Three Dexter businesses have been named to the 2026 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch list through the statewide Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program. The companies are Comfort Keepers, Pearl Planning, and SwitchBox. The award recognizes second-stage companies that employ 6 to 99 people and generate between $750,000 and $50 million in annual revenue. Companies ...
Pearl Planning is proud to announce two significant recognitions for 2026, highlighting both the firm’s continued growth and leadership as well as national recognition for its founder. Pearl Planning Named One of Michigan’s 50 Companies to Watch Pearl Planning has been recognized as a 2026 awardee for the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Award, presented ...
Downtown Milan businesses marked Valentine’s Day with “From Milan, With Love,” an evening event featuring in-store specials, hands-on activities and a visiting food truck along Main Street. The event was originally discussed as a “Galentines” gathering, but organizers changed the name before promoting it publicly. “We wanted people to feel like they could come out ...
A new drive-thru coffee option is coming to town this week. Family-owned Ziggi’s Coffee will open its first Dexter location on Tuesday, Feb. 17, bringing the city its first drive-thru coffee shop. The store is owned by Garnette and Miranda Roberts, longtime Washtenaw County residents who said they chose Dexter because of its strong sense ...
For Valentine’s Day this year, the owner of Dora’s Donuts will be showing up in her sprinkle headband and donut shirt to deliver boxes of freshly baked donuts, Dough Notes, and hope. “I’m trying to add a little positivity. That stems back to my late husband,” owner Heather Dora Piotter said. “He was really happy go lucky.
The Timber Creek Foundation officially launched with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Chelsea Wellness Center, marking a new effort to expand access to mental health care across Southeast Michigan. While Timber Creek Counseling has served the region for years, the newly formed nonprofit arm is designed to address a barrier to care: affordability. The foundation ...
The Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of its 2025 Annual Community Awards, recognizing individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions to the Chelsea area. The 2025 Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Matt McKernan. The 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award honored Anne and Tim Merkel for their long-standing commitment to ...
The Saline Area Chamber of Commerce recently gathered with members, partners, and community supporters to celebrate a year of achievements, highlighted by the Chamber’s successful 2025 programming and its milestone 50th Annual Holiday Parade. The evening opened with a festive performance by the Saline Fiddlers, bringing music and community spirit to the gathering. Special recognition ...
Despite temperatures around eight degrees, Charles Howard walked to the Campfire Grill on Dexter Avenue early Tuesday morning. Then he warmed up inside, waiting for breakfast. “It beats having to drive to the other end of town,” said the Milan resident of more than 60 years, who lives next door. He used to come to ...
After twenty years of serving the community, The Garden Mill announces with profound sadness that it will be closing its doors permanently later this year. This decision follows much reflection, difficult conversations, and heartfelt consideration, and comes amid ongoing economic challenges that have made survival increasingly difficult for small, locally-owned retail businesses. Founded in 2005 ...
Milan City leaders and community members spent the last meeting of 2025 evaluating the special events policy. They explored whether to simplify the permit process for food trucks, reduce pavilion rental fees, and how to handle events put on by nonprofits for federal holidays. Since the policy went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, Police ...
Photo: A combine harvests winter wheat and transfers the grain to a wagon. Michigan farmers reported record wheat yields this year, outperforming the national average. Photo by William Reagan Michigan wheat farmers quietly did something remarkable this year by harvesting a record crop that averaged about 90 bushels per acre, far above the national average ...
The name of Milan’s newest restaurant, Meraki (pronounced Mey-Rah-Kee) is Greek for “to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work.” Kim Wagenknecht and Christos Kardis, the co-owners of Christos' Meraki Kitchen, have been doing just that as they seek to renovate the building lovingly referred to in Milan as the old Campfire building, in honor of the former Campfire Family Steakhouse, which once occupied the space.
“I didn’t back down when I was overseas. I’m not going to back down now.” On December 13th Saline Township resident Kathryn Haushalter filed documents with the Washtenaw County Circuit Court requesting she be added as a co-defendent in the lawsuit filed against Saline Township by multiple plaintiffs involved in the development of the data ...
Owner Ryan Wilman knew this year he wanted to help provide food for those in crisis and he wanted to do it with others instead of simply writing a check so everyone could feel the joy of lifting their community. “A lot of people might be tight on money,” Wilman said, “but going out for a couple of drinks isn’t too expensive and it’s fun. That person also got to feel like they were part of something so big. Hundreds of people who came...
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