What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Today we're catching you up on some things happening around town. First up, Amazon has released a new video and some details about the battery-electric Prime delivery vans that Plymouth-based Rivian will build for it. The online retailer has ordered 100,000 vans from Rivian, which has designed the vehicle and will supply the skateboard electric-vehicle platform it will ride …
On today's show (yes, we're moving to mornings! Finally!) - A film focusing in part on a Detroit automaker, "Ford V. Ferrari," takes the top spot at the box office - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in Israel - A Metro Detroit gas price update from AAA - Taxpayers are on the hook for free health care for Warren's elected officials for life. In-depth …
A truth I've learned here living most of my life is that Metro Detroiters love their chains. There are three of them opening in Macomb County. One's a burger joint, the other a fitness place and the third the popular Chick-ail-A. Let's start with the one that's getting the most attention first, the Chick-fil-A. It's reportedly going to be in Shelby Township where …
On today's episode, hear firsthand what it's like to bite into a coney pasty. That's a pasty, the traditional U.P. pastry, filled with a Detroit-style coney that's meant to dip into yellow mustard. They're from Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery in Redford Township and are available for the month of April. In other news, Amtrak wants to restore passenger rail service …
At least three boutique hotels are coming to Detroit, bringing a dose of luxury to still-gritty parts of the city. The Mid will take shape next to the old hammer-and-nail building on Woodward, while the West Elm Hotel will incorporate the old Bonstelle Theater several blocks south. And downtown, there plans for a new 154-room hotel at 600 West Lafayette, plus the old Park Hotel …
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 …
Nearly $98 million in federal money, pending congressional approval, will be coming to help fix Mound Road. The main artery in Macomb County serves 40,000 vehicles a day and currently resembles the surface of the moon. The U.S. Department of Transportation grant will be targeted to Mound from I-696 to M-59, or about nine miles. All told, the project will cost $184.6 …
You Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast (subscribe free here!) recorded on June 7, 2018. - Members of Detroit City Council will debate a new proposal to regulate medical marijuana businesses in the city. - The Republican-controlled state House and Senate have adopted a citizen petition to pull the prevailing wage law off the books. - City councils in two of Oakland …
The Capuchin Ministries do a lot of good around metro Detroit between the work at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Children's Program, and On the Rise Bakery. On Friday, January 26 Shelving, Inc. will be hosting the sixth annual Bocce with the Brothers benefit to raise money for the Capuchin Brothers. The benefit will be held at Villa Penna in Sterling Heights. The event …
If you in any way feel a connection to Italian food or culture, the three days of Festa Italiana may be for you. This family-friendly event aims to bring the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy to Metro Detroit. More than 30 food vendors serve Italian food and there will be Italian wines, beer and cocktails. Annual contest favorites are back, like the Cannoli Eating or …
The three properties, located in Macomb Township, Sterling Heights and Chesterfield Township just might make all of your suburban dreams come true. According to county public works officials, the properties may be worth "several million dollars," and were deemed excess after a review by Candice Miller, the former U.S. House Representative turned Macomb County Drain …
Leaders in this part of metro Detroit are betting on wider roads as the way of the future. According to multiple reports, Macomb officials including County Executive Mark Hackel are going to actively push for a $150 million rebuild of Mound Road called "Innovate Mound" to create a "Mound Innovation Corridor." For economic growth, business leaders in the city of Detroit …
The quality, or lack thereof, of the roads in Metro Detroit is notorious. Feeling your teeth clack together as you bounce over potholes and poorly patched roads is a normal occurrence for most Michiganders. However, the M-8 Service Drive is getting the serious facelift it needs. The catalyst for this construction is Magna Seating Detroit, …
