisco.
Marissa grew up in Grosse Pointe and then graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in International Studies and German. She’s worked as a cherry picker, photographer, chakra adviser, magazine editor, and innkeeper.
Ford Engineers Working to Keep Spiders from Interfering with Fuel Vapor Lines
Courtesy of Ford Ford Motor Company is working to keep spiders from damaging vehicles with the development of a new...
Greenfield Village to Recreate Detroit’s World’s Base Ball Tournament of 1867 this Weekend
Greenfield Village is hosting a throwback baseball tournament this weekend. Modeled off the World’s Base Ball Tournament of 1867 in Detroit, 16...
Sterling Heights Becoming a ‘Purple Heart City’
Sterling Heights has adopted a resolution to become a Purple Heart City. In honor of the oldest military award in US...
DTE Energy Beginning Work on Solar Panel Field in Romulus
DTE Energy is growing its renewable energy resources with a new solar array. The utility is installing almost 3,000 solar...
GM Investing $877 Million in Flint Assembly Plant
General Motors’ Flint Assembly Plant is getting a new body shop. The automaker has announced it’s going to use $877 million to...
Alfred Brush Ford Park’s Cold War History
There are just a few men fishing off the edge of Alfred Brush Ford Park on a cloudy July...
Toledo Decreases Frequency of Tests for Water Toxins
The city of Toledo is switching from daily to weekly testing for certain toxins in Lake Erie. Federal standards don’t...
Detroit Activists Looking to Implement Income-Based Water Rates in the City
Detroit residents are calling for a water affordability plan modeled after Philadelphia’s. The Philadelphia City Council recently approved a measure...
BMW Recalls 30,000 Mini Coopers
Marissa Gawel/WDET BMW of North America is recalling about 30,000 Mini Coopers because the vehicles’ seats don’t meet federal safety...
Detroit Neighborhoods Day to Celebrate Community with 250 Events around the City
Groups from every zip code in Detroit are hosting neighborhood events next week. More than 100 city clean-ups, as well as...
New Report Finds Metro Detroit Roads are Fourth Worst in the Country
A non-profit transportation group says more than half of Metro Detroit’s main roads are in poor condition. As part of...