Changing This 2011 State Law Could Get Transit on the Ballot in 2020
The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan has struggled to get public funding since its inception. In 2016, the RTA asked...
Pat Batcheller is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, presenting local news, traffic and weather updates during Morning Edition. He is an amateur musician.
Batcheller joined WDET in 2007 after nine years at WWJ, where he was a news editor, producer and reporter. He started his broadcasting career in 1989 and has lived and worked in Michigan his entire life. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Specs Howard School of Media Arts. He has won multiple awards for excellence from the Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He is an amateur musician, playing percussion in the Downriver Community Band.
The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan has struggled to get public funding since its inception. In 2016, the RTA asked...
Southwest Detroit has dealt with air pollution for decades. Many people who live there have asthma, which they attribute to...
Mike Grobbel chairs the Historical Society of Center Line. It's a fitting position, as his ancestors came to the area from Germany...
Wildfires have killed more than 100 people and destroyed thousands of homes in California since 2017. Cal Fire, the state's...
Classes are canceled Tuesday, Nov.. 12, 2019 in several southeast Michigan school districts because of the record-setting snowstorm on Veterans...
This year's algal bloom in western Lake Erie was about as bad as scientists expected. But it could have been worse....
A 23-year-old technician is the newest member of Center Line's city council. Aaron Delikta topped a slate of four candidates...
Warren voters re-elected Mayor Jim Fouts on Nov. 5, giving him a fourth term in office. Unofficial results from the...
The boards of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot have announced plans to merge, creating the world's fourth-largest car company. The new...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rolled out a new plan it says will benefit the Great Lakes. EPA Administrator...
The federal government will enforce tighter identification rules for people flying within the United States, and if you don't have...
The National Audubon Society says two-thirds of America's bird species face extinction before the end of the 21st century because...