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A whopping 85% of rental properties in Detroit are owned by landlords who have no legal right to collect rent. Now housi...
06/12/2026

A whopping 85% of rental properties in Detroit are owned by landlords who have no legal right to collect rent. Now housing attorneys are threatening to sue to prevent those landlords from collecting rent.

The city says it has stepped up enforcement while streamlining the process for landlords to get Certificates of Compliance. Officials say they have added residential inspectors, are sending reminders before certificates expire, and are referring chronic violators to the Law Department.

A music-themed sushi restaurant chain is coming to Taylor.
06/12/2026

A music-themed sushi restaurant chain is coming to Taylor.

A national chain that blends American-style sushi rolls and classic rock ’n’ roll is coming to metro Detroit. Rock N’ Roll Sushi is set to open its first Michigan location on Monday, June 22 at 23370 Eureka Rd., Taylor.  The chain was founded in Mobile, Alabama, in 2010 and now boasts more th...

Federal prosecutors are portraying eight pro-Palestinian activists tied to the University of Michigan as extremists who ...
06/11/2026

Federal prosecutors are portraying eight pro-Palestinian activists tied to the University of Michigan as extremists who carried out a coordinated campaign of threats and vandalism. But the rhetoric is not backed up by the indictment.

Federal prosecutors are portraying eight pro-Palestinian activists tied to the University of Michigan as extremists who carried out a coordinated campaign of threats and vandalism against university officials, businesses, and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

Michigan bungled its hotlines used by thousands seeking help with mental health, housing, jobs, gambling disorder, domes...
06/11/2026

Michigan bungled its hotlines used by thousands seeking help with mental health, housing, jobs, gambling disorder, domestic violence and sexual assault, the auditor general found.

Michigan health officials failed to properly oversee a network of public hotlines that hundreds of thousands of residents rely on each year for help with food, housing, health care, mental health crises, gambling addiction, and domestic violence, according to a new state audit.

A Detroit soul mystery is solved after nearly 60 years: September Jones was found in Florida after our story last year, ...
06/11/2026

A Detroit soul mystery is solved after nearly 60 years: September Jones was found in Florida after our story last year, and she couldn't believe her music was still popular across the Atlantic.

For decades, September Jones’s voice traveled farther than she knew.

The 74-year-old man was having a life-threatening medical emergency. Deputies thought he was drunk. What happened next t...
06/10/2026

The 74-year-old man was having a life-threatening medical emergency. Deputies thought he was drunk. What happened next turned his life upside down.

A Monroe County man who suffered a stroke during a traffic stop was violently pulled from his vehicle, slammed to the ground, handcuffed, and mocked by Livingston County sheriff’s deputies, even as his medical condition worsened, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

“My heart has always been with Atwater, and I’m thrilled to have the brewery back in my hands,” says entrepreneur Mark R...
06/10/2026

“My heart has always been with Atwater, and I’m thrilled to have the brewery back in my hands,” says entrepreneur Mark Rieth.

After a stint under multinational corporate ownership, Detroit’s Atwater Brewery is coming home. The craft beer brewery is set to return to the ownership of Detroit entrepreneur Mark Rieth, who owned Atwater Brewery from 2005 to 2020 before he sold it to Tenth and Blake Beer Company, a division of...

You can celebrate the beloved Detroit brand with boozy Boston Coolers and more this weekend.
06/10/2026

You can celebrate the beloved Detroit brand with boozy Boston Coolers and more this weekend.

Detroit City Distillery is joining the festivities celebrating the 160th anniversary of Vernors in Eastern Market this weekend. The craft distiller will be serving cocktails made from Vernors at its tasting room from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, coinciding with a previously announced block party celebrating....

Babyfxce E says he’s proud to be a part of Flint’s hip-hop lineage and even more honored to stand alongside the artists ...
06/09/2026

Babyfxce E says he’s proud to be a part of Flint’s hip-hop lineage and even more honored to stand alongside the artists he used to look up to.

Babyfxce E is standing outside Midtown’s Majestic Theatre with fellow emcees Tay-B and Baby Money. The trio are talking beats and rhymes as the 23 year-old Flint native prepares to headline his first ever tour (titled “Da Realest”). The first show was initially scheduled to be held at EL Club ...

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax.Coffee costs more?...
06/09/2026

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax.

Coffee costs more? “Oh my gosh, coffee went up. You know, horror.”

Gas prices rising? “We’re gonna be fine, we got plenty of oil.”

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax.

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