After five years of 15-day seasons, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Top of the Park will return to a 21-day season next year. However, financial challenges continue for the festival. WEMU's Patrick Dunn reports.

Everyone in our community deserves safety and a fair legal system, yet the Michigan penal system often fails to provide those things. The Michigan Coalition to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) was formed to push for better prison conditions, police accountability and programs to give inmates a fresh start in life. Decky Alexander talked more about the coalition with Executive Director Chuck Warpehoski.

Preliminary data show huge turnout in populous areas, but shrinking voter participation in some rural counties. Adam Yahya Rayes reports.

Employees at the Anna’s House restaurant in Ann Arbor are claiming wage theft in a new federal class action lawsuit against the Grand Rapids-based chain. Dee Morrison reports.

The Ann Arbor City Council has approved an ordinance banning disturbing the peace at, or interfering with access to, a place of religious worship. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The City of Ann Arbor is investing resources to repair and maintain its aging emergency sirens. This is a reversal of a City Council decision earlier in the year to decommission them. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

No charges will be issued against Washtenaw County deputies in the shooting of Navy veteran John Jenuwine. The announcement was made late Thursday by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office. WEMU's Caroline MacGregor reports.

Ann Arbor Police Chief Andre Anderson is stepping down. His retirement will become effective in February. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Welcome to The Washtenaw Weekly, a new podcast running down the top five stories of the past week of 89.1 WEMU's Washtenaw County news coverage.

Yesterday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive to protect reproductive health data and ensure privacy for Michigan patients and providers.

After opening in 1953 and going through two different owners, the iconic Ann Arbor restaurant Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger closed its doors in mid-March. WEMU's Joshua Nieman reports.

Democrat Shannon Dare Wayne won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Laura Perry. WEMU's Joshua Nieman reports.