What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
It was an especially bad start to the week for many salaried employees at General Motors, as the automaker started handing out pink slip in a bid to eliminate 4,000 white-collar employees over the next two weeks. It's part of plans GM announced in November and discussed on our podcast to slash 14,000 jobs and save $6 billion by 2020. In other news, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer …
So let's be clear. I don't like toll roads. The idea feels strange in the state that put the world on wheels. But we need to get real about what's facing us when it comes to road funding, and everything should be on the table. Our Detroit region is sprawling. The other week while reporting on a story in Macomb, I realized looking at Google Maps that the driving time from my …
Well, it's cold out. Anyone noticed? If you're like us, you no doubt noticed the emergency push alert sent to your mobile device Wednesday night, asking you to dial back your thermostats as the temperatures outside were heading to record subzero lows. On today's show, we talk about what happened to precipitate that push alert — a fire at a Consumers Energy natural …
A single-family home, leaning to the one side, swallowed up by the ground on Christmas Eve. It’s a visual people won’t forget. And it made national news. Today on Daily Detroit, we’re digging into what officials now believe caused a major sinkhole in the Macomb County suburb of Fraser back in 2016. And it made national news. Macomb County Public Works Commissioner …
The city of Warren says they’re working to combat a rat problem along the freeway that the city says is caused by construction. The city says that since April they’ve deployed 128 traps along the fence line of I-696 at a cost of $125,000. A contractor is checking the traps every two weeks along the six mile stretch. Warren is also sending residents new 90-gallon trash …
Water features, a splash park, native plantings and a natural amphitheater for outdoor concerts are among the ambitious ideas Ferndale officials will be considering as part of a planned makeover of Martin Road Park, the city’s largest green space. The proposals are still in the conceptual stage and have yet to be reviewed by members …
