Higher-Than-Average Rainfall Preventing Essex County Farmers from Planting their Crops
Unusually heavy rains this month are preventing many farmers near Windsor from planting their crops. Grain Farmers of Ontario Area...
Detroit City Council Rejects Proposal to Expand City Curfew for Minors
Detroit City Council members rejected a measure today to impose a curfew on minors during the upcoming River Days Festival downtown....
Eastern Michigan University Approves 7.8% Tuition Hike
The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents have unanimously approved a 7.8 percent tuition hike. The increase exceeds a...
First-Of-Its-Kind Elder Abuse Shelter Opens in Metro Detroit
A one of a kind shelter opens in Metro Detroit today. The Jewish Senior Life organization announced Monday, during “Worldwide Elder...
Michigan’s Heroin Epidemic
Every day somewhere across Michigan at least one person overdoses on heroin. The number of non-fatal hospitalizations due to overdoses...
Parents Petition to Keep Guns Out of Schools
There’s a gun battle brewing in Ann Arbor with the courts and state legislature involved. The controversy started (a few...
Outside Perspective From NPR’s Michel Martin
Ali Lapetina for NPR News Travis Wright is joined by NPR's Michel Martin in this reprise broadcast of NPR Presents Michel...
Wayne County’s Physicians Not Equally Distributed
<Asset 1236: size large, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> Physicians are more highly concentrated in urban areas than...
City of Windsor Looking to Make its Downtown Better for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
The City of Windsor is looking to make its downtown more bike and pedestrian friendly. Planners and urban consultants in...
DTE Energy Releases Vision for New Downtown Detroit Park
DTE Energy’s downtown campus is getting a new public park. Vice Chairman Dave Meador says the utility recently tore...
Macomb County Exec Says New Water Authority Will Drown Customers in Rate Hikes
This week Metro Detroit officially has a water system governed by the entire region. The new Great Lakes Water Authority...
Michigan, Ohio, Canada Sign Deal to Limit Toxic Algae in Lake Erie
Officials in Michigan, Ohio and Canada have signed an agreement to drastically reduce water runoff flowing into Lake Erie that...