The polls have closed and doing so brought a change in the states of Washington and Colorado. These two states have passed laws allowing people who are 21 and older to legally possess a maximum of one ounce of marijuana.
The City of Ypsilanti can expect big changes in the upcoming year as the school districts of Ypsilanti and Willow Run merge. Many costs are anticipated with the merge.
The Ypsilanti train depot near Depot Town is one of several properties being considered by the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority for redevelopment.
A man was arrested on Thanksgiving for stealing a school bus from a junkyard and driving without a license, reported Click on Detroit Thursday.
The Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety sent out a campus notification Nov. 28 asking EMU students to be on the lookout for Michael Joshua Glenn in connection to an attempted murder, which took place Tuesday evening in the 2300 block of McKinley Road near Hewitt and Packard roads in Ypsilanti Township.
Ypsilanti railroad workers walking their routine patrol found a dead body at 9:25 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. The man was hit and killed by a passing train near Forest Avenue.
Prosecutor for accused I-96 shooter announced Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings, Livingston County Prosecutor David Morse and Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry announced Nov. 27 that the Attorney General’s Criminal Division will lead the prosecution of Raulie Casteel for crimes allegedly committed in the three counties.
The Detroit Board of Education voted to withdraw from its Education Achievement Authority contract with Eastern Michigan University Nov. 13.
Americans in several states approved same-sex marriage on their Nov. 6 ballots. Three states legalized it while one rejected a constitutional ban on it.
This year, there will be more Amtrak Wolverine service trains traveling to and from Michigan.
Janice Daniels, the mayor of Troy, Mich., was recalled Nov. 6 by a vote of 52 percent. The recall effort was centered around Daniels’ views on gay marriage and her opposition to a transit center.
Michigan House Republicans hold narrow majority For the next two years, Republicans will retain the majority in the Michigan House of Representatives, as well as the House Speaker position.
Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government and the Residence Hall Association hosted an Election Day party in the ballroom of the Student Center to watch the election results live Nov. 6.
Barack Obama was elected to a second term as president of the United States, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney Nov. 6.
DTE Energy has partnered up with the nonprofit organization 826michigan to help them expand their tutoring programs in Michigan schools. DTE helped the organization expand to Ypsilanti Middle School and recently gave 826Michigan a $100,000 grant to make another tutoring center in Detroit.
The Eastern Michigan University Educational Policy Committee discussed a proposal sponsoring three charter schools in the Detroit and Ypsilanti areas, which the Board of Regents approved at their Oct.
In the Monday, Oct. 29 issue of The Eastern Echo, the photo in the article “Affordable Care Act teach-in informs Ypsi” was incorrectly captioned. The subject of the photo is Robert Casalou, president and CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Saline and Livingston, not Kirk Roy, vice president of National Health Reform for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Ward 1, Precinct 1 Perry Child Development Center 550 Perry Avenue, Ypsilanti, MI (734) 714-1750
The Real Clear Politics statistics showed nationwide Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will receive 47.3 percent of votes and President Barack Obama will receive 47.4 percent of votes, giving Obama a 0.1 percent lead.
Ypsilanti residents will have two additional proposals on their November ballot, both dealing with consolidating the Willow Run Community Schools and Ypsilanti Public Schools.
