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by P.D. Lesko NOTE: This is one in a series of articles about the Washtenaw County Trial Court and cases where a litigant or litigants appealed a County Trial Court judge's ruling. The majority of local Trial Court rulings are upheld…

by P.D. Lesko Democrat Desirae Simmons, the embattled Ward 3 Ypsilanti City Council member, won her May 7, 2024 recall election against challenger Democrat Rod Johnson. Simmons captured 52.06 percent of the vote. Turnout for the special…

by Kellie Zell To the protesters at my daughter’s University of Michigan graduation on May 4th: I write this because I think it’s important for everyone to understand the impact of their actions.  So I suppose you should look at this…

Download and view Alize Asberry Payne's Dec. 2018 job application, cover letter and resume: Letter-Resume-Application-Alize-Payne_RedactedDownload by P.D. Lesko Records, including public records, show the County's Racial…

by Hugh Gallagher, Pulp Scott McPherson’s "Marvin’s Room" will be presented at 8 pm on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11 and 17-18, and at 2 pm on Sunday, May 12 and 19 at the A2CT Studio Theater, 322 West Ann Street, Ann Arbor. For…

by Nathaniel Cline The U.S. Department of Transportation announced new rules that will put refunds quickly back into air travelers’ pockets for canceled or delayed flights. The agency estimated that the new regulations will save…

by P.D. Lesko County records show Ann Arbor School Board Trustee Ernesto Querijero, through his wife Lisa Querijero, applied for funding from the Washtenaw County Community Priority Fund in 2022. The money, according to the application…

By P.D. Lesko Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo McWilliams. If Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy and alleged rapist D'Angelo McWilliams were a vegetable, he'd be a potato--a very, very hot potato. McWilliams's hiring and…

by P.D. Lesko The 2016 Mental Health and Public Safety Millage was the brainchild of County Commissioner Andy LaBarre (District 7). It was the perfect way to get voters to pony up tens of additional millions for two of the poorest run…

by P.D. Lesko On March 25, 2024, The Ann Arbor Independent submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the County Sheriff's Dept. to obtain a copy of the background check done on Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Ladonn McWilliams prior…