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
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Commander Dieter Heren
Investigators putting pieces together
May. 28, 2009 · 3:44 p.m.
An 18-year-old Ypsilanti resident was shot outside of his residence near the intersection of Lathers Street and Kirk Street this afternoon.
According to a family member, the victim has been identified as Quartez Parker.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Cmdr. Dieter Heren, said central dispatch received a call from a witness at approximately 2 p.m. and stated there had been a shooting.
He said the subject was found at the side of his residence and transported to St. Joseph where he was pronounced dead.
“We are still conducting the investigation as to exactly what happened,” Heren said at the scene.
Darion Cole, a cousin of the alleged victim said he was at a local restaurant when he received a call from an acquaintance in the apartment complex nearby.
"I heard there was a drive-by," Cole said.
"I just found out 10 minutes ago my cousin got killed," he added.
Heren said a statement from the Sheriff's department would be released in the near future.
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