‘Rotten To The Core’: Construction workers protest development company Core Spaces
In December 2023, the Ann Arbor City Planning Commission permitted Core Spaces to begin developing Hub William, a 16-story high-rise apartment building at 333 E. William St. between South Fifth Avenue and South Division Street. Since construction began in January 2024, the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters has...
Ann Arbor City Council wants changes to proposed new bike parking ordinance
The Ann Arbor City Council on Thursday re-referred an overhaul of its bicycle parking requirements back to the Planning Commission. The proposed changes include increasing the number of required bike spaces in multi-family developments and decreasing them downtown. The rereferral was requested by council member Erica...
Washtenaw County Jail resumes in-person visits after more than a decade
The Washtenaw County Jail began allowing in-person visitation after more than a decade, replacing a digital-only system. In an email to The Michigan Daily, Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer said officials realized the importance of human connections through in-person visit trial studies, making the decision to...
Instead of trying to relabel the data center, UMich should lay off the AI...
If you haven’t heard already, the University of Michigan is attempting to build a computing facility in partnership with Los Alamos National Lab. Needless to say, it’s having a tough time doing so. Of the many sticking points between community members and the U-M administration, the most interesting...
‘The building is shredded’: Worker describes explosion at facility near Ypsilanti
YPSILANTI TWP., MI – It was just a few minutes after employees first smelled gas at an Ypsilanti-area industrial facility Wednesday afternoon before the back of the building went boom. “The building is shredded,” Dion Raglin, an ink technician at Electronics For Imaging (EFI), said, recalling what authorities have...
Ann Arbor’s Mike Tirico takes Metro Detroit behind the scenes of NBC’s Olympic coverage
MILAN, Italy – His voice guides viewers through the biggest moments of the Winter Olympics. Inside NBC’s Studio A in Milan -- where millions of viewers around the world tune in each night -- Ann Arbor’s own Mike Tirico is once again at the center of it all as NBC’s primetime host.
Hearing set over woman’s effort to intervene in Saline Twp. data center lawsuit
The data center debate is raging on in Washtenaw County, and on Friday, a circuit court judge will hear arguments over a proposed data center in Saline Township.
13-Car Train Derailment Closes Roads in Michigan
A 13-car train derailment shut down roads near Marton Road in Pittsfield Township. Officials say no one was injured and no hazardous materials were on board.
Riverview Gabriel Richard lives up to its ‘Pioneers’ nickname in girls wrestling
It’s fitting that Riverview Gabriel Richard has a nickname of the “Pioneers,” because in the early stages of girls wrestling being sanctioned by the Michigan High School Athletic Association, the Gabriel Richard girls program has certainly been a pioneer to help grow the sport among girls. Since...
Webster Twp: Notice of Public Hearing 3/17/26
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE WEBSTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WHICH BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE WEBSTER TOWNSHIP HALL,. 5665 WEBSTER CHURCH ROAD, DEXTER, MICHIGAN. Agenda: Consideration of proposed FY 2027 Budget and the Property Tax Millage Rate to be levied to support the proposed budget will be the subject of...
