Ypsi resident hears shots fired

City Council approves all mayor's re-appointments
By Dan DuChene
Jun. 16, 2010 · 3:42 a.m.

Jone Coleman, president of downtown business LookInTheAttic, shares his thoughts with City Council about the discussion and procedure taken to pass mayoral re-appointments, which he was being considered for the Downtown Development Authority.

Jone Coleman, president of downtown business LookInTheAttic, shares his thoughts with City Council about the discussion and procedure taken to pass mayoral re-appointments, which he was being considered for the Downtown Development Authority.

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
By Mark Tower
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
By Mark Tower
Jun. 4, 2010 · 10:40 a.m.

The three properties located at 120, 122 and 124 West Michigan Avenue in downtown Ypsilanti will soon be rebuilt into commercial and office space and loft apartments, thanks to a planned $1.7 million investment by developers.

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Ypsilanti Township authorizes litigation against Liberty Square
By Mark Tower
May. 28, 2010 · 6:53 p.m.

Many of the homes in the Liberty Square complex on Grove Street in Ypsilanti Township are already boarded and ready for foreclosure sale. All 151 units, some of which are still occupied, will be condemned Tuesday, Ypsilanti Township has resolved.

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
By Mark Tower
May. 24, 2010 · 5:44 p.m.

Ford Motor Company's Rawsonville Plan, located at the intersection of Textile and Bridge Roads in Ypsilanti Township, will soon be the new home for production of Ford's Electric Focus batteries, formerly produced in Mexico.

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

City police could not comment, still investigating

By Dan DuChene
Apr. 3, 2009 · 10:27 p.m.

Updated April 4, 2009 - 1:36 a.m.

The Ypsilanti Police Department said there are no fatalities regarding shots fired near Cross and Ballard Streets.

At approximately 1:20 this morning a YPD dispatcher said he could not give any further information. However, he said a press release should be issue later this morning.

The incident was reported to the Citizen Friday evening, when an Ypsilanti resident said she heard gun shots before seeing Ypsilanti Police tape off a section of West Cross Street this evening.

Gretchen Cavanaugh said she was walking her dog near her home on North Hamilton Street, north of Cross Street, when she heard what sounded like four gun shots from the west.

A few minutes later she said she heard sirens.

Cavanaugh said she saw the Ypsilanti Police Department’s investigation scene as soon as she turned west onto Cross Street.

“I could see police tape and three or four police cars,” she said. “They were already interviewing people.”

At 7:30 p.m., police at the scene, near the southeast corner of Cross and Ballard streets, said they could not comment on the situation as the matter was still under investigation.

Stay with the Ypsilanti Citizen as details on this story develop.