Alex McLenon

Alex McLenon is a Reporter with 101.9 WDET.

Alex McLenon May 23, 2019

Olympia Development of Michigan Olympia Development of Michigan is detailing what's next for the District Detroit. Officials say a new...

Alex McLenon May 19, 2019

NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis Michigan's economy may soon find itself racing into the cosmos. At least, that's the goal of the Michigan Launch...

Alex McLenon April 9, 2019

Alex McLenon The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is weighing a request from US Ecology to renovate its hazardous waste...

Alex McLenon March 26, 2019

Alex McLenon Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The career public servant was in good...

Alex McLenon March 1, 2019

WDET recently aired a story about the Michigan Polar Bears — a group of soldiers who trained in Battle Creek and...

Alex McLenon February 17, 2019

Alex McLenon In the shadow of a recently opened automotive factory on Detroit's east side sits a 12 acre slice of...

Alex McLenon January 23, 2019

Pat Batcheller As politicians on Capitol Hill continue their staring contest, federal entities such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Alex McLenon January 16, 2019

Jake Neher/WDET A group of activists rallied to oppose the on-going partial shutdown of the federal government Tuesday — staging...

Alex McLenon December 28, 2018

Alex McLenon Standing at a cemetery in Troy, Michigan is a polar bear carved from a solid chunk of white...

Alex McLenon December 7, 2018

Alex McLenon Efforts are now underway to tear down Shapero Hall — the former home of Wayne State University's pharmacy program. ...

Alex McLenon October 30, 2018

Once every decade, the boundaries of Michigan's 14 Congressional districts are redrawn — a process known as redistricting. This is done...

Alex McLenon October 23, 2018

Perhaps the most mysterious section on Detroit's November ballot is the one entitled "Charter Revision Commission" — a nine member...