English musician bringing ‘Nowstalgia’ to Ann Arbor’s The Ark this summer
ANN ARBOR, MI - English musician Fin Greenall, FINK, is coming to perform in Ann Arbor this August at The Ark. The show will take place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 11. Tickets start at $35 and can be found on the Ark’s website. Full list of dates...
Matrix Basement Finishing turns a bare basement into a dream space – one transparent...
When most homeowners picture a finished basement, they imagine the end result: the game room, the home gym, the wine cellar. What they rarely see is everything that happens in between. Matrix Basement Finishing wants to change that. The company is currently transforming a 1,400-square-foot basement in South Lyon into..
Milan Library Eliminates Late Fines; Dexter Last in County to Keep Them
Milan Public Library will go fine-free starting Aug. 1, leaving Dexter District Library as the only public library in Washtenaw County that still charges them. The change follows a June discussion by the Milan Library Board about making the library more accessible. Less than 1% of the library’s $533,487.59 budget comes
Regents meeting plagued by audio issues, Board approves library construction project on former Concordia...
The University of Michigan Board of Regents met at the Delamar Hotel in Traverse City Thursday morning to discuss on-campus construction and renovation projects. The meeting experienced technical difficulties, with audio being mostly unintelligible before the recording cut out completely. In an email to The Michigan Da
Western Washtenaw Communities Prepare Together
When a complicated development proposal arrives in a small township, local officials may have limited resources and only a short time to understand what is at stake. Chelsea Mayor Kate Henson wants local communities to make sure their neighbors do not face those decisions alone. “Anything that people are struggling...
6-story apartment development near Trader Joe’s in Ann Arbor gets 6-0 OK
“This is a housing type that there isn’t a lot of in the city," City Council Member Lisa Disch said.
U-M Puts Out Call For New Campus Safety Boss, Ann Arbor Gets A Say
The University of Michigan is kicking off a high-profile hunt for its next executive director of the Division of Public Safety and Security and is asking both the campus and the broader Ann Arbor community to speak up. The university has hired executive-search firm Spelman Johnson to steer the process and plans to host
Fun for Everyone at the Dexter Summer Festival
A two-day party, featuring music, fun stuff for the kids, a social tent, food zone, outdoor movie, parade and fireworks, just to name a few of the cool happenings and events taking place on August 7th and 8th at the Dexter Summer Festival. Formerly known as Dexter Daze, the festival...
U-M Paid $12 Million for Probe Into Athletic Department, But Got No Report
Some are criticizing the University of Michigan for paying $12 million to the Chicago law firm Jenner & Block to investigate the school's athletic department, an investigation that produced no report. Sarah Atwood of the Detroit News reports:. For $12 million, the university should have made a comprehensive report —...
Milan Bus Mechanic Honored for Keeping Students Safe
Long before Milan Area Schools students climb aboard their buses, Doug Orr is already at work making sure they can get there safely. Orr, the district’s transportation mechanic for the past nine years, was named the 2026 Bus Technician of the Year on July 2 at the Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation’s annual
