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DETROIT (AP) - Officials say they've confirmed that common terns are doing well in restored habitat on the eastern tip of Belle Isle in the Detroit…

Matt Helms of the Detroit Free Press reports the Detroit City Council has dug their heels in on a plan for Belle Isle. The plan calls for the state to…

A Detroit-based group says it has developed a model to refurbish Detroit’s Belle Isle without turning it into a state park.The group says a Belle Isle…

Members of the Detroit City Council are still deeply skeptical of a plan to turn Belle Isle into a state park.That’s despite efforts by Mayor Dave Bing’s…

Does Detroit have any chance of avoiding bankruptcy and a state takeover of some kind? Frankly, I don’t know. The odds right now look bad for the city…

Michigan No. 5 most obese state in the USMichigan is now the fifth-most obese state in the nation. That's according to a study released yesterday by the…

Without major changes, it looks like the proposal to turn Detroit’s Belle Isle into a state park doesn’t have a shot with the Detroit City Council.City…

The nation’s oldest aquarium is up and running once again.Detroit’s Belle Isle Aquarium will be open to visitors Saturday for the first time since 2005,…

There was some good news yesterday for those who care about this state. Governor Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced a deal to turn Belle…

Many Detroiters have long been suspicious of outsiders coming in to control their city, but once they lay their eyes on what Mayor Dave Bing and Gov. Rick…