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Can an old trail learn new tricks? Michigan’s Potawatomi loop gets reroutes and upgrades
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - The Potawatomi Trail is showing its age. The roughly 17-mile loop spanning an extensive southeast Michigan nature area has seen generations of use from hikers, runners, cross-country skiers and mountain bikers since Boy Scouts built it in the 1960s. It’s also weathered decades of rain, which...
Ann Arbor school teacher sues over therapy dog she thought she could keep
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - It's a custody battle unfolding over a therapy dog.A Wines Elementary School teacher in Ann Arbor says she adopted a therapy dog for the school. Now, she's suing after she says they took the dog once she told them she'd be moving."It didn't feel fair to just say all of a sudden she wasn't my dog, after being told after two years she was," Alexandria Fata told us.Back in 2021, Fata says her Wines Elementary principal questioned staff about who would be willing to adopt a dog that would be used for therapy dog purposes...
Judge approves eviction order for M Den store in Briarwood Mall
A judge has granted an order for the potential eviction of The M Den store in Briarwood Mall, another sign of financial distress for the Ann Arbor-based retailer and official sports merchandiser of the University of Michigan athletic department. Briarwood Mall claims that The M Den last paid its $16,666-per-month rent in December, and in April the mall won a judgment against the retailer from Ann Arbor's 15th District Court. At the time, the unpaid balance totaled...
How did Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County get their names? Here’s how legend has it
ANN ARBOR, MI — It was exactly 200 years ago that Ann Arbor got its name, recorded as the “Village of Annarbour” on the town’s first plat on May 25, 1824. That’s what town founders John Allen of Virginia and Elisha Rumsey of New York called it, but there have been conflicting stories over the years about how the name came about.
Mysterious hole emerges on East Liberty and Thompson Street in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, MI – The City of Ann Arbor is attempting to repair a hole that appeared in the middle of a crosswalk at East Liberty and Thompson streets. The hole was caused by a contractor drilling through a conduit, which is a tube used to protect and route electrical wiring, according to a city spokesperson.
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