Detroit to host a Juneteenth event on Sunday
The Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance, in partnership with the City of Detroit and other organizations, is hosting a Juneteenth Freedom...
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 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.
The Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance, in partnership with the City of Detroit and other organizations, is hosting a Juneteenth Freedom...
Advocates are seeking a host community agreement with the City of Detroit on a hazardous waste plant in the Poletown...
Detroit experienced 7 inches of rain in the early morning hours of June 26, 2021. The result was impassable freeways...
An annual event to stop gun violence is taking on added meaning this year after multiple mass shootings have dominated...
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The Highland Park Historic District Commission has begun an effort to collect oral histories from residents. A group of facilitators...
Toshiba Ford lives with her significant other in her mom’s townhouse on Detroit’s west side. Ford says the place has...
The Detroit City Council has unanimously approved the “Right to Counsel” ordinance. The legislation will pay for attorneys for...
Hundreds of vehicles decorated with bright colored streamers, crescent moons and car paint will parade down Woodward Avenue in Detroit...
Belle Isle is working on implementing a shuttle route to reduce traffic congestion on the island. The Michigan Department...
Correction: This story has been updated to say the public hearing will be on May 10. An earlier version...
More than 1,700 Afghans have arrived in Michigan since the United States left Afghanistan in August, according to the...