Ann Arbor MI

Forget the typical velvet-rope museum snooze-fest where history feels mummified. This 1898 engine house smells like oil, cold brass, and the lingering phantom of woodsmoke, pulling you into a vertical labyrinth where three floors of sheer mechanical muscle stare you down. Watching a Victorian-era steam pumper occupy the same oxygen...

Greenfield Village is debuting a new weekend event in 2026 – All Aboard Adventure. This event is a replacement for their traditional Day Out with Thomas Weekends held in May. In March we were disappointed to hear that Thomas the Tank Engine can no longer visit Greenfield Village due to a mechanical issue with the version that can run on their historic tracks.

Between March 9 and 13, the City of Ann Arbor held open house sessions as part of Community Discovery Week for the North Main Street Transportation Study, gathering feedback from residents about the road’s current design and safety. The study — led by the city and the Downtown Development...

The Daily is providing a weekly round-up of the biggest topics in upcoming municipal meetings, giving our readers a chance to engage with their local officials on the projects, appointments and decisions that hit closest to home. These round-ups are written on Fridays and updated online Mondays. Municipalities are not required by the Michigan Open Meetings Act to provide an agenda in...

Saline’s downtown town square project is receiving support from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office to kickstart its development. The joint venture for Murphy’s Crossing between the City of Saline and Praxis Properties has been given $1.5 million through the state’s Revitalization and Placemaking Program. Mayor Brian Marl...

HOLLY, Mich. (WXYZ) — Powerful storms across Metro Detroit produced an EF-1 tornado in Van Buren Township and caused severe flooding in Holly, leaving roads and homes underwater. See the full story in the video below. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday in Van...

Ann Arbor residents may be seeing hikes in their city utility rates later this year. The city’s administration is proposing a 6% increase in water rates and a 3% hike in both sewer and stormwater. Ann Arbor Chief Financial Officer Marti Praschan says the larger water hike is needed...

My son, Jibran, was born prematurely last October weighing less than three pounds and with a unique heart. His left and right ventricles are switched. The muscles designed to push blood only to his lungs are instead responsible for supplying his entire body. The condition is called congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) […]

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ANN ARBOR, MI - This year at Hash Bash, it’s not pre-rolls, snacks or lighters exchanging hands – it’s citations. “They, boom – ‘Hey, what y’all doing? You can’t be smoking in public,’” said Matthew Furour, 38, of Lincoln Park. “Boom. Boom. ‘Just put it out.’ I put it out and then, boom, they took it.”