Detroit All Local from WWJ Newsradio

Just announced at the TCF Center in downtown Detroit, the North American, Car, Utility and Truck of the year.

Also this morning, The organizers of the North American International Auto Show have announced a new event leading up to the main event in June.

Show chairman Doug North said this morning there will be a Motorvilla Super Car Street Festival starting June 5th in downtown Detroit.  The event will involve Italian and British vehicles and food.  The festival will run for four days.

American smokehouse meets German beer hall.

WWJ's Vickie Thomas talks to Jasmine Espy about her documentary on HS which is Hidradenitis Suppurativa.  HD is a skin condition that causes small to large painful boils and cysts to form under the skin. The lumps can break open and form tunnels under the skin. The condition mostly affects areas where the skin rubs together such as the aimpits, groin, buttocks and breasts.  HS can affect one spot or multiple areas of the body.  For more information on this documentary please click to listen.

Michigan's economy is looking good, but there could be a slight down tick in auto sales. WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick talked with Martin Lavelle, business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Detroit Branch.

President Donald Trump has indicated he would not respond militarily to Iran after no one was hurt during a missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. Oakland University Political Science professor Peter Trumbore spoke live with WWJ's Jackie Paige and Jason Scott...

President Trump addressed the nation, following the launch of Iranian missiles on bases in Iraq where US troops are stationed.

Wayne State University has launched a new project to address the shortage of teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  WWJ's Sandra McNeill talked with WSU's Truman Hudson about the program.

WWJ's Charlie Langton and Roberta Jasina talk with Shelby Township Republican Senator Pete Lucido about his new plan to pay for road repairs, running for Governor and the Michigan Department of Transportation.

WWJ's Brooke Allen profiles this week's Difference Maker Wendall Gramlich, Chapter President of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, who says "No kid sleeps on the floor in our town."

WWJ's Ron Dewey talked with incoming Livonia Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan about her goals for 2020.  Brosnan becomes mayor at noon January 1st.