Side Biscuit Now Named The Best Chicken Wing Spot In Michigan
This Michigan spot makes the best chicken wings in America and the state.
Highest-rated cheap eats in Ann Arbor by diners
Americans spend a lot of money on eating out—in 2024, that totaled $1.54 trillion, or nearly 59% of all food spending. So, it's only natural to want the best bang for your restaurant dollar. Value has become a key component of what diners look for when they eat out,...
Be a Poet of Your Place
As I walk my morning meditation, a three-plus-mile out and back route on the Stewart Ditch Road above the valley here, I give thanks to the day, and salute the four directions, plus Mother Earth, Father Sky, the community of the land, and myself at home.
Gravel mine seeks 121-acre expansion in rural community as reserves dwindle
Manchester Sand and Gravel has about five years of minerals left at its current site and needs to expand to meet growing regional demand for construction materials.
Cannabis Workers in Ann Arbor Strike Over Right to Join a Union
Workers at Exclusive Brands, a cannabis dispensary in Ann Arbor, have been on strike since Aug. 28, saying the company has refused to recognize workers' rights to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 union and has fired an employee who supported the union drive. “Exclusive Brands cares...
Saline Township rejects data center rezoning
Protest signs in opposition of a new data center are placed outside the Saline Township Board of Trustees September 10, 2025 meeting. The Saline Township Board of Trustees has rejected a zoning change to allow. to build a data center on a large parcel of farmland. The crowd of over...
Northern Michigan woman faces new animal cruelty charges involving 126 animals
NORTHERN MICHIGAN,. (WPBN/WGTU) - A northern Michigan woman with a long history of animal abuse is facing new animal cruelty accusations. This time, in Washtenaw County. UpNorthLive has been following Christine Thompson for more than a decade. Court records depict a trail of animal abuse charges following Thompson...
Saline City Council Votes Against Electric Mobility Ordinance
Saline City Council voted unanimously to postpone the passing of Ordinance 877, which prohibits the use of electric bikes and mobility devices in the downtown Saline area, excepting ADA compliant devices, at the Sept. 8 meeting. The ordinance was originally proposed due to concerns about pedestrian safety and will be...
New street art event coming to Ann Arbor
Street Art Encounter will fill downtown Ann Arbor on Friday. It’s a brand-new event that will transform Tree Town into an open-air art gallery. Visitors can experience street art from live mural painting to interactive installations. Fifteen artists will be participating in the event, explained Ashley Schafer, the...
College students weren’t born when the 9/11 ‘Attacks on America’ took place 24 years...
Eastern Michigan University has changed over the years in how it teaches 9/11 to students who were born years after the event. Students at EMU tend to view 9/11 and its aftermath through a critical lens. Dr. Ashley Bavery teaches Modern U.S. History at EMU. She says many who join...