Sarah Cwiek
Detroit Reporter/ProducerSarah Cwiek joined Michigan Radio in October 2009. As our Detroit reporter, she is helping us expand our coverage of the economy, politics, and culture in and around the city of Detroit.
Before her arrival at Michigan Radio, Sarah worked at WDET-FM as a reporter and producer.
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A Detroit man named Lionel Wells was sentenced last week for sexually assaulting five teenage girls between 2007 and 2014. He’s the latest perpetrator of a violent crime identified with the help of a relatively novel investigative technique called genetic genealogy. -
The program will use $50 million in American Rescue Plan funds to provide grants to nonprofit developers. They can use the money to finance construction of new homes, or to rehab existing ones.
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The Coalition for Property Tax Justice says data show Detroit continues to systematically over-assess and over-tax some homes—a claim Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration vigorously denies.
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A research team led by a University of Michigan medical professor found that hospital deaths during childbirth actually fell by more than half from 1995 through 2015. But it also found that a majority of pregnancy-related deaths now occur either before or after birth.
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Things are different from when the first wave of the original vaccine and its boosters came through. There won’t be an all-out push from public health agencies to get people vaccinated through mass vaccination clinics. And shots are still free for now, but that could change early next year.
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Ann Arbor has a goal of reaching 100% renewable power by 2030. A feasibility study will look at possible scenarios for achieving that, including potentially converting to a city-owned utility. The council is expected to vote on contractors to perform the study, evaluating several options.
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Dr. Natalie Gladstein, an obstetrician-gynecologist in southeast Michigan, said reviving the state's 1931 law criminalizing abortion would “put women's health at risk and cause immeasurable suffering for many people."
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The American Association of University Professors at EMU, the union representing around 500 faculty members at Eastern Michigan University, says for now, they’ll keep working past a midnight deadline under their current contract.
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The county detention center has become overcrowded, with some juveniles locked up for months in a facility that’s not meant to house people long-term. It's also facing a staffing crisis.
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Just four years ago, only a single pair of inbred wolves remained on Isle Royale. That’s when the National Park Service began transplanting outside wolves to the isolated island. Now, Michigan Tech’s annual survey reports an estimated 28 wolves on the island as of this past February.
