Yale researchers record urban wildlife in Detroit parks
Dr. Nyeema C. Harris holds up a black and white image on her phone of a cat in the woods...
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.
Report: 76% of Michigan nonprofits led by white executives
The Michigan Nonprofit Association and Data Driven Detroit have released a report on nonprofit leadership and race. The findings were...
Bridge Detroit: State finalizes enforcement plan for Stellantis air quality violations
Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy finalized a plan to enforce air quality violations committed by Stellantis. The...
CuriosiD: Why does steam come out of Detroit’s streets?
WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In this...
Detroit-style pizza shop opens in the island country of Malta
Detroit style pizza – pizza served on a thick focaccia-like crust with toppings first, then Wisconsin brick cheese and finished...
A new all-halal Coney Island is open on Detroit’s Eastside
A new Coney Island has opened up in Detroit, just north of Hamtramck. Coney Star Halal offers halal breakfast foods,...
The number of full-service grocery stores has declined in Detroit
The number of grocery stores has gone down in Detroit. A new report from the Detroit Food Policy Council, a...
Stevens wins re-election in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District
Democratic incumbent Haley Stevens will once again represent Michigan’s 11th Congressional District. She defeated her opponent, Republican Mark Ambrose, by...
A stretch of the Joe Louis Greenway opens along former railway on Detroit’s west side
The City of Detroit opened a segment of the Joe Louis Greenway, a trail that will run through Detroit, Hamtramck,...
What you need to know about Michigan’s voter rights ballot proposal
What is Proposal 2? Proposal 2 would enshrine voting rules such as the fundamental right to vote without harassment, require...
Documentary follows the restoration of historic Boblo boat
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale is a documentary film told from the perspective of one of the steamboats that...
Cass Corridor project honors influential Black female art entrepreneurs
Josephine Harreld-Love co-founded an educational arts center for youth known as Your Heritage House in 1969. Dell Pryor opened her...