Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd is Michigan’s next poet laureate
Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd has been selected as Michigan's third poet laureate. Boyd is an award-winning author and retired professor...
The Metro: The past and present of the indigenous sport lacrosse in Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Long before this city was home to gator shoes, Ford...
The Metro: License plate cameras at Ferndale-Detroit border creating controversy
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Detroit Documenters have been taking notes on growing tensions in...
The Metro: Repairing the broken water main in Southwest Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s been two weeks since streets and basements flooded on Beard...
Consumers Energy is looking into geothermal heating for homes
Consumers Energy is exploring the potential use of geothermal energy to heat and cool homes in some Michigan neighborhoods. The...
The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...
The woman who gave soul its second wind: Remembering Angie Stone
Angie Stone’s voice was always more than a sound — it was an emotion, a truth-teller, a vessel for love,...
Detroit Evening Report: City introduces new emergency response plan to help unsheltered residents
Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover new water rates, upcoming road closures and more.Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report...
New Michigan GOP Chair hopes to unify party
The two major political parties held their conventions last weekend. On the Democratic side, former state Senator Curtis Hertel will...
Tree diseases and climate stress: What Michigan homeowners need to know
Southeast Michigan’s trees are facing growing threats from disease, pests, and climate change.Zach Lacombe with Davey Tree Expert Company in...
Detroiter Iola Corbett shares her journey through Detroit, meeting Malcolm X and becoming a union president
February is Black History Month and WDET’s Detroit Evening Report is collecting Black History stories from listeners.Iola Corbett, also known...
Detroit Evening Report: Great Lakes Water Authority approves lower-than-expected rate hike
Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover new water rates, upcoming road closures and more.Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report...