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YPSILANTI, MI — An Ypsilanti group that has petitioned for public control of the police budget, nonpartisan elections and tenants rights is calling on city leaders to better protect renters. Community members from the Ypsilanti Ballot Initiative Group —or YBIG — went before City Council Tuesday night, urging...

ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP, MI -- Two crashes have closed parts of M-14 and U.S. 23 shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. A crash around 8:37 a.m., May 21, closed all lanes of southbound U.S. 23 at M-14, exit 45, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. A second crash around...

Ann Arbor-based Hobbs + Black Architects “saw a lot of opportunity in the growth in West Michigan,” which led the design firm to open an office in Grand Rapids at the end of March, said the firm’s new West Michigan leader. Hobbs + Black Architects is working...

More than 100 artists will be showcasing their creations at the Kensington Metropark Art Fair this weekend. From paintings to sculptures, jewelry, and beyond, it will all be at the park in Milford. Many of the pieces of art are inspired by nature, including the work from married couple Esther...

The children of Dee Warner are suing Dee’s husband, Dale Warner, for $100 million in relation to her disappearance and death.

One Michigan mom had to endure any parent’s worst nightmare: her kids went missing . Ebony Foley thought it would be fine to run into the store by herself quickly. With toddlers, it probably felt easier to not have to drag them out of the car. But she will not make that assumption ever again. While the mom was in the...

When Haab’s Barrel House closed in 2022, many Ypsilanti locals felt the loss of this institution. After all, the previous owner, Mike Kabat, had kept the 87 year old restaurant afloat for 47 of those years. Loyal patrons were happy to see the historic downtown restaurant, which has been steeped in tradition, reopen...

The Ypsilanti Ballot Initiative Group YpsiBIG is asking the City Council to move forward on a Tenants' Bill of Rights ordinance. Last year, YpsiBIG collected enough signatures to put a Renters' Bill of Rights up for a vote, but a timing issue kept it off the ballot. Now, the group is asking the City Council to pass...

YPSILANTI, MI - I started writing about food for The Ann Arbor News almost three years ago. It wasn’t even called Dish of the Week yet. I made a few key mistakes with my first column. One, I erroneously named it Ann Arbor’s Best Food despite starting in Ypsilanti with the cornmeal trout at Bellflower. I also didn’t...

CHELSEA, MI — Chelsea is in need of more affordable housing options, and officials want to attract developers to change that. City officials are gearing up to market a city-owned property to developers in an effort to increase affordable housing stock in the city. A request for proposals to...