Hospitality Workers Laid Off During Pandemic Want Guarantee They’ll Get Jobs Back
Although the pandemic is still dragging on here in Michigan, signs of life are starting to come back in our local...
Canton Merchants Fear Fixing Roads Could Drive Business Away
This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met and issues they...
Young Radio Broadcasters Keep Plymouth-Canton Students Connected Through COVID-19
This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met and issues they...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Ties Vaccination Goals To Lifting of COVID-19 Pandemic Orders
State health officials are banking on vaccines being Michigan’s best bet to end the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a news...
Canton’s Small Business Community Weathers COVID-19 Pandemic on Creativity and Local Support
This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met and issues they...
Little-Known Sleeping Bear Dunes ‘Gateway’ Road Inching Forward, But Still Decades Away
If you look at Benzie County on Google Maps, you’ll notice a dark green strip of land about five miles long...
A Year Into the Pandemic, Some People Are Fatigued, Less Polite and Confused About Vaccines
This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met...
Census Shows Michigan Grows, Still Loses U.S. House Seat
Michigan’s slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend...
Michigan Falling Behind Other States, Countries in Ending ‘Period Poverty’
State lawmakers and advocates are renewing efforts to get rid of the sales tax on menstrual products in Michigan. It...
Writer Beth Nguyen Discusses the Significance of a Name and Why She Changed Hers
Beth Nguyen wasn't always Beth. Her given name, the popular Vietnamese Bich (pronounced "Bic"), led to constant questioning (“You know what your name...
Michigan Science Center’s “Earth. Wind. Weather.” Exhibit Showcases the Planet’s Wild Phenomena
The new exhibition “Earth. Wind. Weather.” is the latest installation to take the Michigan Science Center (MiSCi) by storm. The exhibit, which is now...
Raquel Castaneda-Lopez on Leaving Detroit City Council, Creating Opportunity for Others and Addressing Harassment
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Raquel Castañeda-López took office in 2014, part of a wave of new council members who swept into...