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A group of Planet Detroiters met Sunday morning at Clinton River Heritage Park in Utica and walked a little under a mile into downtown, following the river past a floating dock, a stretch of freshly cut log jam, and a bank thick with Virginia creeper and a few sprigs of poison ivy.
The subject of the walk was the Clinton River Water Trail. The trail has 23 public a...
by BEN SOLIS, Michigan Advance
July 24, 2026
Valid signatures for the Michiganders for Money Out Of Politics ballot petition were determined to be sufficient on Friday after a close call by the Board of State Canvassers. However, the board must still determine if the wording of...
Michigan cyclosporiasis cases surge past 7,600, hospitalizations climb Michigan’s cyclosporiasis outbreak has grown to 7,664 cases as of Thursday, up 493 from the previous day, with 160 hospitalizations reported. The outbreak, first identified in Monroe County in late June, has spread to nearly every county, with Wayne, Ingham, Oakland, Monroe, and Washtena...
An outage left hundreds of thousands of DTE Energy customers without power — many for days — over the July 4 weekend, and candidates in the midterms were quick to channel resident outrage and demand accountability from the utility.
Ci...Detroit’s air quality has improved dramatically since record high pollution hit the area last week, but wildfire experts caution that fires burning in Ontario and elsewhere continue to pose a risk.
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