Ann Arbor MI

“The fact that many of our neighbors are hurting financially is no surprise, but this year too many children in Washtenaw County are facing a particularly cold winter without boots, warm coats, gloves, and mittens,” says Mary Stewart, who heads the non-profit organization Warm the Children. The heart-warming,...

Nearby homeowners raised alarms. Developer sparks outrage with plans for controversial luxury project: 'Could jeopardize' first appeared on The Cool Down .

VAN BUREN TWP., MI — Another potential proposal for a hyperscale data center to power artificial intelligence and other computing technologies has popped up in southeast Michigan. Panattoni Data Center Group is looking to develop a data center on about 280 acres in Van Buren Township, near Belleville in...

As winter weather grows more severe, it is important to ensure safety and be on the look out for campus closure alerts. Students and staff are notified of campus closures through Eagle Alerts. Eagle Alerts is a messaging system offered by the Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety to inform students...

Amplifying the Arts at EMU, or AMP!, hosted its annual holiday art market, Handmade for the Holidays, on Dec. 3, 2025. For more than ten years, AMP! has created a space for student artists to connect with audiences, sell their work and for people to buy art as holiday gifts for their loved ones.

University of Michigan students and nearby residents are excited for the opening of the Chick-fil-A, at an old Denny's site at 3310 Washtenaw Ave.

ANN ARBOR, MI - A man has pleaded no contest to raping and torturing a woman, stopping his jury trial. Thomas Daniel Tieking, 46, took a last-minute plea deal on Dec. 8, the day his jury trial before Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Carol Kuhnke was supposed to begin, according to court records.

On Tuesday, a set of Democratic senators introduced a set of policies to incorporate virtual power plants into the state’s energy system. Virtual power plants aggregate distributed energy resources, like rooftop solar panels and battery storage, to help meet changes in energy demand. These systems can help...

YPSILANTI, MI — Ypsilanti will have a new “social district,” where people will be allowed to consume alcoholic drinks in designated common areas outdoors, with rules. The social district will be in Depot Town, where eight establishments with liquor licenses qualify to participate. Ypsilanti is the last...

In response to the brutal 2024 shooting of a kitten later named “Sugar,” the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office has filed charges in connection with the case. The Huron Valley Humane Society says charges include two counts of Killing/Torturing Animals and one count of Animal Abandonment. The individual’s name has...