Four years ago, the city of Toledo told more than 450,000 residents to immediately stop drinking water out of the tap. That's after a toxin called microcystin was detected in the water. The toxin came from a bloom of cyanobacteria that had surrounded...
Richard DeVos, co-founder of the direct marketing company Amway and father-in-law of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, has died. He was 92. Richard DeVos was a billionaire, one of the richest men in Michigan for decades. But he came from humble beg...
Bill Gelineau, Michigan's Libertarian nominee for governor, says Michigan's education system needs to start focusing on the individual needs of students. Michigan is currently ranked 35 out of 50 states when it comes to 4th grade students' reading sk...
This shop is Fidler Furniture Company...headed up by Steven Mark Fidler. We do primarily custom metalwork. We do some woodwork where we have exotic woods wemix with our metalwork. Sometimes people want a table and they want a wood top, but ametal bas...
Past research has indicated that where you live can affect your health. But what factors go into that, and how do you know just how bad or good your neighborhood is for you health? Rick Sadler tackled those questions. He is an assistant professor of...
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer says literacy for Michigan's schoolchildren is a top priority. In an interview with Stateside, Whitmer said that if elected, she will fund education, support teachers, and make sure every student ca...
Ford Motor Company got some troubling news this week from Moody's Investors Service. It has downgraded Ford's investment rating to just one level above junk status. To Moody's, this signifies the chance of default. Detroit News business columnist Dan...
Governor Rick Snyders been the de facto head of Michigans Republicans for eight years, but he wont be at the GOP convention this weekend. His people say its a scheduling conflict. I say thats baloney. Hes making a statement. And its aimed squarely at...
If zoos have a lot of one thing, it's manure. That's why the Detroit Zoo turned to Michigan State University researcher Dana Kirk to help turn that manure into power. Kirk uses an anaerobic digester to create clean energy from organic waste. Starting...
We have a rattlesnake in Michigan called the eastern massasauga. It's listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. One of the threats it's facing is a disease called snake fungal disease, and it cankill the snakes. Researchers hav...