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Oakland County Sheriff Offers School Bus Incident Training

Bre'Anna Tinsley July 30, 2015

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’

Quinn Klinefelter July 30, 2015

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

Pat Batcheller July 30, 2015

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

Station Programming July 30, 2015

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]

Sandra Svoboda July 30, 2015

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

Station Programming July 29, 2015

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 July 29, 2015

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

Sandra Svoboda July 29, 2015

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

Marissa Gawel July 29, 2015

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