Saline City Council Continues Nepotism Policy Discussions
A discussion about implementing a potential policy regarding nepotism in city positions was brought to City Council by council member Dean Girbach at the Aug. 17 meeting. According to Girbach, he has asked for a similar policy to be drafted before, but due to the recent transitions in city managers, it hasn’t been done
Saline Council Approves DPW Vehicle Purchase
Saline City Council approved the purchase of a Ford F-150 for city use at the Aug. 17 meeting. The cost is not to exceed $55,000, including the charge of any work necessary to make the vehicle usable for the city. “Over the last four months, it’s been difficult to locate...
Chelsea Officials Seek to Address Downtown Parking Concerns
In an effort to address parking concerns in the downtown area, City Manager Elle Cole and Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce Director Terris Ahrens held two stakeholder meetings with downtown business owners. Discussions revolved around balancing spaces for employees, customers and residents, adding more public parking a
Mayor Christopher Taylor misses first City Council meeting in nearly a year
The Ann Arbor City Council met in Larcom City Hall Monday evening for a brief meeting, as Mayor Christopher Taylor was absent for the first time since Aug. 18, 2025. Taylor will conclude his 12-year tenure as mayor in November, following his loss to Washtenaw County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi in the Aug. 4 Democratic ma
Humane Society of Huron Valley overwhelmed with cats after 4 hoarding cases
The Humane Society of Huron Valley is asking the public to adopt after 149 cats were rescued from hoarding situations across the region over the past two months.
Double trash week returns to Ypsilanti, Aug. 24
Double Trash Week allows residents to set out two times the normal amount of trash on their regular trash day. During the week of Aug. 24, 2026, residents in Ypsilanti that use curbside trash services can set out their trash bin on their regular trash day. In addition, they can set out two bulk items and up to three 33
TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue tour tops music in the metro area this weekend
Cheryl “Salt” James has memories — warm and otherwise — about years of “being the only women on any tour we’ve ever done, hanging with the big dawgs.”. So she and Sandra “Pepa” Denton are happy to have their Salt-N-Pepa out with female colleagues TLC and En Vogue as part of the summer’s It’s Iconic Tour.
Chelsea Goodwill Skull Belonged to Black Woman, Case Now With FBI
A human skull donated to a Goodwill in Chelsea, Michigan, back in January was not a medical or teaching specimen as some initially assumed, police now say, and forensic testing has determined it belonged to a Black woman between 20 and 49 years old at the time of her death. The case has since been handed off to the FBI
Art banners celebrating diversity coming down after vandalism in Ypsilanti park – again
YPSILANTI, MI - An art installation at an Ypsilanti park will be removed after it was vandalized for the third time. “We feel terrible about it,” said Nancy Margolis, the executive director of Embracing Our Differences Michigan. “We have no idea who would do something like this.”. Twelve...
Developer of Saline Township data center buys neighboring golf course
CBS News Detroit learned on Thursday that current plans are to continue running the course as it is.

















