Deadly Deer Disease Not Easy to Find or Cure
The deadly neurological disease spreading among Michigan’s deer herds may not be easily contained. Michigan Department of Natural Resources managers...
Ben Carson’s Furniture Spree and What It Means for People Desperate for Help
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Poor and homeless Americans face a significant cut to programs that help them with housing and...
Government Food Boxes? It’s Nothing New for Native Americans
KNBA When we think of food assistance, we usually think of food stamps, which now come in the form of the Supplemental...
DTE Linemen Return from Puerto Rico Where They’ve Been Working to Restore Power
Jake Neher/WDET It's been five months since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. Still, to this day, hundreds of...
A Weighty Report: Kids are Growing More Obese
Pat Batcheller A new study published this week in the journal “Pediatrics” reveals a trend growing in the wrong direction....
Effort to Boost Civic Engagement in Detroit Gets Financial Boost
Laura Weber Davis/WDET As election season kicks off, you’re going to begin to feel inundated with political campaigns and rhetoric as...
Is This The Worst Pothole Season We’ve Ever Seen?
Rick Pluta/MPRN Sometimes driving around Southeast Michigan in late winter or early spring, it’s tough to know whether you’re driving on...
Rep. Debbie Dingell: ‘Let’s Not Have The Same Old Discussion’ On Guns
Laura Weber Davis/WDET What is Congress and the White House willing to do about our problem with guns in America?...
Detroit Named Finalist in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 Mayors Challenge
Sandra Svoboda Detroit is one of the 35 finalists for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge. Detroit beat out 320 applicants. The...
Metro Detroit Group Plans Protest at R. Kelly Concert Over Underage Sex Claims
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A group of activists say they plan to protest musician R. Kelly’s performance at Little Caesars Arena. R....
100 Things to do in the Upper Penninsula…
As winter weather drags on, many people are feeling a bit of “cabin fever”. Spending too much time on the...
What’s The Future of Marygrove College With Foundation Support?
Jake Neher/WDET Several months ago we learned that Marygrove College in Detroit would become devoted exclusively to graduate degrees. But...
