Detroit mayoral candidate DaNetta Simpson pushes insurance plan to fix deteriorating homes
Detroiters face a pivotal primary election, and early voting is already underway. For the first time in a dozen years Mayor...
Quinn Klinefelter is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, anchoring midday newscasts and preparing reports for WDET, NPR and the BBC. Klinefelter joined WDET in 1998 after earning a M.A. from the nation's top-ranked journalism school, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and working as a sports correspondent for BBC Radio 4 and as a talk show host, anchor and reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio.
He has won over 50 awards for his work from groups including CBS Radio, the Associated Press, the Wisconsin and Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He has covered government and politics for WDET, including interviewing numerous presidential candidates, Michigan governors and every Detroit mayor elected in the 21st century. He also regularly reports on sports and entertainment, including covering 20 editions of the Indianapolis 500.
He was literally on top of the news when he finished an interview with then-Senator Bob Dole by stepping on his shoes.
Detroiters face a pivotal primary election, and early voting is already underway. For the first time in a dozen years Mayor...
The Trump administration is making changes in security procedures at the nation’s airports. Officials say new technology now allows travelers...
Detroit is just a few weeks away from a pivotal primary election that will decide the two final contenders to...
Most candidates vying to become Detroit's next mayor agree the city's high property tax rates remain a barrier to home...
Only about one out of every five people in the city of Detroit voted during the last mayoral election.Now a...
Detroit faces a turning point this year. Long-time Mayor Mike Duggan is leaving the office to make an independent bid...
A judge is set to decide whether low-level radioactive material left over from the creation of the first atomic bomb...
The prosecutor who won convictions in the Oxford High School shooting trials wants to extend that work to all of...
Metro Detroit’s efforts to create a rapid mass transit system on par with other major regions has often gone off...
Protesters across Michigan and the nation rally against Trump’s policies Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Michigan against what...
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The checkered flag has flown over this year’s Detroit Grand Prix.IndyCar driver Kyle Kirkwood took the win in the final...