Sophia Kalakailo

3 weeks ago | mlive.com | Sophia Kalakailo

YPSILANTI, MI – Eastern Michigan University will cut ties with two universities in China, officials announced Wednesday. The university will end its engineering teaching partnership with Beibu Gulf University and Guangxi University. The move comes after U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Caledonia and U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Lenawee County called on EMU to cut ties with the two universities through the Joint Engineering Program and the Information Security Joint Program in China, per a Feb.

3 weeks ago | mlive.com | Sophia Kalakailo

YPSILANTI, MI — Police are investigating a series of break-ins at downtown Ypsilanti businesses. A man broke into three Ypsilanti businesses between midnight and 7 a.m. Thursday, May 22, according to the Ypsilanti Police Department. The man has still not been identified as of Tuesday, May 27. In security footage obtained by the city, the man appears to enter Café Liv at 202 N. Washington St. through a window. The suspect then appears to take a cash register and exit through the broken window.

3 weeks ago | mlive.com | Sophia Kalakailo

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — A road near Willow Run Airport has reopened two years after a washout from historic rainfall shut it down. Since then, Tyler Road between McGregor and Airport roads has been reconstructed and reopened, the Washtenaw County Road Commission announced Friday, May 23. The road shut down in August 2023 after nearly five inches of rain fell on some parts of eastern Washtenaw County in just a few hours as storms swept across the area.

3 weeks ago | mlive.com | Sophia Kalakailo

YPSILANTI, MI – From the window of Mi Rancho Boots, an old hat can be seen sitting in a display case, surrounded by shelves of leather boots and western wear. Ariel Arreola displays his late grandfather Roberto’s work hat alongside flowers from his funeral as a tribute in his new downtown Ypsilanti boot shop on Michigan Avenue. Roberto, who died last summer, brought the family to the United States from Mexico and was the “hardest working man,” Ariel said.

4 weeks ago | mlive.com | Sophia Kalakailo

YPSILANTI, MI – Ypsilanti has $3.2 million in unexpended funds this fiscal year, but city expenditures still outpace its revenue. The leftover money means the city can minimize the need to make transfers from its general fund next year, City Manager Andrew Hellenga said at the May 20 City Council meeting. Unexpended money came from the fire, police and capital improvement funds among other areas, he said.