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PopSpeed Digital Marketing launched the campaign in spring 2022 after its owner received a LinkedIn message from a woman named Jo who needed a transplant.
Michigan State Police said a passing motorist crossed the Lodge Freeway near Nine Mile Road to help people in a two-car crash and was struck by a vehicle avoiding the wreckage.
Wayne County commissioners voted 13-0 to override County Executive Warren Evans' veto of tax incentives and a community benefits agreement tied to a proposed Google data center in Van Buren Township. The override preserves the commission's Sept. 15 approval of the incentive package, but does not authorize construction of the project. Final development and local tax abatement decisions remain with Van Buren Township officials.
Carhartt and Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design opened the Carhartt Apparel Lab at PLC Detroit during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Sept. 21. The lab gives students a dedicated space to develop apparel and accessories concepts, build prototypes and work with Carhartt associates and design professionals. PLC Detroit says the project builds on a partnership that began in 2022, when Carhartt supported the school's first industry masterclass.
Parts of Detroit's Joe Louis Greenway are open for biking, but riders still face gravel gaps, construction zones and an impassable section under I-75. The city says funding timelines and land control are shaping the order in which segments are completed.
The DCCC placed Christina Hines in its Red to Blue program as she campaigns to win the open Michigan 10th District seat against Republican Michael Bouchard.
Lance Johnson, a member of the Walpole Island First Nation Band of Indians, sued Richmond in federal court, alleging he was fired as a dispatcher trainee weeks after reporting racist comments and harassment by coworkers.
Court-filed emails show Detroit Thermal sought Black residents to speak for the Lafayette Park steam project while helping script supporter remarks.
Detroit People’s Food Co-op, the city’s first Black-led full-scale grocery store, began a three-part fundraising campaign this month to raise $155,000 to address cash-flow problems. The 15,000-square-foot community-owned store on Woodward Avenue in the North End opened in early 2024 and records about $3 million in annual sales. Its leaders say food inflation, management turnover and confusion over the cooperative model have hurt operations.
Judge Paul J. Cusick dismissed the Detroit Tenants Union's case against the 36th District Court, rejecting the group's claim that judges must require landlords to hold a city-issued safety certificate before allowing evictions or rent collection. The union plans to appeal.
Canton Township police said both parents are expected to face charges after a toddler was found with a loaded handgun at a Sheldon Road daycare.
Detroit will add 210 bus shelters and 200 benches through 2027 as DDOT replaces stops where riders have had no place to sit and no cover from weather.
The Detroit City Council approved a resolution asking the city's building department to inspect every residential and commercial property owned or managed by Munoz Realty. The unanimous vote follows a July settlement that required the landlord to repair 299 properties to cut roughly $460,000 in blight ticket fines.
Michigan Department of Treasury data shows the state refunded $270.4 million in deposits in 2025, leaving $119.2 million unclaimed.
Detroit residents urged the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to reject a plan that would demolish two Renaissance Center towers and support a riverfront redevelopment backed by General Motors and Bedrock. Developers are seeking $550 million in public incentives for the wider project, which includes converting one tower to housing, renovating another into office space, reducing the Marriott hotel tower from about 1,300 rooms to 858 and creating 5 acres of riverfront park. The brownfield plan needs approval by March 31, and developers want project approvals by the end of 2026. Demolition of the 300 and 400 towers could begin after the NCAA Men's Final Four in April.
Wayne County prosecutors charged a 48-year-old Detroit man after Highland Park police said he stole an ambulance while paramedics were treating a patient inside a Second Avenue apartment building.
Detroit's new $500,000 Lyft pilot targets transportation barriers and Count Day funding losses. 150 students at four high schools get free rides to and from school.
Zack Gelof says exposed, unpadded metal fencing sliced his right knee during a July 9 game, kept him out for 30 days, and led the Tigers to add padding a month later.
A $20 million redesign of Detroit's Greektown district is nearing completion, with wider sidewalks, new patios and reopened streets changing the area for nearby businesses.
Wayne County crews are expected to return next week to clean up a long-running homeless encampment behind the Kroger near Michigan Avenue and Merriman Road in Westland. Residents say city officials have not done enough to address the site.
Mara McCalmon's new book recounts the 2010 Yale attack that killed her husband, Paul Skinner, and the 16 years she spent rebuilding after her daughter's plot.