New Apartments Coming to Lafayette Park

user: Mikerussell/ CC Developers will break ground on a new apartment complex in Detroit’s Lafayette Park in June.  Plans for DuCharmes...

March Auto Sales Cool Off, But Better Than Expected

Auto sales slowed in March. General Motors, Ford, and Nissan all sold fewer vehicles last month than they did a...

State Urges Vigilance for Bird Owners to Prevent Spread of Avian Flu

Photo Credit | Kusabi (FLICKR) There has been an increase in cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza since the end...

Lake Michigan Water Level Rises Rapidly

Corey Seeman/Creative Commons Experts say the water level of Lake Michigan is rising rapidly.Doctor Alan Steinman is a researcher with...

Debbie Dingell Rallies With TSA, Demand More Security

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Transportation Security Officers and the American Federation of Government Employees are asking to beef up security at...

March Sales Cool For GM, Ford

   A wintry month of March helped cool-off sales for two of Detroit’s Big Three automakers.    Ford and General...

UAW Membership Hits 400,000–the Highest it’s Been Since 2008

Tom Magliery/Creative Commons Membership in the UAW is the highest it has been since 2008, according to the organization’s annual...

Motor City Match to Connect Entrepreneurs with Properties

Marissa Gawel/WDET The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation is launching a program designed to lure more business to the city. The...

The Kresge Foundation Awards $1.6 Million to Community Projects

The Kresge Foundation is funding more than $1.6 million dollars’ worth of community projects in Detroit. Foundation CEO Rip Rapson...

Homeland Security Officials, Volunteers Prepare For Tornado Season

   This weekend Detroiters will be greeted by a sound generated every first Saturday of the month: A tornado warning...

Downtown, Midtown Growing, But the Market’s ‘Not Yet Driving Itself’

Compared to the rest of the city, the centralized 7.2 square miles of Detroit have a greater density of people...

Wayne County Extends Foreclosure Deadline

   Wayne County officials are extending the deadline for homeowners to pay some or all of their property taxes and...