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Detroit rent map shows median prices across neighborhoods
Rent prices in Midtown and Woodbridge have risen the most in the past year, according to a new report.
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90 percent of Flint water samples at or below 6 ppb of lead
"Two years of LCR data show that Flint's water is testing the same as or better than similar cities across the state," the DEQ announcement Wednesday says. "Third-party independent experts have also confirmed that Flint's water currently tests below actionable levels for lead and copper.
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Flint's Water Has Now Been Meeting EPA Lead Guidelines for Two Years, Rates Safer Than Many Other US Cities
Here’s a fact no one seems to be talking about: As of July 2018, Flint’s water has now been testing below action levels of the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) for two years. Four consecutive six-month monitoring periods and many other independent tests have shown that Flint’s water is testing at levels better than …
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‘Nothing to worry about. The water is fine’: how Flint poisoned its people
The long read: When the people of Flint, Michigan, complained that their tap water smelled bad and made children sick, it took officials 18 months to accept there was a problem
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Detroit Urbanism: The Mound Builders
What is the oldest human-made structure in Detroit?
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The origins and demise of Delray
Once a thriving, independent village, Delray’s often-feared demise may finally become a reality.
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7 reasons Hartwick Pines is a Michigan summer must-see
Ever wonder what Michigan looked like before logging? Here's your chance.
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Alleged serial killer tied to Michigan may have killed 9, served lover's remains at BBQ
A new documentary is shedding light on the victims of an alleged serial killer who authorities say injected her husband with a lethal dose of heroin and also killed her former lover before serving remains at a neighborhood bbq. Kelly Cochran pleaded guilty earlier this year to killing her husband with the lethal dose but was already serving time in prison for the murder of Chris Regan in Iron River, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Ford Aims to Revive a Detroit Train Station, and Itself
By renovating a symbol of the city’s decline, the company hopes to create a magnet for the talent needed to prevail in the next automotive era.
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Civil War soldiers forgotten no more in Traverse City
Group dedicates time and effort memorializing forgotten soldiers who fought in the war between states but later died in relative obscurity.
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Police look for victims of suspected Michigan serial killer
A Michigan man serving life in prison for killing a 13-year-old girl is a suspected serial killer, police said Wednesday as they dug up part of a forest in a search for as many as seven other girls who have been missing for decades. Using earth-moving equipment, as well as shovels and rakes, authorities have spent two days excavating a wooded site about 30 miles northeast of Detroit in the belief that Arthur Ream buried all of his victims in the same general area.
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Could Michigan Become the Test Bed for Public, Statewide Internet?
A gubernational candidate in Michigan wants the entire state to have free, publicly owned Internet. Abdul El-Sayed, running as Democrat in this fall's election, calls it "Mi-Fi." Public networks are an idea that has been growing in both political parties. In January, there were rumors that President Trump was going to push for a nationalized 5G network outside of private control, that idea has yet to formally materialize on the national scale.
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Flint water flagged as poor weeks before free bottles ended
Michigan environmental experts warned that Flint's water system had "significant deficiencies" just weeks before Gov. Rick Snyder announced an end to bottled water service that was introduced to allay a lead-tainted water crisis. A surface water treatment engineer detailed 10 unresolved issues in a March 21 letter to Flint Mayor Karen Weaver. The letter said that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has no confidence in Flint's capacity to manage the system.
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Thieves crash 10 Ram trucks through factory gate in 'well-planned' heist
A security guard watched in disbelief as a convoy of stolen 2018 Ram trucks crashed through the gate at the Fiat Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly Plant.
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Do we need baby boxes?
State Senator Patty Birkholz, who died yesterday, was a classy lady who fought for the environment and tried to make this state a better place. She was a proud Republican who nevertheless wasn’t afraid to break from her party on occasion to do the right thing.
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A new bridge is dawning in Detroit. Matty Moroun isn’t the only one unhappy.
Gregg Ward is a nice guy with a lousy view. His family business overlooks Detroit’s hell on earth : the hulking, pitch-black U.S. Steel plant on Zug Island
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Foxconn Will Drain 26.5 Megalitres Of Water Per Day From Lake Michigan To Make LCD Screens
This week, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources gave the go-ahead to Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn to siphon off 26.5ML of water per day...
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Detroit Was Crumbling. Here’s How It’s Reviving.
Last week, we visited the city to find further signs of recovery as Detroit moves out from under budgetary oversight.
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Michigan man charged with shooting at teen who knocked on door to ask directions
A Michigan man has been charged with shooting at a teenage boy who knocked on his door to ask for directions, authorities say. Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, a retired Detroit firefighter, was arraigned Friday on charges of assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to a release from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
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Plan in motion to save Ulysses S. Grant home
Historic Detroit home once occupied by President Ulysses S. Grant may be relocated from the former Michigan State Fairgrounds to the Dequindre Cut.
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