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General Motors announces $900,000 grant for middle and high school science...
As the rebounding economy adds more jobs, many of the higher paying openings require applicants to have science or engineering degrees. With this trend in mind, General Motors announced a three-year...
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Domestic partner benefits returned to City of Ann Arbor employees
Slightly more than one month after a federal judge struck down Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits, the city of Ann Arbor has officially restored them to its employees. As of Thursday, health...
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Branching out with new sounds, Frank Turner playing the Blind Pig
Frank Turner performs at the Newport Folk Festival last Saturday. Associated Press | Joe Giblin In the 10 years since Frank Turner began his recording career, as a member of the British punk band...
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Homicide confirmed in University of Michigan medical student's death
University of Michigan medical student Paul DeWolf's death has been ruled a homicide, records show. Paul DeWolf DeWolf died from a single gunshot wound to the neck, his death certificate shows. “The...
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Ann Arbor ranks second to Boulder in list of top 10 college towns
A new ranking of the top 10 best college towns in America has Ann Arbor listed as second-best to Boulder, Colo. The 2013 list, compiled by Livability.com, moved Ann Arbor up seven spots on the list...
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The Lunch Room vegan restaurant to open Tuesday in Kerrytown
Between catering private group meals and opening a food cart at Mark’s Carts, The Lunch Room owners have been sharing their love of vegan food with the Ann Arbor community for three years. Now, after...
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Team USA NTDP looking for host families for incoming hockey players
Players for the Team USA National Team Development Program lace up their skates before a game in 2012.Joseph Tobianski | AnnArbor.com file photoUSA Hockey's National Team Development Program is...
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Michigan to open up 2,000 single-game football tickets behind student section
The Michigan student section during a 2011 night game against Notre Dame.Matt Gade | Mlive.com If you buy a single-game ticket to a Michigan football game this season, you just may find yourself...
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Absentee ballot applications for Tuesday's primary election due Saturday
Applications for an absentee ballot are due at 2 p.m. Saturday for the primary election Tuesday. Absentee ballots must be requested by filling out the appropriate form and returning it to the clerk's...
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1 dead after rollover crash sends vehicle on top of cars in restaurant...
One person is dead after a vehicle rolled on top of other vehicles from the intersection of Carpenter Road and Washtenaw Avenue onto the Palm Palace restaurant’s parking lot in Pittsfield Township,...
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Man accused of stealing van, leading Ann Arbor police on chase faces charges
Police said the man drove the van into a porch and garage on Springbrook Street before it came to a halt.Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com Michael GarnerCourtesy of Washtenaw County Jail The 34-year-old...
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Ypsilanti's Smith Furniture Building to hit the auction block
The Smith Furniture Building will soon be auctioned. Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com Downtown Ypsilanti’s Smith Furniture Building will soon be on the auction block. The decision to sell the...
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Michigan grad student brings Rosie the Riveter to life to help Yankee Air...
University of Michigan graduate student Alison Beatty dressed as Rosie the Riveter and stationed herself at a busy Ann Arbor intersection this week to raise awareness for the campaign to save part of...
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Report: Processing marijuana with butane sparked fire that destroyed home
A fire caused by a man heating hash with butane burnt a hole through the front of his mobile home in Ypsilanti Township. Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com Related: Early-morning fire destroys mobile home...
View ArticleCrafty bear caught on camera wheeling away restaurant's dumpster
Bears are known for their smarts, especially when it comes to getting access to food. It's fair to say that commercial dumpsters are especially inviting to the creatures. Remember the video of the...
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Jazz singer Kathy Kosins showing her artistic side at Kerrytown Concert...
Kathy Kosins Can you hear color? Can you see music? Most of us probably can’t, but jazz vocalist Kathy Kosins says she can. Kosins, who grew up in Detroit's jazz and R&B scene, has maintained a...
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Hearing delayed for Ypsilanti man accused of shooting at motorists on U.S. 23
A judge this week granted the defense's motion to delay a pretrial hearing for the 28-year-old Ypsilanti man accused of shooting at multiple cars on U.S. 23. Elmore RayCourtesy of Pittsfield Township...
View ArticleHot Club of Detroit, at Kerrytown Sunday, dedicates new CD to absent player
The release of the new album “Junction” is bittersweet for the Gypsy jazz band Hot Club of Detroit, playing Sunday at Kerrytown Concert House. One of their members, bassist Andrew Kratzat (and his...
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Library concert, lecture by Chris Vallillo explores the roots of rural music
Chris Vallillo Musician Chris Vallillo, a Midwestern boy who makes the people and places of “unmetropolitan” America come to life in song, returns to theh Ann Arbor District Library Thursday to...
View ArticleCrash shuts northbound U.S. 23 in Pittsfield Township
Editor's note: An advisory from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said the freeway had been reopened as of 1:47 p.m. A multi-vehicle crash shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. 23 just north of...
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