It's cottonwood season in Metro Detroit — arriving about a week late

Budget cuts threaten EMS operations throughout Michigan

WWJ's Jackie Paige speaks with Angela Madden, executive director of the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services, about trying to convince lawmakers to continue funding EMS services in future state budgets. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

Former Fox 2 anchor Taryn Asher files federal discrimination lawsuit

The lawsuit alleges gender discrimination at the station. Her lawyer, Tad Roumayah, tells WWJ's Amanda Forrester about why the suit was filed. (Photo credit: Taryn Asher / Tad Roumayah)

It's cottonwood season in Metro Detroit — arriving about a week late

Expect to see those flying floofs, and fluffy white stuff coating the ground in mass quantities in some spots around Southeast Michigan. Experts say the cottonwood trees are shedding their fuzzy seeds a week or so later than usual, due to the cooler spring we've had. Are cottonwood trees more trouble than they're worth? David Lowenstein, a consumer horticulture educator with Michigan State University, talked about the pros and cons in an interview with WWJ's Taylor Dietz. (Photo: Getty Images)

Doctor breaks down scabies amid Michigan jail outbreak

The mites are passed through prolonged skin to skin contact. DMC family medicine doctor Tracey Wright tells WWJ's Amanda Forrester what people need to know (photo credit: Getty Images)

Michigan boy speaks to Congress in support of children's healthcare funding

WWJ's Jeremy Jenkins speaks with Virona Guy who's 12-year-old son, E'Shon, is living with Sickle Cell Anemia and preparing to testify before Congress in support of federally funding children's healthcare and research. (Photo Credit: Getty Images / Jacob Wackerhausen)