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Ypsilanti will bring an end to its furlough program for its remaining non-union employees who receive the unpaid days off.

When furlough days were instituted in 2008, the reduced hours of 22 employees at 5 percent of their salaries equated to $55,000 in annual savings for the city.

Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman sitting in a car on the campus of the University of Michigan Wednesday.Continue reading Man exposes himself to woman in parked car at University of Michigan...

The sixth annual HomeGrown Festival - a celebration of what's beautiful, delicious, and amazing about our region - is two days away, and organizers are looking for a few more helpful food-loving volunteers.

Laura Meisler, one of the festival organizers, says that much like the name of the festival would suggest, HomeGrown is all about grass-roots community support.

The east-west runway on the north side of Willow Run Airport will be expanded from 7,200 feet long to 9,550 feet long.

Michigan may have large reserves of natural gas thousands of feet below the earth's surface but they probably won't be developed on a large scale for many years, if ever, giving policymakers time to deal with the environmental and public health concerns associated with the extraction process known as fracking, according to a study released Thursday.

The former Willow Run GM Powertrain plant in Ypsilanti Township, pictured here in August, is slated for demolition beginning in October. Plans for a connected vehicle research center at the site were announced Thursday. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

Swedish bearings maker SKF Group finalized a deal Thursday to buy Ann Arbor-based Kaydon Corporation in a $1.25 billion deal.Continue reading SKF Group acquires Ann Arbor-based Kaydon in $1.25 billion deal...

The 10th annual October National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is coming up in less than a month, and I want to encourage each of you to do something to help improve your online security at home, at work and at school. The heavy lifting has been done. Activities and resources are already prepared.

Today
Coney Dog and Root Beer Float Night. 5-8 p.m. American Legion Post #419, 9807 Whitewood Road, Pinckney. $1.25 per Coney dog. For more information call 734- 878-9522 or 734-341-4249.

Father Gabriel Richard coach Brian Lemons, above, is a teacher at Whitmore Lake High School, Richard's Week 2 opponent.Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com file photo