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Leader of Non-Profit Cited as a Public Nuisance Says Ypsi Twp. Trustees Are “Missing the Good”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 17, 2023

by P.D. Lesko Men Like Us was created as a non-profit in 2021. Since leasing space in a building at 3011 E. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti Twp., Ardis Lewis Jr.'s "men's club" has been the subject of over 30 police reports. The police…

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Ypsi Twp. Court Filing Asks Trial Court to Padlock Local Non-Profit, Site of Repeated Shootings

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 14, 2023

by P.D. Lesko On July 28, 2023, Ypsilanti Twp. officials filed a "PETITION TO DECLARE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY A PUBLIC NUISANCE, FOR ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, PERMANENT RESTRAINING ORDER AND OTHER EQUITABLE…

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Ypsilanti Shooting Leaves 16-Year-Old and 20-Year-Old Dead and Two Hospitalized

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 28, 2023

6/30/23: Updated with the names of the victims by Bryce Whitney Two people have died and two more remain in the hospital after a shooting in Ypsilanti Township. Police say around 6:30 p.m. Monday night four people were shot at the…