US Census Analysis: Which Michigan Cities Grew And Shrank Since 2010?
Today, the US Census Bureau released detailed population estimates for 2018, an indicator for how the all-important (and already controversial)...
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.
Four Tips on Appealing Your Property Tax Assessments
In Detroit, property owners are mailed letters in January that say how much the city has assessed their properties at....
New Regional Fare Passes for Detroit Area Buses Start Today
The Detroit area's two bus systems, Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), are...
Canton’s English Language Learners Find Support and Community with Local Nonprofit
A group of people from Albania, Japan and Taiwan are reading grocery ads from a newspaper with the help of...
Canton Community Foundation Aims to Address Chronic Loneliness
Jerome Vaughn Beth Meade is the president of the Canton Community Foundation. She says one day she was working with...
Highland Park Opens First Bar in Decades [PHOTOS]
As WDET previously reported, it's been decades since anyone can remember a bar in Highland Park. That is changing tonight...
Nature Continues to Disappear in Canton
Canton resident Dick Dionne turns off of Warren Avenue and onto a Ridge Road. The narrow, gravel thoroughfare passes the...
Highland Park City Council Adopts Resolution to Support Green New Deal
The Highland Park City Council adopted a resolution in support of the Green New Deal at its city council meeting...
A Detroit Woman is Teaching People in Brooklyn How to Buy Real Estate in Detroit
Asia Denson stands in front of a group of people in a conference room at a Hilton Hotel in Brooklyn,...
Detroit Bus to Airport More Than One Year Old
WDET/Laura Herberg In the age of Uber and Lyft, it might seem like transit service to the airport doesn’t matter...
Detroit Property Owners Have More Time to Appeal Proposed Assessments [Transcript]
Detroit residents were supposed to have from Feb.1-15 to appeal proposed assessments, but the city recently extended the deadline to...
Think Your Detroit Property Taxes Are Too High?
Editor's Note: This story has been updated from a previous version for accuracy. In Detroit, there is a small window...