East Detroit

Two hundred miles to the east, Detroit enrolled 1,700 of the city’s 9,000-member work force in a work sharing program.

Last week, Turner-Handy’s East Detroit home was flooded with a foot of water after a thunderstorm swept through the city, forcing her to leave her home to buy materials to fix it.

The 14-year-old boy drowned at East Detroit High School in 2013.

A 14-year-old boy drowned at East Detroit High School in 2013.

Van Elslander opened his first furniture store in 1959 in East Detroit, now called Eastpointe.