Tag: Detroit
Renaissance Center looks to future. Should taxpayers help pay the bill?
A familiar debate is brewing in Lansing and Detroit, as plans to transform the 5.5 million square-foot site hinge on money from taxpayers. Developers say the RenCen will molder and rot without support….
RenCen seeks rebirth, visitors seek directions: A day inside Detroit landmark
As Detroitâs most iconic skyscraper complex seeks a $1.6 billion rebirth, 24 hours in the Renaissance Center underscore what many have learned the hard way: Itâs impossible to navigate. If you go, bring snacks and patience….
DNR: Efforts to restore the Arctic grayling continue
This spring the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will include the once-native Arctic grayling in fish stocking efforts throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Read the full story by the […]
I Speak for the Fish: Why do mudpuppies matter?
I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
Fact or Fake? Readers can test their Great Lakes knowledge with excerpts from this new book
Great Lakes Fact or Fake? is a new book by Dave Dempsey. Below are adapted excerpts from the book, which bring readers along while he answers 41 myths about the Great Lakes.
Drinking Sewage
FACT or FAKE?
Maritime Time: Thunder Bay International Film Festival
Batten down the hatches, northern Michigan, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s International Film Festival is here.
Cold weather helps create blue ice. Here’s the science behind it
Abstract, colorful ice formations, known as blue ice, are already forming in the Great Lakes near Mackinac Island, Michigan. Blue ice, typically found in glaciers, often forms in Michigan lakes […]
Stranded ship near Windsor in 1848 inspired Abe Lincoln invention
While sailing up the Detroit River, Abraham Lincoln observed efforts to free a stranded steamer, which led him to whittle a wooden model of a steamboat with gear that could […]
Research finds some bees in cities struggle with the heat
Research out of Bowling Green State University studies bees in 10 cities in the U.S. It looks at how well different bee species tolerate heat and dehydration.
Detroit lures kids to school with $200 gift cards. Perfect attendance is up
The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate….