On Thursday Feb. 12, Milan Middle School sixth grader Nathan Bennink traded his classroom for the bowling lanes, joining classmates for a field trip to Station 300 in Saline. “We got a strike and a spare,” Bennink said. “It was fun!” The outing marked the first peer-to-peer field trip of the year, bringing together 34 ...
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 ...
The crisis didn’t start with reckless spending or bad decisions. It started with surgery. A month without paid leave was all it took to collapse a carefully balanced budget and send one Milan resident to Aid in Milan for help keeping the lights on. Staff say her story is not unusual. More and more, they’re ...
Milan will be sending 10 wrestlers to the regionals with both the boys and girls teams set to represent. On Feb. 14, Milan wrestlers competed in the individual districts in Dundee. After some strong meets, six of the boys qualified to move on to the Division 3 Regional Finals, which will take place on Feb. ...
The Big Reds took a couple of hard losses at home this past week against Grosse Ile and New Boston Huron. Milan hosted Grosse Ile on Feb. 10. Grosse Ile outscored the Big Reds 71 to 58. A bright spot however was the home team had a better balanced scoring attack. The Big Reds were ...
The Milan Girls Varsity Basketball team suffered two losses this past week against St. Mary Catholic Central and Flat Rock. Going against Catholic Central in an away game on Feb. 9, the Lady Big Reds fell by a score of 49 to 23. Milan was led in scoring by Emily Bladen with 7. Following her ...
The Milan Girls and Boys Varsity Bowling teams faced off against New Boston Huron at Lodge Lanes on February 13, in their last meet of the regular season. The Lady Big Reds clinched a win after kicking off the match by winning both Baker games rolling a 146 and 156. Milan also took two points ...
A breakthrough in teacher negotiations led the February 11 meeting of the Milan Area Schools Board of Education, where members announced a tentative wage agreement with the Milan Education Association and approved a new Director of Student Services. The district and teachers reached a tentative agreement on wages for the 2025–26 school year following mediation ...
For Kelley Foley, the newly promoted lieutenant with the Milan Area Fire Department, the fire service is about more than flashing lights and sirens. It is about the people behind the doors firefighters kick down and the faces behind the gear. At just 24 years old, Foley has already devoted nearly a decade to the ...
The Milan Swim and Dive team earned another big win on February 12 as they beat Tecumseh on Senior Night by a score of 95 to 88, in their final home dual meet of the season. This was the Big Reds third straight win. The Sun Times News caught up with Milan Coach Dan Heikka to ...
By Doug Marrin A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says the current La Niña weather pattern is weakening and is expected to fade in the coming months. Right now, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center lists a “La Niña Advisory” as still in effect. But forecasters say there is a 60% chance ...
The Milan Area Schools Board of Education hosted a community forum focused on explaining how the district is funded and the limits placed on how those dollars can be used. The Feb. 10 “Big Red Board Chat,” held at Symons Elementary School, centered on school finance in Michigan, including revenue sources, restricted funds, and challenges ...
Despite freezing temperatures, Milan’s older adults filled city hall Tuesday Feb. 3 and the senior center Wednesday Feb. 4 to seek clarification about the city’s request to Milan Seniors for Healthy Living (MSHL) to come under city control. The proposal, outlined in the Feb. 3 agenda packet, gives MSHL two options: 1) Dissolve and become part ...
Across Washtenaw County, high school students organized walkouts during the school day, leaving classrooms to gather outside school buildings in protest of immigration enforcement activity and to raise concerns about civil liberties. In Milan, Dexter, and Saline, the demonstrations shared common elements, including handmade signs, chanting, and negotiations with school administrators over how the protests ...
Author’s note: This article is published as part of Black History Month and examines one aspect of the Black Panther Party’s history. The Black Panther Party was a complex and often internally divided organization whose history includes both community service and armed confrontation with authorities. This piece focuses on its social programs, particularly efforts to ...
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