The Unexpected Challenges of Fixing Up A Cheap House in Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET A few years ago a young man from Adrian published a fascinating piece on the website Buzzfeed about...

What Can Justice Department Learn from Detroit’s Consent Decrees?

Jake Neher/WDET U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed a memo in early April for the Department of Justice to review...

City of Detroit Has Only Three Fully Licensed Medical Pot Shops

“Only three are approved right now. There are some that are still going through the process. 61 of them are...

Detroit City FC Returns to Action

Detroit City Football Club's average home attendance last season was 5,225 fans per game. That's more than most double- and...

Detroit ID Enrollment Pop-up Thursday

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET A pop-up enrollment site for the Detroit’s municipal identification system is coming to Lasky Recreation Center on...

The Curious Case of the Detroit Kangaroo

"Darwin is the star, not me. I was just walking him down the street for a birthday party."  Javon Stacks,...

CuriosiD: What’s That Smell?

In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Trisha Dring asks ... What's up with the Detroit incinerator? Where is it, what's...

WDET Broadcasts Live On Opening Day

Jake Neher/WDET Friday is the home opener for the Detroit Tigers against the Boston Red Sox. Many of the crowd...

Italian Film Festival Opens in Detroit

Over a dozen films produced in Italy come to Detroit this month as part of the Italian Film Festival-Detroit. The...

Detroit Mortgage Numbers “Pathetic” But Increasing

WDET/Laura Herberg Nate and Amber Hunt had been looking for a home in Detroit’s University District for more than a...

Reporters Joel Kurth, Laura Herberg: Detroit Suffers from Lack of Home Mortgages

Jake Neher/WDET More people in Detroit bought houses with mortgages last year than in 2015. Still, the vast majority of...

Detroit Cuts Down 3,000th Dead Tree Ahead of Schedule

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit’s General Services Department has removed its 3,000th dead tree ahead of schedule today. Crews have been taking...