Prostitution sting leads to two arrests

Ypsi DDA to vote on ending interim director's contract
By Christine Laughren
Feb. 5, 2010 · 3:12 p.m.

Pictured, Interim DDA Director Jennifer Coe. The DDA's executive director search committee cited Coe’s $75 per-hour salary, which works out to approximately $1,200 a week, as reason for the termination of the contract.

Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority’s Ad Hoc Executive Director Search Committee will recommend the DDA hold off on re-posting for the director position...read more

Ypsilanti hires new city planner
By Christine Laughren
Feb. 5, 2010 · 1:42 p.m.

Teresa Gillotti, Ypsilanti’s Michigan State University Extension planner, will replace City Planner Richard Murphy Feb. 15 as he takes a new job with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance.

The City of Ypsilanti will have a new city planner beginning Feb. 15.

Teresa Gillotti, Ypsilanti’s Michigan State University Extension planner, will replace...read more

City investigating alleged nepotism with police chief
By Dan DuChene
Feb. 3, 2010 · 1:29 a.m.

Updated: 10:33 a.m. ---------- The city of Ypsilanti is investigating an alleged relationship between the police department's newly appointed chief and a road...read more

Beal presents long-term plan for Thompson Block
By Christine Laughren
Feb. 3, 2010 · 12:54 a.m.

Stewart Beal, owner of Ypsilanti's Thompson Building, said he hopes to renovate 408 N. River to accommodate a bar/restaurant as part of a 10-month, two-phase plan presented to City Council Tuesday evening.

The owner of Ypsilanti’s Thompson Building presented a two-part plan to fully open the roads surrounding the burned building at 400 N. River St., as well as renovate...read more

Female body found near 220 Pearl Street
By Christine Laughren
Jan. 31, 2010 · 5:26 p.m.

Ypsilanti police parked in the N. Adams parking lot while wrapping up an investigation for a body found near the AATA Transit Center this afternoon. An overdose is suspected and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday.

Updated Sunday, Jan. 31 7:24 p.m.

A City of Ypsilanti resident was found deceased at approximately 2 p.m. today in the parking lot near the Ann Arbor Transportation...read more

Suspects jailed for allegedly soliciting police

By Dan DuChene
Mar. 5, 2009 · 1:10 p.m.

Two women were arrested in Ypsilanti Township Wednesday morning for prostitution during a special enforcement on Michigan Avenue by Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputies.

Both transported to the Washtenaw County Jail, the Ypsilanti Township residents allegedly solicited the deputies for sex, according to police.

The first suspect, arrested at 9 a.m. Wednesday near Harris on Michigan Avenue, is 40 years old. The second, arrested a half an hour later near Johnson on Michigan Avenue, is 29 years old.