Registration open for fall rec soccer!
submitted by Sarah Sporer, Manchester Soccer Club, Marketing Coordinator Soccer season is just around the corner, and registration for Manchester Soccer Club’s Fall Rec Soccer is OPEN! The season starts September 20 and runs until October 25. Teams will be broken down into three co-ed divisions: U5 Little Kickers, U7, and U9 age groups. Don’t […]
WCCD’s Annual Fall Tree & Native Plant Sale
submitted by Washtenaw County’s Conservation District While the early blooms of spring remind us to plant in the cool, moist soils, fall is a great opportunity to grow your native plant project. The moist soil and cool temperatures of September and October provide conditions for better root establishment ahead of the springtime weeds. Get a […]
WCSO responds to Executive Order: “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets”
by Sara Swanson On July 29, President Trump published his 175th executive order calling for the criminalization of homelessness and institutionalization of homeless people. Although we don’t have as visible a homeless population as other parts of the county, we do have homelessness and you may be wondering what this executive order means for our […]
Obituary: Patrick Evan Holleran
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln. Patrick Evan Holleran, age 73, of Tecumseh, Mich., passed away after a two-year battle with leukemia on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at the Evangelical Home in Saline, Mich. He was born on May 15, […]
WCRC to close Steinbach Rd and Bemis Rd in Freedom Twp for culvert replacements
submitted by Washtenaw County Road Commission On Monday, August 4, 2025, the Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) will close Steinbach Rd between Bethel Church Rd and Weber Rd in Freedom Township during daytime hours for a crossroad culvert replacement. The road improvements are expected to take approximately one day to complete. However, all dates are […]
August 2025 Gardening Advice
by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill I’m having a hard time believing that July is over, but I’m kind of glad that it is, since we seem to have left those miserable temperatures and humidity behind with it. With the coming of August comes the real work of harvesting all of the lovely things we have […]
Obituary: Thomas Lavender
Thomas Lavender passed away peacefully at Duke Hock Family Pavilion on July 19, 2025. He was 82. Tom was born March 9, 1943, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Paul and Florence Lavender. He grew up in Ann Arbor and was an avid hockey player, hunter, and marksman. He met the love of his life, Susan […]
Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown
by Eli Newman (Bridge Michigan) For more than 50 years, Northwest Michigan Health Services has served as a safety net for the uninsured living Up North. The nonprofit organization was founded to serve the region’s migrant community. It’s a federally qualified health center system, and its four sites are tasked with helping everyone that comes through […]
Amid push to grow birth rates, Michigan takes new approach: Cash for moms
by Associated Press (Bridge Michigan) FLINT — A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played. It was called a “baby parade.” The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing program […]
Michigan weather radar blindspots meant no warning for Deckerville tornado
by Austin Rowlader (Bridge Michigan) An F-1 tornado touched down in Deckerville last Saturday without warning from local officials or the National Weather Service. No one was injured in the storm, but the tornado caused widespread damage as it traveled on the ground for three minutes between 4:18 and 4:21 p.m. It traveled 1.7 miles and […]
