Ann Arbor MI

As National Volunteer Week approaches, Arbor Hospice is highlighting the role volunteers play in supporting patients and families across Washtenaw County. From sitting with patients to offering companionship, volunteers help provide comfort and relief during some of life’s most difficult moments. “Volunteers are really the heart of what we...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Drivers should expect lane restrictions and closures on roads across multiple townships during the week of April 20 through April 26, according to the Washtenaw County Road Commission. All schedules are subject to change due to weather or other circumstances. A full map of road work...

W4 Country brought extra energy to the Saline Area Fire Department on Friday morning with its Firehouse Friday live broadcast, inviting the community to stop by the fire hall, check out the trucks and enjoy the event. The morning also included baked goods, giveaways and community tables from Michigan Schools...

PITTSFIELD TWP., MI — Pittsfield Township will begin removing thousands of uncollected waste and recycling carts left at curbsides throughout the community just outside Ann Arbor. Priority Waste, the former service provider, failed to retrieve them as promised, according to a township release. Priority Waste’s contract with the township...

LANSING, MI — Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a claim of appeal, challenging the Michigan Public Service Commission’s conditional approval of two special contracts to service a massive planned data center in Washtenaw County. The state’s largest AI data center in the works, a 1.4 gigawatt hyperscale...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Ann Arbor after an EF-1 tornado struck the city earlier this week, enabling state assistance for response efforts and infrastructure repairs. Whitmer declared the state of emergency on Friday (April 17), following a formal request from...

ANN ARBOR, MI — When cemetery sexton Brad Bouchie arrived at Bethlehem Cemetery after a tornado ripped through Ann Arbor, he couldn’t even enter the site. Bouchie first came around 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning, April 15. The access to the entrance off Jackson Road near I-94 was blocked.

WASTENAW COUNTY, MI – A months-long investigation into a drug trafficking operation across southeast Michigan culminated in coordinated raids that netted significant quantities of narcotics, weapons and cash. Detectives with the Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team executed five search warrants April 17 at residences in Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland...

MICHIGAN — A multi-county drug bust in Metro Detroit resulted in the seizure of fentanyl, heroin, firearms, and more than $270,000 in cash and jewelry, according to authorities. Investigators said detectives executed five search warrants on Friday, April 17, including at a home on Stansbury Street on Detroit’s west side. Officials said the investigation targeted […] The post Large amount of drugs and cash seized...

After more than a decade of false starts, the long-vacant 3045 Broad St. property in downtown Dexter is once again moving toward redevelopment, this time with a formally approved agreement in place. The Dexter Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has approved a purchase and sales agreement with the Ferlito Group, marking...