This Year’s State Fair to be Bigger than Last Year’s [MAP]
2015 will be the third year that the Michigan State Fair has been held since a private company took it...
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.
Pluto-pia! New Horizons Probe Discovers Cool Things [IMAGE]
Pluto has a polar cap. That’s one of the things scientists have discovered as the New Horizons space probe nears...
Campbell Soup Buys Garden Fresh for $231 Million
Campbell Soup Company is buying Ferndale’s Garden Fresh Gourmet for $231 million. Both companies announced the sale Tuesday. Garden Fresh has...
Not Too Hot, Not Too Wet: The Summer Forecast [Maps]
The recent heavy rains that flooded Texas and Oklahoma will help moderate our weather in Metro Detroit this summer. The National Weather...
Blash Forward: Red Wings to Name New Coach Tuesday.
The Detroit Red Wings are expected to name Jeff Blashill as their new head coach at an 11 am news...
Pewabic Throws Pots and Party
Detroit's historic Pewabic Pottery has new ceramic tiles coming out to mark a milestone. The nonprofit design studio is celebrating the 25th...
Fed Biologists Won’t Give These ‘Suckers’ an Even Break [Video]
Sea lampreys have been in the Great Lakes for decades. In the middle of the 20th Century, the invasive species...
Mackinac Redux: Pressure on Lansing to Fix Roads
The Michigan Legislature may send next year’s budget to Governor Rick Snyder this week. That’s usually the last major action lawmakers...
Michigan Health Director Says Office Closures Will Improve Service
A budget bill in the Michigan Legislature would close or consolidate 15 health and human service offices in Michigan. That...
Live from Mackinac: Roads and Rhodes
The 2015 Mackinac Policy Conference wraps up Friday with a panel discussion on roads. Michigan voters rejected a sales tax increase...
Beaumont, Oakwood, Botsford Finalizing Transition from Three Health Systems to One
Beaumont Health System teamed up with Oakwood Healthcare and Botsford Health Care in 2014 to become a single system called...
Live From Mackinac: Duggan Says Yes to DPS Reform, No to Running for Governor
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan expressed support for Governor Rick Snyder's plan to overhaul the Detroit Public Schools' finances. That's what...