Detroit

A conversation on a Michigan summer classic — lightning bugs. Also, the Detroit community gathers for a collard green cookoff. Plus, an ophthalmologist becomes the first Michigander to win an open water swimming challenge.

Wondering what's going on in Michigan this weekend? Or just need help deciding your plans? Here are 24 events happening across the state July 11-13 that we think are worth your time.

First, the WNBA's plans to return to Detroit. Also, a Grand Rapids bookstore — stocking exclusively romance and erotic literature — opens its doors. Then, Lucine Jarrah and Emily Feuerherm on the effect of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown on Flint communities.

The Catholic Archdiocese is restricting traditional Latin Mass in metro Detroit. Also, a biologist makes a discovery on how best to navigate swimmer's itch. Then, how Black mothers in Detroit are being impacted by high rates of eviction.

The Catholic Archdiocese is restricting traditional Latin Mass in metro Detroit. Also, a biologist makes a discovery on how best to navigate swimmer's itch. Then, how Black mothers in Detroit are being impacted by high rates of eviction.

A local educator and historian is honored as a grand marshal in Lansing’s Juneteenth parade. Also, the director of Enslaved.org discusses the lives of Black Americans born before emancipation. And, a conversation with Brittany March, chef and owner of It’s Food Detroit.

The suspected gunman in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers had papers naming six Democrats in Michigan's congressional delegation. Also, low voter turnout in Detroit is cause for concern leading up to the election of a new mayor. Plus, a conversation with a techno music producer from Detroit on the new documentary that details his life.

Reporting from the “No Kings” march in Lansing, and Michigan Republicans’ new proposal for the K-12 education budget. Also, a conversation with Detroit-based printer Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., and a dispatch from a lake-based dispute between Michigan’s western neighbors.

What’s brewing for school budgets as Republicans in the state Legislature make a case for major structural changes. Also, an entomologist explains why swarms of mayflies, annoying as they may be, are actually a good thing. And we visit one of Detroit’s most celebrated new restaurants, where tradition meets technique.

Decades of advocacy paid off when her mother, Michelle West, walked out after nearly 32 years behind bars. West had no prior criminal history when she was sentenced to two life terms plus 50 years for her involvement with drug crimes in southeast Michigan.