Ann Arbor MI

LIMA TWP., MI — Riled up residents packed a township hall west of Ann Arbor Monday night over concern a natural gas-burning power plant could come to farmland there. Lima Township residents demanded answers from Consumers Energy representatives at the tense special meeting. The township scheduled it after township Supe

On the night of May 30, 2026, a man was found with several gunshot wounds. According to a news release from the City of Ypsilanti, The Ypsilanti Police Department arrived in the 900 block of West Michigan Avenue at 6:45 p.m. after receiving a complaint of a shooting. Once on scene, the YPD found a male victim suffering

ANN ARBOR, MI — As Ann Arbor grapples with rising homelessness and associated mental health challenges, downtown restaurant and store owners have been expressing growing concerns it’s impacting their businesses. “The other day when I was at work, I was there for five hours and two of those...

AUGUSTA TWP., MI - One person was killed in an early morning train crash southeast of Ypsilanti in Washtenaw County. A man of an unknown age died when the train struck him around 4:41 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, said Dave Music, Augusta Township fire chief. The crash happened on the...

DETROIT – An Ann Arbor teen is accused of using his Instagram to post pictures and captions bragging about guns and machine gun conversion devices -- including a post that federal investigators say is linked to a shooting that hurt a woman in Detroit. Investigators said they found a...

Main Street was bustling with music and conversation Sunday, as hundreds of Ann Arbor community members gathered for the city’s annual Taste of Ann Arbor festival. Hosted by the Main Street Area Association, the food festival featured 23 local restaurants serving bite-sized portions of their iconic cuisines, ranging an

Milan marked the start of Pride Month with its annual Pride flag raising Monday, June 1, at the flagpole in front of Milan City Hall. Community members gathered on the lawn for a short ceremony centered on belonging, visibility and support. Matt West and Elizabeth Satterly of ARC Allied opened the ceremony with brief r

Westland is about to turn a long-ignored patch of land into its new front lawn. Later this month, the city will debut Nankin Square, a roughly 3.9-acre public park tucked between City Hall and the Westland Shopping Center. The project converts a long-vacant parcel into an amphitheater and great lawn designed for concer

Downriver residents say they have hit their breaking point. A fresh batch of letters circulating this week urges Wayne County and Wyandotte leaders to push BASF to stop polluted groundwater from reaching the Detroit River just upstream of the city’s drinking water intake. Neighbors argue that groundwater plumes from th

ANN ARBOR, MI — It’s been over a year since Ann Arbor agreed to a legal settlement offering $1 to anyone who had their car tires chalked by the city’s parking enforcement officers. That was to resolve a class-action claim brought against the city in 2022 by...