Alfred Brush Ford Park’s Cold War History

  There are just a few men fishing off the edge of Alfred Brush Ford Park on a cloudy July...

Fewer Profits Eat Into Whole Foods Financial Future

Analysts say the Whole Foods grocery store chain is facing severe financial problems. When Whole Foods opened a store in...

Toledo Decreases Frequency of Tests for Water Toxins

The city of Toledo is switching from daily to weekly testing for certain toxins in Lake Erie. Federal standards don’t...

Oakland County Sheriff Offers School Bus Incident Training

  The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is hosting a training session to teach school officials how to handle dangerous incidents...

Wayne State Testing Drug to Fight ‘Superbugs’

Researchers at Wayne State University have a new task. They must determine how best to use a powerful antibiotic to...

College Ranking Site Says WSU Campus Among Safest

A web site that rates colleges according to a host of data ranks Wayne State University as one of the 50...

Detroit By The Numbers: Parks … and Playlots, Greenways and Plazas

Sandra Svoboda and Detroit Today’s Special Assignment team take a look at Detroit’s parks, playlots, greenways, and plazas. Sandra speaks...

Belle Isle Nature Restoration: A Tour of the Park’s East End [Map]

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has initiated an extensive ecological restoration program at Belle Isle with support from Friends of Detroit...

The Mission to Mars… in Macomb County

  WDET’s Sandra Svoboda talks with John Couch, vice president at Futuramic Tool and Engineering and John Paul Rea, Macomb...

Michigan Chronicle Moves Back Home to Paradise Valley

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET The Michigan Chronicle and its parent company Real Times Media are moving their headquarters to the downtown...

Detroit Bonds to be Sold with “A” Rating

The Standard and Poor’s agency is rating some Detroit bonds as investment grade, specifically the $245 million in exit financing issued...

Detroit Activists Looking to Implement Income-Based Water Rates in the City

Detroit residents are calling for a water affordability plan modeled after Philadelphia’s. The Philadelphia City Council recently approved a measure...