Articles tagged:Milan

milan news-leader: Milan's police chief resigns

Posted: Fri Dec 2 9:53 a.m. by Paula Gardner News Director

Chief Jeff Lewis of the Milan Police Department will be stepping down from his position on Jan. 2.

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Posted: Thu Oct 6 3:54 p.m. by Matt Durr Sports reporter

The Michigan men’s lacrosse team opened its first season as a varsity sport Sunday with a pair of exhibition matches at Michigan Stadium. The team faced Providence and Concordia (Wis.), splitting the pair with an 11-10 (OT) loss to Providence and a 16-3 win against Concordia. "Great day. Great experience," ...

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Posted: Wed Oct 5 6:30 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com

Starkid—the Chicago-based theater company composed of former University of Michigan drama and musical theater graduates, whose original stage musicals (“A Very Potter Musical” and “A Very Potter Sequel” among them) exploded as viral hits online—will present a “greatest hits type stage show” at the Michigan Theater on Friday, Nov. 4.

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Posted: Wed Aug 10 3:41 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
No charges will be filed in death of hockey star Ian Jenkins, prosecutors say

No criminal charges will be filed in connection with an accident in Milan in May that resulted in the death of 15-year-old hockey star Ian Jenkins, Washtenaw County Chief Deputy Assistant Prosecutor Steve Hiller said today. Jenkins fell or jumped off a pickup truck that his 16-year-old friend was driving ...

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Posted: Sat Jul 9 5:58 a.m. by Lucy Ann Lance AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Q&A with Michael Armitage: Moving Milan Forward

It has been encouraging to see how local communities have been coming up with creative ways to preserve signature events and make enhancements, even as government funding for such projects has dissipated. Just to the south of Ann Arbor, Milan residents formed Moving Milan Forward, which has spearheaded a number ...

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Posted: Wed Jul 6 1:57 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Prosecutors to decide whether to file charges in death of hockey star Ian Jenkins

Milan police have finished investigating an accident in May that resulted in the death of teen hockey star Ian Jenkins and submitted their findings to prosecutors Tuesday.

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Posted: Wed Jun 29 5:59 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Ian Jenkins' family doesn't want charges filed in death of teen hockey star

Family members of a young hockey star who died last month after falling or jumping off a pickup truck in Milan, don’t want charges filed against the truck’s driver, Milan Police Chief Jeff Lewis said. Officers are wrapping up their investigation into the death of 15-year-old Ian Jenkins, Lewis said, ...

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Posted: Fri Jun 17 8 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Some shuffling in the Michigan athletic department on Friday left the Wolverines looking for a new men’s golf coach and welcoming a pair of wrestling assistant coaches.

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Posted: Thu Feb 3 1:20 p.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Dino's Dugout Sports Lounge in Milan plans another Super Bowl event - this time with lube wrestling

Dino’s Dugout Sports Lounge in Milan is offering another fun-filled Super Bowl Sunday this year. Minus the Jell-O. Add the lube. Dino Koukoumtzis, the proprietor of the sports bar and the adjacent Campfire Grill, at 1035 Dexter St., said he learned from the fallout of last year’s Jell-O wrestling event ...

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Posted: Thu Dec 30 10:32 a.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter

Milan City Council member Michael Armitage has taken a year of his City Council salary and established the Armitage/Brainard Milan Beautification Fund. According to a press release, he and his wife, Colleen, wanted to memorialize the Armitage family, which has been a part of the Milan community for generations. The ...

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Posted: Wed Sep 22 12:38 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Milan will celebrate its 125th anniversary Sunday in Wilson Park downtown with food, music, historic displays, a birthday cake and more. The celebration, dubbed "Get Your Milan On" begins at noon with a performance by the Milan High School Jazz Band.

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Posted: Thu Aug 5 11:25 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Milan police have received three reports of prowlers in the area of Canfield and Greentree streets this week, with different descriptions of the prowler in two of the cases. On Monday, a resident on Canfield Street reported a man was looking into a apartment window and then fled the scene, ...

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Posted: Thu Jul 29 5:19 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

An inmate serving time for a drug conviction at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan is accused of hiding more than three-and-a-half grams of marijuana in his cell, federal court documents say. Donald Brelje, 31, who is originally from St. Paul, Minn., is charged with possessing contraband, according to a ...

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Posted: Wed Jul 28 2:58 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
David Rutledge picks up County Road Association endorsement in 54th District state House race

The County Road Association of Michigan's RUSH-PAC has announced its endorsement of David Rutledge in the 54th District state House race.

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Posted: Thu Jun 24 9:53 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director
National Weather Service confirms tornadoes touched down near Saline, Milan

Two tornadoes touched down in the area during Wednesday night's storms - one south of Saline and one south of Milan, the National Weather Service confirmed tonight. Trained spotters reported the potential tornadoes Wednesday evening as a series of storms moved through the region, accompanied by significant rainfall, lightning and wind gusts up ...

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