Burn Awareness Week Encourages Fire Safety and Burn Prevention
It’s Burn Awareness Week, a time to discuss fire safety and burn prevention. This week encourages conversation on critical safety tips, while also supporting burn survivors healing not only physically, but emotionally. Meanwhile, there are ways to help prevent everyday burn risks, such as turning off heating pads...
Sharon Twp: Board of Review Meeting Schedule March 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL PERSONS LIABLE TO ASSESSMENT. Tuesday March 3, 2026 at 5:00 P.M. 9:00 A.M. TO 12 Noon and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Letters, instead of personal appearance are. acceptable if received by March...
Police still determining who fired fatal bullet in Ann Arbor shooting
Two teens have been sent to trial on charges of open murder.
Ypsilanti icon H.P. Jacobs impacting community more than 150 years later
Henry “H.P.” Jacobs played a pivotal role in Ypsilanti’s Black history in the mid-1800s. H.P. Jacobs forged freedom papers for him and his family to escape slavery in Alabama and fled to Canada in the 1850s. James Egge is the Associate Dean for Programs at Eastern Michigan...
Scio Twp’s Fire Station 2 Plan Gets Approval, With Conditions
Moving it to the next important step in the process, the Scio Township Board approved the site plan for the proposed fire station #2 at its January 27 meeting. The township board voted to approve the site plan with the following conditions to be addressed prior to holding a pre-construction meeting for the project:...
Man charged for stabbing roommate near Arch Street
26-year-old Nizar Adam Mazloum was charged Tuesday with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder after stabbing his 22-year-old female roommate Sunday. Officers arrived at the residence, located in the 800 block of Arch Street near the intersection of Packard Street and State Street, around 9:45 a.m. Sunday....
Ann Arbor schools join federal social media lawsuit over platforms ‘bombarding’ teens
ANN ARBOR, MI – Washtenaw County’s largest school district is set to join a massive federal lawsuit challenging social media companies’ role in the detrimental impact experts and advocates believe their platforms have on students. “Currently, we’ve got these entities like Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, you...
These 3 rural gems north of Ann Arbor are officially named ‘Historic Places’
NORTHFIELD TWP., MI — Three historic properties in Northfield Township have earned spots on the National Register of Historic Places. The sites, north of Ann Arbor and near Whitmore Lake, are among 13 in Michigan recognized in 2025. The Bessert-Ryan House, German Park Recreation Club, and the Joshua and...
Washtenaw County reopens small business grant program with $2,500 awards
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have an opportunity for additional assistance worth thousands of dollars, according to a Feb. 5 press release. The Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development has relaunched its Small Business Growth Activator Program,...
Fusilier Family Farms, Sarah Black honored with Master Farmer Awards at Great Lakes EXPO
Celebrating the achievements of individuals whose contributions have shaped Michigan’s agricultural landscape, the Michigan Vegetable Council (MVC) Master Farmer Award and Master Farmer Associate Award honored Fusilier Family Farms and Sarah Black. Fusilier Family Farms — Master Farmer Award. Fusilier Family Farms is...
