The Metro: Plan to partially remove Flat Rock Dam moving forward
After nearly a year of back and forth with Flat Rock officials and residents, Huron-Clinton Metroparks is advancing a plan...
The Metro: Plan to partially remove Flat Rock Dam moving forward
After nearly a year of back and forth with Flat Rock officials and residents, Huron-Clinton Metroparks is advancing a plan...
The Metro: A new bridge, an old connection. What the Gordie Howe Bridge means for Detroit and Windsor
Detroit and Windsor sit across a narrow river from each other, close enough to see the lights on the other...
Detroit Evening Report: Former Detroit Police sergeant charged with rape
A former Detroit Police sergeant accused of raping six women and girls will stand trial. The Detroit Free Press reports...
Crossing the Lines: Highland Park values enclave status
Highland Park is an odd shape—a trapezoid to be exact. Its borders include West McNichols Road on the north side,...
Crossing the Lines: A conversation with Highland Park’s mayor
What do you know about Highland Park?WDET reporters have been visiting the city since March, getting to know Highland Park,...
The Metro: Detroit’s Venice could be underwater. Who should protect it?
These days, when it rains, it much more often pours. That’s due in large part to climate change. Heat waves are...
Project ‘Restore 94’ requires major tree clearance for highway reconstruction
Restore 94 is a recent Michigan Department of Transportation project that aims to rebuild nearly 13 miles of I-94.MDOT's Media...
The Metro: Fined, profitable and raising your rates—a week of Michigan utility headlines, explained
Michigan's bitterly cold winter has many staring down high energy bills — the highest in the Midwest. These rising costs...
The Metro: A 93-year-old pipe flooded Southwest Detroit. Now GLWA wants historic rate hike
The price of water has been steadily rising in Southeast Michigan. Now, one of the steepest rate increases in the...
MDOT’s ‘Restore 94’ project will start in 2026
The Michigan Department of Transportation has big plans for I-94 in western Wayne County. Crews will rebuild and repair the freeway...
The Metro: What was in the Gordie Howe International Bridge community benefits plan?
The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor is nearly open, and its community benefits process is winding down.The...
The Metro: What started in Detroit is now a statewide fight to treat water as a human right
Michiganders have lived with water insecurity for years. Detroit’s mass shutoffs in the mid-2010s put the issue in the national...