Ann Arbor MI

Handmade things feel more meaningful when the place behind them invites people to slow down. In Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown area, Spun offers far more than shelves of yarn, giving knitters, crocheters, weavers, and curious beginners a warm, welcoming space to learn, browse, ask questions, and feel inspired. The shop’s...

For 50 years, 94-year-old Patricia Fitzgerald has lived with the memory of that day in February 1976 when she found her baby brother, Peter Kensler, lying dead in the snow, shot in the face. Police never arrested anyone in the killing of the secretive 36-year-old estate attorney, and Fitzgerald has...

ANN ARBOR, MI — It was in architecture school at the University of Michigan that Norm and Ilene Tyler met in the late 1960s. “He was in my class,” Ilene Tyler said, recalling they and a handful of other students bonded while working late in the studio when most everyone else was gone.

Milan students at opposite ends of the district’s K-8 classrooms will see changes this fall, with new elective choices at the middle school and an additional kindergarten classroom at Paddock Elementary School. The Milan Area Schools Board of Education approved the district’s 2026-27 course offerings Aug. 12. Milan Mid

Eastern Michigan University has said that "continued operation is financially unsustainable beyond 2027" for the school's pool. Archive photo via Eastern Michigan Athletics. Eastern Michigan University has said that “continued operation is financially unsustainable beyond 2027” for the school’s pool. The school has als

ANN ARBOR, MI — A total of 267 Ann Arbor city government employees earned six figures in 2025 with City Administrator Milton Dohoney topping the list at $286,487. That was up from 225 six-figure earners a year earlier and 170 six years ago as the city’s payroll continues to grow.

The Northville Township Police Department is searching for a naked Peeping Tom wanted for an incident earlier this month.

With the start of the new school year just weeks away, Dexter Community Schools (DCS) is in the middle of some big bond projects that will continue throughout the year and into next. From Dexter High School, its athletic fields and Field House to Wylie Elementary and Al Ritt Stadium,...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Two bakeries in Washtenaw County are under investigation for stealing tips from workers, according to filings in the county’s civil court. The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office received approval by the court on Aug. 7 to launch a civil investigation into Ann Arbor’s House of Chimney Cakes and Life is

Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, lawmakers and gun control advocates met in Detroit for a Friday roundtable on firearm violence. There, Savit said he’d support bans on bump stocks, ghost guns and pushed for dedicated state funding on community violence prevention. Savit is running for attorney general as a...