State Has Invested $30 Million Into Belle Isle Improvements

Three years after the State of Michigan assumed management of Belle Isle, managers say about $30 million has gone into...

Health Officials to Detroiters: Watch What Fish You Eat from the River

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging people to watch the amount of fish they consume from the...

Ann Arbor Overtakes Detroit in Total Property Value

Jake Neher/WDET As recent as three years ago Detroit still had the highest total property value of any city in...

Riding Along with a Detroit Citizens Radio Patrol Team

In 1967, Detroit established citizen radio patrols to cruise the neighborhoods with CB radios and provide extra pairs of eyes and...

Motown Movement Aims For Affordable, Sustainable Housing [PHOTOS]

When Ronen Dan and Bob Hendrikx first came to Detroit from the Netherlands, they saw the blight they'd heard about in Dutch...

Colon Cancer Increasing in Young Adults

  A new study from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that colon cancer cases are on the...

Should the City Maintain Golf Courses?

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit City Council rejected a proposal for a short-term contract to maintain city golf courses. Some...

State Lawmakers Get Preview of New Lead Rule

Amber Neher Some state lawmakers got an early peek at Gov. Rick Snyder’s new lead rules that are supposed to...

UAW-Ford Hosts Resource Fair for Women

UAW-Ford is hosting a Detroit resource fair for women on Saturday. The “Celebrating and Empowering Women” Expo will provide opportunities...

How’s Detroit Doing? Weak Demand, Insufficient Supply, Poor Credit Hurt Housing Market [CHARTS + GRAPHS]

Strong demand, a good supply of homes, and buyers with money and good credit are signs of a strong housing...

Unique and Rare Forest on Belle Isle Scheduled for Helicopter Logging

The eastern end of Belle Isle will be closed for a couple of days this week as the Michigan Department...

Will Detroit’s East Riverfront Soon Look Like This?

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Detroit’s riverfront has come a very long way in the last decade. Even more upgrades to the...