Articles tagged:Webster Township

Posted: Fri Apr 20 10:52 a.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter
Webster Township denies permit for Civil War Days, placing Gordon Hall fundraiser in jeopardy

Members of Dexter Area Historical Society were shocked this week when the Webster Township Board voted 4-3 to deny the society’s festival permit request for Civil War Days, a fundraising event for Gordon Hall. “Without (holding Civil War Days), we’ll default on the mortgage,” said Paul Bishop, the chairman of ...

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Posted: Wed Apr 4 5:56 a.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter

Webster Township is poised to spend about $173,600 on five road projects throughout the township in 2012. With the unanimous vote of the Washtenaw County Road Commission Tuesday afternoon, the township inked an agreement that includes about $47,675 for three applications of dust control on Webster's 43.42 miles of local ...

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Posted: Mon Mar 12 4:57 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

Several tools were reported stolen from a Webster Township pole barn Saturday, and police believe the break-in occurred some time during the previous day.

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Posted: Tue Jul 19 3:39 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A 7-year-old girl was taken to a hospital in good condition this afternoon after she nearly drowned in a Webster Township pool, where she was swimming with family members, Dexter Area Fire Assistant Chief John Zahn said. The girl's father pulled her from the pool in the 7800 block of ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 1 11 p.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter
Scio Township, Dexter explore combining fire departments

The Dexter and Scio Township fire departments may soon be one.After more than a year of talks, elected officials from the Scio and Dexter area say it appears to make sense to consolidate the departments instead of operating them separately.

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Posted: Mon Jan 10 6:36 p.m. by Heather Lockwood
Whitmore Lake woman sentenced to jail in drunken driving crash that injured passenger

A 19-year-old Whitmore Lake woman was sentenced today to a maximum 120 days in jail and three years of probation after causing a serious crash while driving drunk while her license was suspended last March. Tiffany Ann Watt pleaded guilty Nov. 22 to charges of operating while intoxicated causing serious ...

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Posted: Tue Dec 7 3:48 p.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Dexter woman takes plea deal in summer burglary spree

A Dexter woman charged in a series of burglaries at homes and businesses in western Washtenaw County entered into a plea deal with prosecutors. Court records show Tera Bowman, 26, pleaded guilty as charged to second-degree home invasion in five separate cases at a recent pre-trial conference. Her trial was ...

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Posted: Fri Sep 3 9:43 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Whitmore Lake woman charged with causing drunken driving crash that seriously injured passenger

An 18-year-old Whitmore Lake woman was arraigned today on charges that she was drunk and driving on a suspended license when she caused a single-car crash that seriously injured a passenger in March. Tiffany Ann Watt faces felony charges of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and driving while license ...

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Posted: Tue Jul 27 8:08 a.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Dexter woman headed to trial on burglary charges

A Dexter woman charged in a series of burglaries in Scio and Webster townships was ordered to stand trial. Tera Bowman, 26, waived her right to a preliminary hearing on multiple counts of second-degree home invasion and conspiracy in Washtenaw County District Court. She is scheduled to stand trial in ...

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Posted: Wed Jul 7 11:35 a.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director

Authorities say a 3-year-old girl who nearly drowned in Independence Lake over the weekend has shown slight improvements, but it's still too early to determine what long-term effects she may have suffered.

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Posted: Tue Jul 6 9:19 a.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director

A 3-year-old girl found submerged and unconscious in Independence Lake in Webster Township Sunday evening was upgraded to serious condition Monday, authorities said.But the girl is still unresponsive and is not breathing on her own, authorities said today.

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Posted: Sun Jul 4 10:35 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after becoming submerged in water for several minutes this evening in Independence Lake in Webster Township, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department.

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Posted: Tue Jun 1 4:30 p.m. by Erica Hobbs
Police say man fled from officers after Lyndon Township break-in

A 27-year-old man was arrested after fleeing from police and possibly breaking into a Lyndon Township home, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department.

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Posted: Tue Jun 1 2 p.m. by Erica Hobbs

The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department is investigating several burglaries that occurred over Memorial Day weekend. The first burglary was reported at 7:20 a.m. Saturday at a business in the 6600 block of Rawsonville Road in Ypsilanti Township. 

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Posted: Sun May 23 2:08 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Woman charged in burglaries in Scio, Webster townships

A Webster Township woman is accused of committing four recent burglaries in Scio and Webster townships. Tera Bowman, 26, of North Meadows Trail, was arraigned this morning at Washtenaw County jail on four counts each of second-degree home invasion and conspiracy. She is being held on $60,000 bail.

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