University of Michigan purchasing 124-acre possible site for Los Alamos project
YPSILANTI TWP., MI - The University of Michigan is purchasing 124 acres in Ypsilanti Township as a possible site for the Los Alamos project. The university’s Board of Regents authorized the purchase last June but has moved forward with finalizing the purchase of the parcel of land on Textile Road in Ypsilanti...
Ypsilanti police budget ballot question on hold over language
One of the proposed initiatives slated to be on the November ballot in Ypsilanti will need to wait before being sent to Lansing for approval. The referendum would require any proposed increase in the city’s police budget to go to a public vote. But Second Ward Councilman Patrick McLean says its wording needs to be...
Neighborhood taped off following shooting in Belleville
BELLEVILLE, Mich. – A neighborhood has been taped off following a shooting in Belleville that left one person injured. Update: 20-year-old woman killed in Wayne County mobile home community shooting; suspect in custody. The incident occurred on Wednesday (March 18) at a home on Edgewood Drive in Sumpter Township.
5 people, 4 police officers injured in fiery crash involving semi in Canton Twp.
Nine people, including four police officers, were injured in a fiery crash that involved a wrong-way driver and a semi in Canton Township on Wednesday afternoon.
A walk through Ann Arbor showcases garbage and graffiti — but the city wants...
Welcome back to A2 Outlook! This week, The Michigan Daily reported on the effects of trash and graffiti on the local community, a proposed train route running through Ann Arbor and Traverse City and a workers’ strike at a local coffee shop, Moka & Co. As always, if you’re...
This Ypsilanti Café Is a Favorite Study Spot With Amazing Coffee
A study spot usually wins you over with either great coffee or enough seating to keep your backpack from becoming a third roommate. This place in Ypsilanti somehow nails both, then adds creative drinks, a bright room, and a menu that solves more than one lunch problem. The surprise is...
Best Main Street Voting Open for Downtown Howell
Downtown Howell is in the running to become USA TODAY's Best Main Street once again this year, part of USA TODAY's 10-BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. The last time Howell won Best Main Street was in 2024. Meanwhile, Grand River Avenue ranked #4 in 2025. Voting will close on Monday,...
Vaccination rates drop as 2 measles cases detected in Washtenaw County
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Local health experts are sounding the alarm amid decreased vaccination rates for preventable infectious diseases and a pair of measles cases detected in Washtenaw County,. “It’s safe to say the overall trend is declining in terms of people getting their routine vaccinations,” Susan...
Ann Arbor animal rights activist joins others to rescue beagles from breeding facility
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (FOX 2) - Dogs used in animal testing are now in safe hands after multiple animal advocates made illegal moves to rescue them. Multiple people broke the doors down of a facility in Wisconsin, with the help of an Ann Arbor man who was arrested during it all. Animal rights activist Doug Moeller said...
Semi catches fire after crash on U.S. 23 near Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR TWP., MI — A semi-truck caught on fire after crashing into a wooded area along U.S. 23 near Ann Arbor early Tuesday morning, March 17. Ann Arbor Township Fire responded shortly before 3:30 a.m. to a report of a semi-truck on fire off the side of northbound U.S. 23 between Huron River Drive and Geddes Road...

















