Detroit’s Newest Fall Festival Celebrates Brazil [VIDEO]
How's your samba? If it's a little rusty, you can learn a few pointers at a new festival coming to...
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.
Detroit’s Newest Fall Festival Celebrates Brazil [VIDEO]
How's your samba? If it's a little rusty, you can learn a few pointers at a new festival coming to...
Eclipse 101: How and Where to Watch [VIDEO]
Maybe you've heard about the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Eclipses of the sun aren't uncommon. They usually happen...
Memories of Flight 255 Still Vivid After 30 Years [REPORT]
Editor's note: the following is a first-person remembrance. I was helping my brother move into a house in rural Wayne...
DCFC Sets High Bar for 2018 and Beyond
Detroit City Football Club has come a long way in six seasons. It started playing soccer in front of small...
NASCAR Veteran Feels More Comfortable On the Track
Have you ever wondered how NASCAR racers drive when they're not speeding around a track at 200 mph or more?...
New Awards Honor Seniors’ Contributions
If you know a senior citizen who's making a difference, a local nonprofit wants to hear from you. The Luella...
Detroit Needs Dockworkers [VIDEO]
Chances are the car you're driving contains steel that arrived in Metro Detroit on a ship. Oceangoing vessels and Great...
Detroit Makes Positive Impression on Dutch Architect
When Bob Hendrikx came to Detroit from The Netherlands, he had heard stories about the city's decline. It didn't stop...
Shh! Mustang GT Owners Can Turn Off the Roar
Steve von Foerster worked in the auto industry for 35 years, most of them with Ford Motor Company. It's...
12th and Clairmount Shows Scars And Signs of Hope
Editor's note: Pat Batcheller originally filed this report in 2007. It has been updated. Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The intersection of 12th...
Sailing to Mackinac Is a Collaborative Effort
Sandra Svoboda Sailboats started arriving Monday morning at the finish line of the 2017 Bayview Yacht Club sailboat race from Port Huron...
How “Red” or “Blue” are Michigan’s Political Maps and Election Results? [CHARTS]
Do Michigan's political maps give Republicans an unfair advantage in elections because of how the voting districts are drawn? It's...