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WCC Launches Maritime Welding Program
Washtenaw Community College will add a maritime certificate to its Welding Technology program thanks to a new Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity-Workforce Development grant. Photo credit: J.D. Scott. Washtenaw Community College (WCC) will launch a new maritime welding program to help train workers for the high-demand maritime, shipbuilding,...
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Dexter Fertilizer Ordinance Faces Legal Hurdles Despite Environmental Goals
A proposed ordinance would restrict fertilizer applications near Mill Creek and the Huron River during colder months, but city officials say state law may prevent enforcement. A proposed fertilizer ordinance intended to protect Dexter’s waterways from nutrient pollution is facing legal questions, even as city officials acknowledge its environmental benefits.
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WCC Launches Maritime Welding Program
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) will launch a new maritime welding program to help train workers for the high-demand maritime, shipbuilding, defense and advanced manufacturing workforce. A $630,876 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity-Workforce Development (LEO-WD) will allow WCC to expand its nationally recognized welding technology program...
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The Metro: Many Ann Arbor residents want a public utility to replace DTE. Its city council believes that’s reckless.
Costs continue to rise in Michigan for things like gas, groceries and utilities. In March, a DTE rate hike increased bills by 4.6% for a typical customer. Two months later, a Consumers Energy rate hike also increased rates by 6.1%, its second electric increase in a year. Recent rate hikes...
WJR
Ann Arbor’s Quest for More Reliable Electricity Heads to the Ballot
October 14, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick interviews Brian Geringer, executive director of Ann Arbor for public power, regarding the ballot proposal to replace DTE with a municipal electric utility. ANN ARBOR, Mich. ~ For many Ann Arbor residents, keeping the lights on has become about more than electricity. Frustration over...
DBusiness Magazine
Michigan Legacy Credit Union Completes Renovations to its Five Branches
Michigan Legacy Credit Union in Wyandotte has completed the renovation of its branch in Pontiac, the last of five total branches to be updated. Designed as an old school diner, […] The post Michigan Legacy Credit Union Completes Renovations to its Five Branches appeared first on DBusiness Magazine .
The Detroit News
Ann Arbor group wants to take electric grid from DTE. It wouldn't be easy
ANN ARBOR — The effort to remove the city of Ann Arbor from DTE Energy Co.'s service territory was inspired by city leaders' ambitious 2019 commitment to eliminate Ann Arbor's carbon emissions by 2030. But what started as a movement to address climate change in a progressive, well-heeled community has evolved into an unprecedented effort to wrest electric service from a business and political powerhouse and into a symbol of Michigan residents' frustration with rising energy prices, power outages and investor-owned utilities. "The disinvestment in the city's and the whole region's poles and wires and the lack of reliability became more and more apparent" after the Ann Arbor for Public Power movement launched in 2020, said Brian Geiringer, executive director of Ann Arbor for Public Power, also known as A2P2. "There was a huge storm in 2021. There was another one in 2023 . People are in the middle of winter without power. The founders of A2P2 found these converging reasons to go forward with this campaign." Six years in, the Ann Arbor for Public Power movement scored a significant milestone. The campaign gathered enough signatures to get a proposal on the November ballot to establish an Ann Arbor Municipal
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Barefoot & Backroads: Not Your Typical Farm Stand
For Torie Kramer, owner of Barefoot & Backroads farm stand, it all got started with chickens in summer 2026. “Then I thought, ‘What are we going to do with all these eggs?’” said Kramer. She started playing around with names to put on egg cartons, started a Facebook page and reached out to Wasem Fruit Orchard and asked if they’d like to carry them. They said yes. Barefoot & Backroads was born.
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Public Storage mold complaints grow across Metro Detroit. Tenants say the company won’t respond.
A Royal Oak Public Storage customer says mold covered her belongings after she returned to her climate-controlled unit in late September. The stored items included furniture and family keepsakes, such as her children’s baby blankets and first toys. She says other renters in the same area reported similar mold...
Michigan Daily
GEO, UMich remain deadlocked on pay raises, international student protections
The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees’ Organization is continuing negotiations for its 2026-2029 contract with the office of Academic Human Resources. Bargaining between the University and GEO for this contract began in November 2025, and has included 23 more bargaining sessions since. The most recent occurred Oct. 2.
MLive
Development agreement OK’d for over 300 apartments next to Ann Arbor Trader Joe’s
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has OK’d a development agreement for hundreds of new high-end apartments at 2424 E. Stadium Blvd. next to the Trader Joe’s shopping complex. City Council voted unanimously Monday, Oct. 5, to approve the agreement with Stadium Investors 1 LLC, which is affiliated with Farmington Hills-based developer Beztak.
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Dexter Lions Club Pays Tribute to its Former Home
A place to call home is important, that’s why the Dexter Lions Club took some time out recently to recognize DAPCO Industries. The Dexter Lions invited representatives of DAPCO to attend the Lions recent meeting at the Dexter Senior Center, which is the club’s new home, to recognize them for the help they gave the club for the past two decades.
multifamilydive.com
5 apartment projects that recently broke ground
Although multifamily starts plummeted in August, developers are still finding ways to build. Firms have recently started mixed-use developments in Florida and Texas, while Michigan and California are getting more affordable housing. Some designs have unique characteristics: For example, The Adeline coming to Ann Arbor, Michigan, will have a ground-floor window to showcase the utility room where the building’s geothermal system connects to the earth.
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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo program pioneer and Midwest native, dies at 90
Trailblazing computer engineering pioneer, Margaret Hamilton, has died at age 90. She coined the term "software engineer" and was one of the key people responsible for getting people to land on the Moon. Hamilton's legacy includes her Midwestern roots, as she was born in Indiana and educated in Michigan. ANN...
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Novi Home Show returns with ideas for every room
Homeowners looking for their next renovation project have a new resource this weekend as the Novi Home Show opens its doors at the Vibe Credit Union Showplace. The event, which runs through Sunday, brings together contractors, builders and designers under one roof. “The Novi Home Show is produced by the...