Washtenaw County News

Jacob Michael Bolton had just tucked in his 8-month-old daughter on a June summer night when police came to his Pinckney home to arrest him on a drug-related charge.

Twisting roads through the Pittsfield Village condominiums make snow removal a challenge.

Three people were taken to local hospitals with injuries. State Police responded to about 20 crashes between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., said Trooper Josh Reeber of the Ypsilanti post.

Four new properties in Washtenaw County are now under protection from future development.

More than $9 million in loans is being sent to Washtenaw County for water systems improvements in Ann Arbor and Dexter .

Bucking the national trend of positive economic news once again, data released Tuesday show that the total amount of pay earned by workers in Michigan's five biggest counties shrank or barely grew between 2007 and 2008, while most counties in the rest of the nation saw average gains of 2.3 percent.

The Washtenaw County Road Commission is gearing up for the arrival of more winter weather and reminds motorists to follow 10 simple winter safety tips: A snow plow from the Washtenaw County Road Commission clears the shoulder of Textile Road in Pittsfield Township last winter.

A land protection group for Washtenaw and Jackson counties says it has added five tracts of land in the past two weeks.

The case of a man accused of living near a school after being convicted of having sex with a high school girlfriend who was below the legal age of consent was adjourned today until Jan.

Five people arrested during a prostitution sting Tuesday on East Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti Township have been charged.

A person using a walking path near West Middle School in Ypsilanti Township was jumped by three people early this morning and stabbed in the leg.

OK, kids, pop quiz: If your death turned out to be sudden, unexpected, unusual or suspicious, whose job would it be to find out what the heck happened? Well, those of us in Washtenaw County would be served by the Office of the Medical Examiner , headed up by Dr.

A loss prevention officer at Target in Pittsfield Township watches customers holiday shopping on Wednesday.

This holiday season, you can celebrate the spirit of giving and get a piece of Ann Arbor history in return.

A Washtenaw County woman is going to prison after admitting she received more than $1 million in kickbacks for referring people to certain home health care agencies.

Life-long equestrians lost ten horses and a pony that died in a fire Tuesday at their Salem Township barn.

A Washtenaw County man is labeled a sex offender for a consensual relationship he had in high school.

A hand-picked team of Washtenaw County commissioners met behind closed doors Monday night to talk about the county's next steps to replace outgoing Administrator Bob Guenzel .

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Howie , a 4-year-old terrier-beagle mix, did his part to give back this holiday season by taking people's donations and dropping them into the red kettle at the Borders A store in downtown Ann Arbor.