Surviving the budget cuts: Ann Arbor school board preserves $5,000 in food costs for meetings
Posted: May 17, 2013Related story: Budget cuts: Ann Arbor schools to cut high school busing, charge kids for 7th hour Ann Arbor school board members OK'd slashing a $70,000 discretionary food budget from the general fund Wednesday night ... Read more »
Fire officials upset after Ypsilanti City Council declines request for public presentation
Posted: May 17, 2013The Ypsilanti City Council has declined to hear a presentation from local and statewide fire officials arguing against the creation of a hybrid public safety model and one council member said she believes the decision is a form of censorship. Read more »
Real estate beat: Ownership change could bring new life to troubled downtown Ann Arbor building
Posted: May 17, 2013A recent ownership change at a downtown Ann Arbor building on South Fourth Avenue could bring new life to the troubled property. Read more »
County budget: Commissioners want more power in determining how $7M in cuts will be made
Posted: May 17, 2013As Washtenaw County moves forward in developing its first four-year budget that requires nearly $7 million in structural cuts, several members of the Board of Commissioners expressed a desire for more power in the process during a Thursday budget retreat. Read more »
Yankee Air Museum kicks off fundraising for Willow Run bomber plant purchase
Posted: May 17, 2013Yankee Air Museum and the Michigan Aerospace Foundation held a fund-raising kickoff event Thursday evening at Willow Run Airport for its effort to raise funds to buy approximately 150,000 square feet of for former the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Read more »
Hands-On Museum's TechTwilight event connects kids with emerging technology from local companies
Posted: May 17, 2013Science fairs are often nerve-wracking affairs for middle schoolers. But Friday night at Ann Arbor’s Hands-On Museum, the students will get a chance relax and enjoy a reverse science fair where local companies will present ... Read more »
University of Michigan's Power Center to get a $1.5M upgrade
Posted: May 17, 2013One of University of Michigan's largest and most-used entertainment venues will be getting a $1.5 million renovation soon. Read more »
Acclaimed local band Saturday Looks Good To Me returns with new album after 6-year hiatus
Posted: May 17, 2013For all of Fred Thomas' musical wanderings—singer-songwriter, noise provocateur, indie label wunderkind, etc.—Saturday Looks Good To Me has always been the project that most closely mirrors Thomas' musical heart and soul. Now, 6 years after its last release and after more individual releases and collaborations than you could possibly count, Thomas has resurrected his former band. Read more »
Michigan softball team looks forward to home field advantage throughout NCAA Tournament
Posted: May 17, 2013The Michigan softball team will enjoy home field advantage for the first leg of its run toward the College World Series. And if there is a second leg, the Wolverines will have home field advantage again. Read more »
Greenhills transfer Colleen O'Brien helps Father Gabriel Richard to sixth straight state finals berth
Posted: May 16, 2013Greenhills transfer Colleen O'Brien helps Father Gabriel Richard to sixth straight state finals berth. Read more »
Michigan Board of Regents approve $16M field hockey, softball and baseball projects
Posted: May 16, 2013As expected, the Michigan Board of Regents approved two major athletic facilities projects at its meeting on Thursday. With the stamp of approval in hand, the athletic department can go forward with plans to break ground on construction of a $13.5 million field hockey facility and make $2.55 million in improvements to the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex. Read more »
Esperion Therapeutics seeking $70 million in IPO filing
Posted: May 16, 2013Esperion Therapeutics President and CEO Tim Mayleben and Chief Science Officer Roger Newton are taking the company public for the second time. Read more »
University of Michigan student body president calls for more collaboration following new football seating policy
Posted: May 16, 2013Students "feel that the athletic department broke its long-held social contract with the students," said Michael Proppe, Central Student Government president Read more »
Woman to serve up to 10 years in prison for allegedly convincing boyfriend to stab man
Posted: May 16, 2013The women who reportedly convinced her boyfriend to stab a man in the abdomen will serve up to 10 years in prison, a judge ruled Thursday. Read more »
Overnight lane closures set for I-94 near Chelsea as Enbridge contractor fixes road sinkage
Posted: May 16, 2013Lane closures on Interstate 94 just east of Chelsea are set for Thursday and Friday nights as workers fix a dip in the roadway where a crude oil pipeline was recently installed. Read more »
Motor City Comic Con to feature EMU student's zombie film
Posted: May 16, 2013Eastern Michigan University student Michael Petersen will have a portion of his zombie film, The Last Broadcast, screened at this weekend's Motor City Comic Con in Novi, Heritage Media reported. Read more »
Powerball $550M jackpot second largest in U.S. history
Posted: May 16, 2013The Powerball jackpot has soared to $550 million after no one matched the winning numbers Wednesday. Read more »
Police: Man's body found under Ann Arbor stairwell 2 months after death
Posted: May 16, 2013The body of a man police believe had been dead about two months was found underneath the stairwell of an apartment house in the 500 block of South Forest Avenue Monday, Ann Arbor police said. Read more »
Ann Arbor police searching for missing man
Posted: May 16, 2013Daniel Lee Brown was last seen at his residence in the 2200 block of Hemlock Court in Ann Arbor in the early afternoon Tuesday. Read more »
Board of Commissioners evaluates budget priorities as it faces nearly $7M needed in cuts
Posted: May 16, 2013Facing nearly $7 million in structural budget cuts needed over the next four years, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners will be meeting Thursday night to establish its service priorities. Read more »
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