Downriver Life

Column: Our teens deserve better: Dating without violence

In 2010, Congress proclaimed February National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. February is recognized as a time to come together to educate communities about the prevalence of abuse in adolescent dating relationships, address advances in prevention and ensure that we promote healthy relationship skills in our youth.

The National InstituteJustice states that 73% of girls and 66% of boys report experiencing verbal abuse from their dating partner. Photo courtesy of Metro Editorial Services

Under the direction of Keith Day, Jr., founder of Day Vision Entertainment and Director of Performing Arts for the River Rouge School District, students bring Motown history to life in M25: The Story Behind Motown’s Biggest Night, blending performance, storytelling, and cultural education. Photo courtesy of Day Vision Entertainment

M25: Bringing Motown’s Most Iconic Night to Life in River Rouge

Does your nonprofit group have a fundraiser, dinner, or another community event? Get it posted into the What's Going On calendar. Email the information to jgray@medianewsgroup.com. Photo courtesy of Metro Editorial Service

Dinners, scholarships and events Downriver

Does your faith-based organization have a service, Mass, fundraising dinner, VBS or other events? Get them posted into the Under Downriver Spires calendar. Email the information to jgray@medianewsgroup.com. (Photo courtesy of Metro Creative Connection)

Lenten dinners, faith evets and more Downriver

February 3, 2026 at 12:52 p.m.

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Volunteers for Knots of Love creates numerous items for local non-profits, including: ChristNet, Metro Detroit Share, Friends of Metro Detroit Animal Shelter, Karmanos Cancer Treatment Center, Dearborn Cancer Treatment Center, Fish & Loaves, and Corewell Health ER. Photo courtesy of Knots of Love Downriver

Knots of Love Downriver stitches community, compassion and dignity

By Susan Thwing

February 2, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

On a Saturday morning in Downriver, a handful of people gather around café tables with...

Freida McFadden, the author of “The Housemaid,” which has been adapted into a hit movie, also penned “The Intruder," an intense psychothriller. Photo courtesy of Mira Whiting

Book Review: ‘The Intruder’ is a readable psychothriller from Freida McFadden

By John O'Neill

January 28, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Just as the current movie “The Housemaid,” based on the book by Freida McFadden, has...

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City clubs team up for chili cookoff competition

By The News Herald

January 28, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

At the end of February, several of Wyandotte’s nonprofit clubs will go head-to-head in the...

Does your nonprofit group have a fundraiser, dinner, or another community event? Get it posted into the What's Going On calendar. Email the information to jgray@medianewsgroup.com. Photo courtesy of Metro Editorial Service

Library events, clubs, meetings and more

January 28, 2026 at 8:21 a.m.

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To...

Does your faith-based organization have a service, Mass, fundraising dinner, VBS or other events? Get them posted into the Under Downriver Spires calendar. Email the information to jgray@medianewsgroup.com. (Photo courtesy of Metro Creative Connection)

Faith events around Downriver

January 27, 2026 at 11:43 a.m.

Send event information by email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost and contact...

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Volunteer opportunities and other things to do

January 23, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To...

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) hangs a Presidential Medal of Freedom on the neck of Harper Lee (C), Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," during a presentation ceremony for the medal's 2007 recipients in the East Room of the White House Nov. 5, 2007 in Washington, DC. The Medal of Freedom is given to those who have made remarkable contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, culture, or other private or public endeavors. Chip Somodevilla - Getty Images

More to Harper Lee than one great novel

By John O'Neill

January 22, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, published in 1960, was for generations the only...

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Downriver women’s organization offers $2,500 academic scholarship

By The News Herald

January 21, 2026 at 9:24 a.m.

The Wyandotte-Downriver branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is offering a $2,500...

J.L. Lienhardt

Brownstown resident debuts women-led fantasy novel ‘A Realm Undone’

By Susan Thwing

January 21, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

On most days, Brownstown Twp.resident Jess Lienhardt is thinking about policy, not prophecy. As a...

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