Belle Isle Lake Could Reconnect to Detroit River
Michael Ference Belle Isle’s Lake Okonoka may soon be reconnected to the Detroit River. The non-profit group Friends of Detroit...
Detroit Water Director Says City Targeting Past-Due Business Owners
Recent published reports say the city of Detroit shut off water service to more than 20,000 residents behind on utility...
“Every Third Bite Requires a Pollinator” So What Happens When the Bees are Gone?
Spring is officially here and gardeners are pondering what to plant this year. One of the new trends in gardening...
Water Officials Say They’re Boosting Efforts to Collect on Delinquent Commercial Water Accounts
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Yesterday on Detroit Today, host Stephen Henderson spoke with a Detroit News investigative reporter about water shutoffs that continue...
Pontiac’s Post-Emergency Management Board Relinquishes Some Powers to Mayor, City Council
Pontiac is slowly regaining control of its local government. The city’s mayor and city council will regain some authority previously...
Federal Oversight of Detroit Police Department Ends
After 13 years of answering to the U.S. government, the Detroit Police Department is free of federal oversight. A U.S. District...
Water Shutoffs Still Plague Detroit
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Michigan has made international news on a few occasions over controversies surrounding one of the most basic necessity...
Group Revives Effort to Overturn Emergency Manager Law in Court
Emmanuel Huybrechts It’s been more than three years since lawmakers and Governor Rick Snyder approved a beefed-up emergency manager law for...
U.S. Attorney Talks Charges in DPS Kickback Scheme
Alan Alfaro/Creative Commons This week, 13 Detroit Public Schools administrators and a supplies vendor were charged with bribery in a...
New Lab Aims to “Spark” Interest in Science
A new exhibit coming to the Michigan Science Center lets visitors become inventors. The Spark!Lab is a hands-on area designed to...
The Intersection: What Does It Mean to Have Power?
Dorret, Flickr As part of WDET’s series examining the 1967 Kerner Report with the Detroit Journalism Cooperative this year, Detroit Today...