Ann Arbor MI

Two celebrations lit up the streets of Ann Arbor this weekend. Students and community members carrying illuminated paper and wire figures participated in a street party Friday evening as part of the 16th annual FoolMoon festival. On Sunday afternoon, the 20th annual FestiFools festival showcased colorful giant puppets in a parade along Main Street.

Washtenaw’s inaugural State of the County Address will be presented tonight. It coincides with the official kickoff of the county’s bicentennial celebration. The event at Washtenaw Community College will feature a look at the history of the county and its communities. It will also highlight the projects that are going on currently and the plans for the future.

Content warning: This article contains mention of suicide and self-harm. More than 40 students and community members gathered for “Justice for Women at Huron Valley: Community Lunch & Learn and Rally to Demand Accountability” at the Central Campus Classroom Building Friday afternoon to discuss concerns of inadequate health care and hazardous living conditions at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility. The event comes after...

ROMULUS, MI - Protesters gathered April 11 at a proposed ICE detention site in Romulus, launching weekly demonstrations as they vowed to continue opposing the project. The protest, held at 7525 Cogswell Street, was organized by the Coalition to Shut the Camps and Detroit Will Breathe and marked the kickoff of what organizers called “Solidarity Saturdays,” a recurring protest effort at the site.

MONROE COUNTY, Mich. – A Monroe County man stored his lottery tickets in a box for months before discovering he had won $100,000. Perry Pendleton, 70, of Maybee, won the $100,000 prize when his Super Raffle number (071820) was chosen in the Nov. 19 drawing, according to an April 13 release from the Michigan Lottery.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Plans to bring a research center tied to one of the country’s largest nuclear weapons laboratories to southeast Michigan is drawing sharp scrutiny. The proposed University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory site would be located in Ypsilanti Township — either near Textile Road east of Bridge Road and south of the Huron River, or at the Willow Run American Center...

Detective Brad Patton always knew he wanted to work in law enforcement. He grew up watching The Rockford Files and Adam 12 and would listen to a neighbor’s police scanner on the weekends, imagining himself as a crime fighter. Originally from Hartland, Detective Patton worked for the Brighton Police...

The University of Michigan Center for Innovation is being built on a parking lot in Detroit. | University of Michigan / UMCI. The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning will begin offering a one-year master of urban technology degree program, the first degree of its kind that can be completed in one year at a U.S. university.

TECUMSEH — Small groups of fifth-graders clustered around tables in Carrie Barden’s classroom at Tecumseh Middle School on a recent March morning, carefully testing water samples and comparing results. Moving from table to table, Barden paused to answer questions and encourage students as they recorded their observations. Moments...

PITTSFIELD TWP., MI — Once a rural farming community just outside of Ann Arbor, Pittsfield Township’s population and suburban growth boomed in the late 20th century. More than 43,000 residents currently call the township home, according to U.S. Census data. Its makeup includes a mix of housing types, from single-family homes to attached condo complexes and apartments. It covers some prominent commercial and business...