Articles

  • 1 week ago | wdet.org | Jenny Sherman

    As Michiganders in metro Detroit brace themselves for a massive heat wave early next week, many communities are opening cooling centers to help provide relief from the extreme temperatures. An Extreme Heat Watch will be in effect for all of southeast Michigan, beginning Saturday morning through Tuesday evening, as temperatures are expected to soar into the high 90s — with a heat index of 104 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

  • 1 week ago | wdet.org | Jenny Sherman

    The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning until 2 p.m. Wednesday for parts of Macomb and Oakland counties. A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was spotted over Royal Oak near Troy around 1:12 p.m. The storm is moving northeast toward Macomb County and is expected to impact the cities of Warren, Sterling Heights, Clinton Township, Fraser and Roseville.

  • 4 weeks ago | wdet.org | Jenny Sherman

    The Detroit Regional Chamber is hosting a Detroit mayoral candidate debate during the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday. Five candidates will be participating in the debate, including Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield, former Detroit City Council President Saunteel Jenkins, Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal III, Detroit pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr., and former Detroit Police Chief James Craig.

  • 1 month ago | wdet.org | Cary Junior II |Jenny Sherman

    Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has said that the Detroit-Windsor area is the “busiest active border crossing in North America,” and that about $200 billion of trade flows between the two countries annually. A border that is active has plenty of infrastructure that needs to be maintained. Regine Beauboeuf, CEO of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel for American Roads, oversees the bridges, tunnels and toll roads that exist between the two countries.

  • 1 month ago | wdet.org | Robyn Vincent |Jenny Sherman

    News media has changed a lot. In just the last decade, people have more access to information than they have in human history. That’s changed the state of journalism. And in the last eight years, some journalists and scholars say news outlets — like CNN, the New York Times and NPR member stations like WDET — are under attack.

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