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.
Man to undergo testing to determine if he was sane when he killed, buried...
ANN ARBOR, MI — A man accused of killing his own grandmother has been ordered to have additional psychiatric testing. Ronald Fleming is set to undergo a criminal responsibility examination, which will determine whether he was competent at the time he reportedly killed grandmother Theadra Fleming, according to court rec
Squatter Thinks She Owns a $1M House Until Judge Gives Her a Massive Realty...
A woman who claimed she had a lease allowing her to remain in a million-dollar Michigan home walked into court arguing that she did not consent to the judge’s jurisdiction, only to reverse herself moments later when she realized that position meant the court did not have to listen to her at all.
UM’s Wolverine Village on track to open next week, adding 2,300 beds
ANN ARBOR, MI – The University of Michigan showed off its new central campus housing project - dubbed Wolverine Village - this week, just days before thousands of students are scheduled to move in. The five-building development adds approximately 2,300 undergraduate beds to the Ann Arbor campus and includes...

















