What Is the Lake Erie Bill of Rights?
It's been almost five years since toxic algae polluted Toledo's water supply. Despite efforts to reduce phosphorus and other pollution...
Pat Batcheller is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, presenting local news, traffic and weather updates during Morning Edition. He is an amateur musician.
Batcheller joined WDET in 2007 after nine years at WWJ, where he was a news editor, producer and reporter. He started his broadcasting career in 1989 and has lived and worked in Michigan his entire life. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Specs Howard School of Media Arts. He has won multiple awards for excellence from the Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He is an amateur musician, playing percussion in the Downriver Community Band.
Here’s One [D***] Road M-DOT Plans to Fix
Traffic is about to get complicated for drivers in Oakland County. The Michigan Department of Transportation is ready to begin...
Red Wings Make Moves For the Future [LISTEN]
The Detroit Red Wings are likely to miss the National Hockey League playoffs for the third straight year, their longest...
Rebuilding Tigers Aren’t Big Spenders Anymore [PHOTOS]
The Detroit Tigers begin reporting for spring training in Lakeland, Florida on Feb. 12, 2019. Some of the players have...
Detroit’s 2020 Census Planning Starts Now [CHART + MAPS]
Detroit was once the fourth-largest city in America. The population peaked at more than 1.8-million in 1950. For reasons too...
Meet DCFC’s New Coach, Trevor James [TRANSCRIPT]
Detroit City Football Club has come a long way since its founding in 2012. It moved from Cass Technical High...
The Flying Car is Getting Closer [VIDEO]
It's 2019, and we still don't have a flying car. But a Detroit company is developing perhaps the closest thing...
What’s “Hot” at NAIAS: Thermal Cameras That Could Prevent Crashes [PHOTOS + REPORT]
Patrick Batcheller Automakers could mass-produce and sell autonomous vehicles someday, but they have to answer one key question before consumers...
Water Main Break Affects Downtown Detroit [MAP]
Residents and business owners in downtown Detroit and the lower east side can should boil their water until further notice. ...
RTA Makes Adjustments in 2019 [MAP]
If at first you don't succeed, try something a little different. The Regional Transit Authority is reworking its long-term plan to...
Hungry For a Bigger Vocabulary? Slonk These Words in 2019
Have you ever been part of a conversation in which everyone is talking, but no one is listening? There's a...
The Year in Weather; Bitter Cold, Ice Storm, and Tornadoes [MAPS + GRAPHS]
Oh, the weather outside was occasionally frightful in Metro Detroit this year. We had it better than other parts of...