City Council approves all mayor's re-appointments
Jun. 16, 2010 · 3:42 a.m.
After much procedure, Ypsilanti City Council approved six mayoral re-appointments to city boards and committees Tuesday, including the two postponed from earlier...read more
Council postpones two reappointments
Jun. 4, 2010 · 4:57 p.m.
Two of Ypsilanti's volunteer board members were not reappointed on schedule Tuesday night, owing to a 4-2 vote by City Council to delay the appointments until...read more
Downtown properties to be rehabilitated
Jun. 4, 2010 · 10:40 a.m.
Three recently-vacated properties in downtown Ypsilanti, two of them condemned, will soon be renovated owing to recent purchase by a local development company and...read more
Ypsilanti Township authorizes litigation against Liberty Square
May. 28, 2010 · 6:53 p.m.
Residents living in the Liberty Square complex of townhouses will see a sticker appear on their homes Tuesday, when the Ypsilanti Township Building Department places...read more
Ford plant granted tax exemption by township
May. 24, 2010 · 5:44 p.m.
New machines and equipment will soon be wheeled into Ford's Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti Township as it begins manufacturing a line of batteries for the new global...read more
No problem detected, likely caused by decaying leaves
Jan. 7, 2009 · 5:33 p.m.
Ypsilanti fire fighters were on the corner of Ballard and Cross streets this afternoon looking for a reported natural gas leak.
Two trucks and five fire fighters searched the scene at approximately 3:45 p.m., and were unable to find any problem. The call was made from a Huron Valley ambulance when drivers had passed through the intersection and reported a “strange odor.”
The fire department had responded to the call and wrapped everything up within minutes.
Dan Cain, a captain at the City of Ypsilanti Fire Department, said responders searched all four corners of the intersection with a natural gas detector and did not find anything. He attributed the smell to decomposing leaves in the storm drains.
“We get this a couple times a month,” Cain said.
Because people don’t know where the odor they smell is coming from, Cain said it is often reported as a gas leak.
“It usually comes from decaying leaves,” he said.
M Miciura is a manager at the Ugly Mug Café, which is located at the intersection. After the scene was cleared, he said he didn’t smell anything out of the ordinary and no customers in the shop complained.
“That’s weird,” he said. “I didn’t see any fire trucks.”
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