Stories

Join ‘Detroiters Do Science’ in June for a BioBlitz with iNaturalist

We’ll be offering ways to help get you thinking about the outdoors and indoors — and how your local environment…

4 years ago

‘Tiger Dams’ provide Jefferson Chalmers with flooding solution — for now

"A little bit unattractive, but it's better.. than the sandbags." That's how Detroit General Services Department Project Manager Crystal Perkins…

4 years ago

Detroit’s population was still slowly shrinking in 2019

That's part of why there's so much riding on the 2020 Census.

4 years ago

12 ways to feel sunny this week in Detroit

Keep bumping that techno. Sip wine with the stars. Test your trivia knowledge. Head to the drive-in (popcorn included)!

5 years ago

Dearborn’s Ramadan lights may get switched off, but a bright tradition is just beginning

More than 150 people participated in the first year of the Ramadan Lights Challenge — and the winning displays are…

5 years ago

9 things we’re missing from Detroit’s Movement Festival right now

"The energy that happens during that festival is purely electric."

5 years ago

Sierra Club, DTE agree to retire 3 coal plants by 2022

The Sierra Club filed a settlement agreement in federal court Friday committing DTE Energy to retire three of its five…

5 years ago

Metro Detroit has its share of old, hazardous dams

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave Michigan’s dams a C- on its most 2018 infrastructure report card (better than…

5 years ago

Get ready for The Blend, a Detroit digital magazine for women launching in June

Detour is teaming up with Detroit Women's Leadership Network to deliver essential information to help women grow, connect, learn, achieve…

5 years ago

COVID-19 was Michigan’s leading cause of death in April, over heart disease and cancer

The coronavirus was the leading single cause of death in Michigan in April — ahead of heart disease and cancer…

5 years ago