School Closings for Friday, Jan. 4, 2018

Wayne County: Grosse Pointe Harper Woods Oakland County: Berkley Birmingham Brandon Clawson Farmington  Ferndale Holly Lake Orion Rochester Royal Oak...

Marygrove Starts Winter Semester Without Undergraduate Offerings

Marygrove College in Detroit is now officially open only to graduate students.  The college announced in August it would focus...

Republican Bob Young Steps Down from U.S. Senate Race

Bob Young for Michigan Michigan's 2018 U.S. Senate race got a shake up Wednesday, but not because of someone entering...

Oakland County Seeks Volunteers to Test Water Quality in Lakes

Sandra Svoboda/WDET Oakland County is looking for boaters to help test lake water quality. The county’s Board of Commissioners is...

Expert: Facial Recognition Systems can be Fooled Fairly Easily

metroairport.com Members of the U.S. Senate want Homeland Security officials to answer questions about the accuracy of facial recognition technology...

Former Detroit Deputy Police Chief Pleads Guilty in Corruption Probe

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Federal officials have gained another conviction in connection with an ongoing investigation into public corruption. A former Detroit...

SMART Introduces New Express Routes

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Commuters can ride the SMART bus system’s newest express routes for free until January 15th.   The...

Brenda Jones Re-elected as Council President

Sandra Svoboda Brenda Jones was re-elected as Detroit City Council President Tuesday. The Council needed multiple ballots to break a...

WSU Word Warriors Compile List of Couth, Recondite Words

Compiling a list can seem like a task that's impossible to overcome. There's a word for that feeling: "insuprable." It's...

Banished Word List Has Tons of Impactful Entries

Lake Superior State University just released it's annual list of "banished" words and phrases. This year, there's a lot to...

WDET’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Lineup

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2017 NEW YEAR'S EVE - 6-7 am RadioLab 7-8 am On Being 8-10 am Weekend Edition Sunday: Lulu...

Kids Ring in the New Year in Mount Clemens’ Never Never Land

Downtown Mount Clemens will become Never Never Land Sunday so young people can celebrate New Year’s Eve.  New Year’s Eve in...