City of Detroit Reaches Out to Residential Contractors
WDET/Laura Herberg About a hundred people were crammed into the lobby of the Patton Recreation Center in southwest Detroit last...
Laura Herberg is a civic life reporter for Outlier Media, telling the stories about people inhabiting the Detroit region and the issues that affect us here.
Got Pothole Problems?
Temperatures have been fluctuating wildly this winter. One day it’s 4 degrees, two days later it's 40. That's perfect weather...
Upcoming Play in Dearborn to Feature Arab-American Voices in Their Own Words
Ping Chong + Company, a production company from New York, has partnered with the Arab American National Museum to tell...
Macomb County Resident Promotes Transit For Fun
WDET/Laura Herberg In the 2016 election, the majority of Macomb County residents voted against adopting a millage to fund a...
Warren Evans Advocates for Transit: “It’s My Obligation as a Leader” [TRANSCRIPT]
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans showed strong support for a November millage election to raise funds for a regional transit...
Greektown Businesses Install Security Cameras on Streets
The streets of Greektown are now monitored by surveillance cameras that feed video directly to the Detroit Police Department. Eleven...
Former Marygrove Undergraduates Find Paths to Graduation at Other Universities
WDET/Laura Herberg This past summer, Emily Hill was getting ready to start her junior year at Marygrove College. She had...
Can I Get Fries with that Painting?
WDET/Laura Herberg On a Monday at a Coney Island grill in Detroit, an artist in a camouflage print jacket and...
Residents of a Near-Westside Detroit Neighborhood Walk Together Year Round
The Walk Woodbridge initiative encourages residents to get to know their neighbors by walking with them and assessing how friendly...
StoryCorps Detroit “The city is like one big house”
One day while renovating her recently purchased home, 55-year-old Tate Osten heard a knock on the door. When she answered it,...
What Are Those Flashing Green Lights Doing on Detroit Businesses? [MAP, CHART]
On a sunny, September evening, about two dozen people were holding signs and marching at a gas station on the...
StoryCorps Detroit: “The bar was our CNN.”
Damon “Magic” Percy and and Curtis Lipscomb are not biologically related, but they’re father and son in the LGBT community....