EMU announces repavement project, campus street and parking lot closures begin May 4
Eastern Michigan University announced in a campus-wide email on May 1, 2026, that it will begin a project to pave and refinish several parking lots and campus streets during May. The email said that this project will help create smoother and safer campus parking lots and streets. From May 4-15,...
College Towns Gain Traction as Retirement Havens in 2026: Navigating the Tax Landscape
College Towns Are Becoming Retirement Destinations in 2026: How Does the Tax Math Add Up for Retirees? – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Pexels) Retirees often crave communities that blend intellectual vitality with reliable healthcare, and college towns deliver on both fronts. These locales provide lectures, performances, and sports events that keep daily ... Read more
Saline Schools Explain New Safety Response Terms
Saline Area Schools is using a common set of safety terms so students, staff, families and first responders know what the same words mean during drills or emergencies. The district uses the Standard Response Protocol, or SRP, from the I Love U Guys Foundation. The protocol uses five actions: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate and Shelter. Each one gives students and adults a clear direction...
Delated Digital’s $16B Saline Township Data Center is Walbridge’s Largest Project Ever
Walbridge, the Detroit-based construction and engineering firm, is serving as the general contractor for Related Digital’s Saline Township data center development. It is the single largest project in the company’s […] The post Delated Digital’s $16B Saline Township Data Center is Walbridge’s Largest Project Ever appeared first on DBusiness Magazine .
Recall effort approved for supervisor of township south of Ann Arbor
SALINE TWP., MI — A recall petition effort lodged against Saline Township’s supervisor has been approved by county elections officials. Recall efforts failed against two other trustees from the township embroiled in controversy over a hyperscale data center. However, the township resident behind the recall petitions plans to...
Keeping downtown Ann Arbor clean is city’s mission as service team talks continue
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials are continuing to discuss the Downtown Development Authority’s vision for a new service team to help maintain downtown and keep it clean. But they now expect the DDA-funded program will take at least 12 months to develop. In the meantime, City...
88-year-old Michigan Army veteran wants to pay-it-forward
BRIGHTON, Mich. (WWJ) - Michigan Army veteran Ed Bambas was working at a grocery store when he received $2 million in donations from people across the internet to help him retire. Now he's working with the same man who organized his fundraiser to help veterans across the country. Bambas, 88,...
AASB Trustee Don Wilkerson resigns after domestic violence charge surfaces
Facing a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, Ann Arbor School Board Trustee Don Wilkerson has resigned. Ann Arbor Police confirm Wilkerson was arrested on March 30th in regard to a physical altercation involving a female known to him. His next court hearing is scheduled for June. In the meantime, the school...
Dessert cafe in Ann Arbor up for sale for $300K
ANN ARBOR, MI — This dessert cafe adorned with bright pink walls in downtown Ann Arbor will close its doors after it first opened two years ago. House of Chimney Cakes Café, 216 S. Fourth Ave., is up for sale, according to owner Amanda Debek. Debek, 39, cited...
Touch a Truck Event Returns to Kensington Valley Outlets
Howell Area Parks & Recreation Authority is hosting a special event this weekend called Touch a Truck. The free event is taking place Saturday, May 9 from 10am-2pm at the Kensington Valley Outlets. Meanwhile, there will also be a sensory-friendly or quiet hour from 9-10am. The organization says the purpose...
