The Gallery Project: More than 50 Midwest Artists on Display

Gallery Project This is the first of a semi-regular series of conversations with Detroit arts critic Sarah Rose Sharp focusing on...

The Fifth Estate Newspaper and Police Surveillance on Display at Detroit Historical Museum

Jake Neher/WDET Fifty years ago, a scrappy newspaper drew the attention of Detroit police, and the FBI also wondered how...

Increase in Fatal Accidents Worries AAA

AAA says there were twice as many fatal crashes on Michigan roads during last year's Labor Day weekend as there...

State School Officials Say M-STEP Scores Are A Success, But Results Mixed

Jake Neher/WDET At least half of students in every grade scored “below proficient” on every subject of this year’s state...

Trump Targets Michigan with New Ad Buy

The Donald Trump campaign says it plans to air a series of television advertisements in Michigan promoting the Republican’s bid...

Why Did Alzheimer’s Kill Gene Wilder?

Actor Gene Wilder died this week from complications related to Alzheimer's disease. He was 83 years old. What many people...

Far Off Sounds Takes Viewers Into A World Of Strange and Beautiful Music

Detroit natives Nick George and Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman tell stories that exist beyond the age of viral media. As the filmmakers...

Lake Erie Algae Bloom Smaller and Less Toxic this Summer

  There’s good news from scientists studying algae blooms in Lake Erie. As predicted, the growth in southwestern Lake Erie is...

Trump Continues Effort To Win Black Votes Ahead Of Detroit Visit

Jake Neher/WDET Right now, polling suggests Donald Trump is getting two percent of the black vote nationally. As of July, zero percent of...

Gawker’s Demise And What It Means For Media Landscape

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Last week the website Gawker.com published its final post. Not because the site was unpopular and unprofitable, but...

Marijuana Advocates Continue The Fight For The November Ballot

Brett Levin, flickr. There will be a new round of court filings this week in the battle to get marijuana...

I-275 Rebuild Is Almost Finished

One of the biggest road construction projects of 2016 is almost finished. The Michigan Department of Transportation says it hopes...