Detroit’s Credit Rating Gets a Boost
Jake Neher/WDET Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service is upgrading its outlook for the city of Detroit. Moody’s is raising...
Quinn Klinefelter is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, anchoring midday newscasts and preparing reports for WDET, NPR and the BBC. Klinefelter joined WDET in 1998 after earning a M.A. from the nation's top-ranked journalism school, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and working as a sports correspondent for BBC Radio 4 and as a talk show host, anchor and reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio.
He has won over 50 awards for his work from groups including CBS Radio, the Associated Press, the Wisconsin and Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He has covered government and politics for WDET, including interviewing numerous presidential candidates, Michigan governors and every Detroit mayor elected in the 21st century. He also regularly reports on sports and entertainment, including covering 20 editions of the Indianapolis 500.
He was literally on top of the news when he finished an interview with then-Senator Bob Dole by stepping on his shoes.
Detroit’s Credit Rating Gets a Boost
Jake Neher/WDET Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service is upgrading its outlook for the city of Detroit. Moody’s is raising...
Pieces of Motown Go on the Auction Block
Click on the audio link above to hear the head of the estate sale talk about the history of...
Michigan Health Officials say Flint Water Switch had No Impact on Infant Deaths
Courtesy of PBS A new study by Michigan’s Health and Human Services Department finds no significant changes in pregnancies or...
Congress may Allow Cars with No Steering Wheels or Brake Pedal on Highways
Congress is advancing a proposal co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) that will allow automakers to sell tens of...
Auto Sales Shift Back to Forward in September
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Automakers are reporting healthy U.S. sales during September. Car companies had posted a series of declines in...
McCartney Brings Timeless Music, Signed Art to Detroit
Courtesy of rockartshow.com Sir Paul McCartney hosts the second of a two-show stand at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena tonight. But...
Whole Foods says Some Customer Payment Info Compromised
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Officials with the Whole Foods grocery store chain say customers who eat or drink at certain of its...
VP Pence Tells Michigan Workers Tax Plan will Deliver Jobs
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Vice President Mike Pence told workers at a plant in Auburn Hills that the Trump Administration’s tax plan...
Ivanka Trump Joins Tech Firms in Detroit to Push for More Computer Training
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A group of private tech companies say they will join with the Trump Administration to spend a combined...
Michigan’s Top Health Official could Face Trial on Involuntary Manslaughter Charges
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Michigan officials are preparing to continue a preliminary exam that could leave the state’s top health official facing...
Researchers Find Flint Had Drop in Births, Spike in Fetal Deaths During Water Crisis
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET A new study finds a significant drop in pregnancies in Flint during the time residents there were exposed...
Doctor Accused of Genital Mutilation to be Released on Bond
Sandra Svoboda A Michigan doctor indicted in the nation’s first federal female genital mutilation case will be released on bond...
