Rouge Park receives $430,000 grant from Gilbert Family Foundation
The grant was announced during the park's annual Winterfest event Saturday.
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Veronica Ortega joined CBS News Detroit in September 2024.
She is very familiar with the region because, for more than three years, Veronica worked as a reporter and weekend morning/noon anchor at WZZM 13 ON YOU SIDE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That's where she earned a Michigan Association of Broadcasters "Best in Sports" award for her story, "Sparta-Rock Rugby."
Veronica comes to the Motor City with 10 years of broadcast journalism experience. Before moving to Michigan, she also worked as an anchor and reporter at the ABC News affiliate in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Plus, reporting stints in South Bend, Indiana and Lincoln, Nebraska.
She has covered everything from breaking news, court cases, two historic floods, tornadoes and more. Her favorite stories to tell are human interest pieces. Veronica is a passionate animal welfare advocate and has spent years promoting adoption, fostering, and rescue efforts in every community she has lived in.
Veronica is originally from Chicago, the city, not the suburbs, and holds a master's degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in history from DePaul University. In 2014, she was an intern at WGN News in Chicago.
When she's not at work, you can find her spending time together with her rescue dog Jingles, binge-watching Netflix, reading as many books as possible and exploring new restaurants around Detroit.
The grant was announced during the park's annual Winterfest event Saturday.
Detroit city leaders say it's not uncommon to have five water main breaks a day during the winter, but when temperatures are in the single digits, it can be up to 20 a day.
Work to repair a water main that turned a street on Detroit's west side into a frozen river continued Tuesday.
A Detroit neighborhood on the city's west side looked like a frozen river after a water main break on Monday caused flooding and then an icy road.
TikTok is back online after less than 24 hours after going dark Saturday night.
Michigan Humane is offering a reward for information that could lead to an arrest after a dog was found with a large piece of PVC pipe wrapped around his neck.
The emergency declaration made by Mayor Lori Stone Saturday allows the City Council to allocate funds for response to the expected cold weather, according to city officials.
The life-sized edible cake has gotten a lot of attention even from the player himself.
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The Detroit Lions will host the Washington Commanders in an NFC divisional round playoff game at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The Detroit-based bakery is raffling off a pair of Detroit Lions lower bowl playoff tickets.
The fire department hosts inspections on the second Sunday of every month with nationally certified technicians.
Veteran Harry Hearehart collected 1,000 pounds of plastic in six months as part of the national VFW #StillServing campaign.
A Royal Oak consulting firm wants to showcase the Lions' pride by submitting a proposal to rename a road after head coach Dan Campbell.
The warning comes after a fire broke out at an apartment complex on Village West Drive five days ago.