Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal on the evolution of his district, plans for 2024
Fred Durhal III has been a Detroit City Council member for District 7 since the end of 2021. He says...
Laura Herberg is a Reporter for 101.9 WDET, telling stories about people inhabiting the Detroit region and the issues that affect us here. She won a Regional Murrow Award for best Hard News story (Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio) in 2020 and she was named the Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter for radio broadcasting in 2021, 2020, 2018 and 2017. In 2012, she was awarded a SoundCloud Fellowship for her project, "Listen to Detroit." She also is the creator of Complete Me, a podcast with only three episodes about how she has trouble completing tasks.
Before becoming a radio reporter, Laura worked, among other things, as a buser, a telemarketer, a canvasser and a magician's assistant. She is originally from the Seattle area but lived in five other cities before settling on Detroit in 2010.
Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal on the evolution of his district, plans for 2024
Fred Durhal III has been a Detroit City Council member for District 7 since the end of 2021. He says...
CuriosiD: What happened to the ‘World’s Largest Stove’ in Detroit?
WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you...
EGLE drafts consent order after Stellantis plant violates air permit
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has drafted a plan to enforce an air permit violation...
Students disrupt Wayne State Board of Governors meeting, seeking divestment from companies that profit from war
Wayne State University students interrupted a Board of Governors meeting on Thursday in an attempt to encourage the university to...
Two members of Detroit Reparations Task Force resign in first meeting since August
Detroit Reparations Task Force members Maurice Weeks and Executive Committee Co-Chair Lauren Hood both announced their resignations over the weekend...
Deadline for property tax assistance program approaching for Detroit residents
The deadline for Detroit’s Homeowners Property Exemption (HOPE) program is Dec. 11. The state-mandated program — formerly called the Homeowners...
Detroit Audubon is now Detroit Bird Alliance
Detroit Audubon has a new name. The bird-centered conservation nonprofit will now be known as Detroit Bird Alliance, the group...
Will the new I-375 boulevard be like the Davison?
The construction of I-375 in downtown Detroit beginning in the late 1950s hastened the destruction of the majority Black neighborhoods...
Community asks hazardous waste processing facility to make appeals
A coalition of residents and community stakeholders concerned about a hazardous waste storage and treatment site in Detroit’s Poletown East...
Joe Louis Greenway gateway park opens on Detroit’s west side
The city's first constructed trailhead on the Joe Louis Greenway officially opened to the public this week on Detroit’s west...
Core City developer frustrated by city’s plans to demolish building he hopes to renovate
There are a limited number of structures that remain in Detroit's Core City neighborhood — bound by Grand River Avenue,...
Completion of ‘East Riverfront’ connects Riverwalk to Belle Isle Bridge
Twenty years ago, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy had a vision. Public and private leaders wanted to turn an area that...
