Waterways Near Detroit/Windsor the Only Ones Still Fighting Sea Lamprey

  Scientists with the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service are getting ready to assess whether efforts to eradicate a fish-killing...

Top Democratic Candidates for Governor Join Detroit Today

Cheyna Roth/MPRN This year’s race for governor is beginning to heat up. A number of candidates have already shown they’re...

Many Metro Area Cities Paralyzed By Inability to Raise Revenues

The State of Michigan last week announced that it has a 315-million dollar revenue surplus for the coming fiscal year....

Rep. Fred Upton and Rep. Debbie Dingell Team Up to Battle Opioid Addiction

U.S. House of Representatives In the current political era it's often easy to forget that there are Republicans and Democrats...

Wayne State Looks to the Stars with Newest Acquisition

Wayne State University is adding a state-of-the-art robotically controlled observatory to its assets. But, the Dan Zowada Memorial Observatory is...

AuSable River Group: “We’ll Stop at Nothing to Preserve Waterway”

Michigan’s AuSable River is at the center of a lawsuit. A recreational fishing group is claiming that a commercial fish...

Birds Flocking to the Shores of Lake Erie

Saturday is a big day for thoroughbred horse racing fans with the Kentucky Derby scheduled for 6 o’clock this evening....

Why Is Ford Killing Its Cars?

Jake Neher/WDET This week, Ford announced it will phase out North American sales of sedans between now and 2022 in favor...

Metro Detroit Continues Upward Residential Building Trend

  Southeast Michigan continues to bounce-back from the recession of 2009. A report released Thursday says new residential building permits...

Efforts to Identify Harmful Chemicals in Great Lakes FAR Behind Schedule

  Algae blooms in Lake Erie can be a problem for boaters and municipal water systems, but scientists say other...

Video: Underwater ROV Launched in Straits of Mackinac

USCG Press Release: Click on the picture below to play video   MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — The Unified Command announced that the...

Campaign to Shut Down Oil Pipeline Under Straits of Mackinac Gaining Support

  Governor Rick Snyder is asking Enbridge Energy to accelerate it’s decommissioning of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits...