Ypsilanti News

In a Tuesday, March 19, 2013 photo, Ypsilanti, Mich. City Council member Peter Murdock looks on during a council meeting to discuss the proposal for a Family Dollar store on the city's Water Street property.

Plans for reconfiguring the Washtenaw Avenue corridor between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti will be the topic of discussion at a series of public workshops later this month.

A 35-year-old Ypsilanti man faces federal charges after police recovered a gun he allegedly pointed at his girlfriend and found drugs in his vehicle earlier this month, authorities said.

Gastroenterologists Richard Zelner, MD, of Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif.; Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA, Managing Partner of the Illinois Gastroenterology Group in Elgin; Bob Cleary, MD, of St.

The long-awaited demolition of a row of boarded-up houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor began in earnest Wednesday morning.

Kim's Resale Shop at 25 E. Cross Street has closed after nearly two years of being open.

ACO Home, Garden & Hardware will be closing 14 under-performing stores around the state, including its Ypsilanti Township location, WXYZ reported.

The Ypsilanti City Council delayed its decision Tuesday on the proposed emergency moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and grow facilities, after several community members and business owners voiced their concerns during the meeting.

Hundreds of people attended Saturday's celebration at Willow Run High School. Many wore red T-shirts with the words "1943 Forever Willow Run." Editor's note: Our apologies for not including this story on our homepage or in our newsletter at the original time it was published.

Plans for reconfiguring the Washtenaw Avenue corridor between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti will be the topic of discussion at a series of public workshops later this month.

Ecorse Road , Grove Road , Washtenaw Avenue and Whittaker Road are the main commercial corridors in Ypsilanti Township - but city planning officials are envisioning much more bustling commercial thoroughfares.

Indiana resident Andrew Milliman explains a type of firework to Dexter residents William Derksen, 13, and his sister Claire, 10, as they look over fireworks recently at a tent on the corner of South Maple and West Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor.

Ypsilanti Public Schools Superintendent Dedrick Martin will be leaving the new Ypsilanti Community Schools district and consolidation effort to take a position with St.

Ypsilanti P.R.I.D.E. Day is expected to draw almost 700 volunteers to help beautify the community on Saturday.

Gina Guerre of Cambria is battling a couple of progressively debilitating disorders, and friends have begun an online fund drive to raise $10,000 to cover weekly trips to several doctors, upkeep on the family's aging car, home health care, and more.

The Wilow Run Factory was built in 5 months, and at the height of production during WWII, it was producing one B-24 bomber every hour.

From new hires and promotions to industry awards, here's a roundup of achievements by businesses and individuals in the greater Ann Arbor area: The e-book "17 Cents and a Dream" by Dan Milstein , CEO of Ann Arbor's Gold Star Financial Group, was downloaded 40,309 times April 23-27 on Amazon.com during a Kindle e-book promotion.

On May 8, Canton Police arrested a man on charges of crack cocaine possession, drug paraphernalia and operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs during a traffic stop after noticing the man swerving in and out of lanes, according to a police report.

Ypsilanti Public Schools Superintendent Dedrick Martin was recruited as a finalist for the superintendency of the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency .

In the United States, roughly 100 people each day die in car accidents. Teenagers are regularly warned of the dangers of the road in driver's education, yet what is often left unsaid are the dangers that drivers pose not to each other, but to bicyclists.