Ann Arbor MI

Chelsea City Council approved an amendment to the city’s downtown sidewalk ordinance at the Aug. 10 meeting. “This amendment expands the pedestrian-only sidewalk area to include sidewalks south to Van Buren to encompass the new Holmes Family Park and prohibits additional types of wheeled ‘vehicles,’ including all motor

An objection has been filed asking the Michigan State Tax Commission to deny Oracle’s tax break for its Saline Township data center. Attorney Ellis Boal says the township failed to follow state law when it created an Industrial Development District without first holding a public hearing. Boal says the district is requi

AUGUSTA TWP., MI — There will not be any recall elections in Augusta Township this November. Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Kestenbaum made a determination that signed recall petitions targeting all seven elected township officials are “legally insufficient,” he said in a letter dated Wednesday, Aug. 12. Kestenbaum’s...

A new Cold Stone Creamery is under construction in Plymouth, Michigan, with an opening targeted for this fall, though the company has not released an exact address or opening date. The Plymouth shop is the first concrete sign of a broader push to add eight to 12 new Cold Stone locations across Michigan over the next fo

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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A multi-organization conservation effort has restored more than 1,700 acres of the Oak Openings region, a sandy, globally rare ecosystem stretching from Bowling Green, Ohio, to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Over the last century, development, roads and invasive plants have reduced the region’s natural habi

City planners granted conditional approval of a developer's request to extend the preliminary site plan approval for the mixed-use development at 1080 E Michigan Ave. - also known as Lot 20A. The conditions are that the dates in the extension must not exceed the dates listed in the purchase and...

Trinity Health Ann Arbor has become the first hospital in the Midwest to implant a next-generation leadless pacemaker, the health care provider announced.

Michigan drivers got hit with an 11-cent overnight jump at the pump today, pushing the statewide average regular unleaded price to $4.24 a gallon after sitting at $4.13 just a day earlier. The spike came only days after prices had dropped to $4.15 a gallon, capping off a stretch of whiplash-inducing swings that has lef

PLYMOUTH, MI - A new place to grab ice cream is coming to Plymouth this fall as Cold Stone Creamery prepares to expand across Michigan. The ice cream chain announced Wednesday, Aug. 12, that a new Cold Stone Creamery is under construction in Plymouth and is expected to open this fall. The company did not provide an exa