Dexter’s New Roundabout Offers a Chance to Brush Up on the Rules
With the completion of Dexter’s newest roundabout, a reader suggested it might be a good time for a refresher on roundabout etiquette. Roundabouts have become increasingly common on Michigan roads, but questions can remain about who has the right-of-way, which lane to use and when drivers should yield or signal. The Wa
Lake Orion mom accused of leading police on chase with kid in the car
Marisa Calliea was arrested in southwest Wyoming on Monday after traveling there with her son Liam amid a custody dispute, reports the Cowboy StateDaily. A Flock camera in Northville registered a hit on Calliea's GMC Terrain she was driving, after failing to show at the arranged drop-off with the boy's father.
Big Ten announces adjustment to in-broadcast replay review process
After Michigan’s controversial Week 1 win over Western Michigan, the Big Ten is instituting a change to its review process. According to a report by Pete Thamel, the conference is expanding the in-broadcast replay review process for all television games starting this Saturday. “The Big Ten is expanding the conference’s
CSG executive board members resign, Assembly cuts executive budget
The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government met Tuesday evening in the Wolverine Room of the Michigan Union to discuss the fall 2026 budget and status of the executive board following recent resignations from Business junior Stephen Asante, who was CSG treasurer, and Public Policy junior Victoria McCabe, wh
Washtenaw County Health Department issues warning after two bats discovered with rabies
The Washtenaw County Health Department has issued an information warning after two bats with rabies were discovered locally. Beth Ann Hamilton is a spokesperson for the local health department. She says bat exposures are more common during the summer and fall. She says residents who find a bat in their...
Heated town hall on Michigan data center project in Ypsilanti
This town hall was held at the Marriott in Ypsilanti Township. That issue is what the University of Michigan calls a High-Performance Research Computing Center slated for development. Locals here call it just another data center.
Court hearing in Avalon Housing tenant’s eviction case postponed
ANN ARBOR, MI — Hosea Hill was expecting to make his case for why he shouldn’t be evicted from his affordable housing unit at Hickory Way Apartments on Wednesday, Aug. 9, with the Ann Arbor Tenants Union rallying around him. But after meeting with Avalon Housing leaders on...
GFL Environmental presents plan to expand the Arbor Hills Landfill
GFL Environmental presented a detailed plan to expand the Arbor Hills Landfill by 91 acres to Washtenaw County's Materials Management Planning Committee on Wednesday, drawing concerns from nearby residents who say the existing facility already impacts their quality of life. The proposed expansion would add 91 acres to
Ypsilanti Township residents slam UM over planned computing facility
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP — If University of Michigan officials believed they would have a conversation with deeply angry and frustrated Ypsilanti Township residents after announcing they would move forward with their planned "high performance computing facility" — they were wrong. Since the scale and scope of the site was an
Council OKs demolition of West Park bandshell, Ann Arbor park to be reimagined
ANN ARBOR, MI — Demolition of the 88-year-old concert bandshell in Ann Arbor’s West Park is now approved. City Council voted 10-0 Tuesday night, Sept. 8, to OK a roughly $438,000 contract with Inner City Contracting LLC to tear down the structure that has been closed and fenced off since 2021 due to its crumbling found

















