Laura Herberg
ReporterLaura Herberg is a reporter for 101.9 WDET, telling stories about people inhabiting the Detroit region and the issues that affect us here. She won a Regional Murrow Award for best Hard News story (Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio) in 2020 and she was named the Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter for radio broadcasting in 2020, 2018 and 2017. In 2012, she was awarded a SoundCloud Fellowship for her project, “Listen to Detroit.” She also is the creator of Complete Me, a podcast with only three episodes about how she has trouble completing tasks.
Before becoming a radio reporter, Laura worked, among other things, as a buser, a telemarketer, a canvasser and a magician’s assistant. She is originally from the Seattle area but lived in five other cities before settling on Detroit in 2010. She’s now a proud homeowner in Highland Park, Mich., a tiny city located inside Detroit.
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The City of Detroit says its COVID-19 transmission is now considered high by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Some Detroiters have been scrambling to find a place to live after the Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s two-month order to extend a moratorium on evictions and 36th District Court resumed evictions for nonpayment of rent last week. The City of Detroit is offering a variety of ways to assist residents as the pandemic continues.
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According to the Michigan State Police there’s been an uptick in road rage incidents in the Metro Detroit.