Ketch Secor, founder and frontman of Old Crow Medicine Show, emcees the second night of the 48th annual Ann Arbor Folk Fest at Hill Auditorium on Jan. 25, 2025. (Ryan Stanton | MLive.com) Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

Finalists will be announced Wednesday, April 2, followed by the announcement of the winners on Monday, June 16.

An exuberant “Howdy!” is always a good way to kick off a folk festival — which is what Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor did Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25, at Hill

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A new restaurant featuring wood-fired cooking is set to open in Ann Arbor next month. Echelon Kitchen & Bar will open at 200 S. Main Street on Thursday, Feb. 6. The restaurant will be located in a 7,000-square-foot, 100-year-old building and have 150 seats, according to a release.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A 21-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was hit by a car in Ann Arbor. According to authorities, she was crossing Main Street, near Hill Street, when she was struck just before 11 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16. She was rushed to the University of Michigan Hospital Emergency Room.

WASHTENAW COUNTY – A new LEGO resale store is serving Ann Arbor the building blocks for a constructive hobby.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WILX) - Junior guard Theryn Hallock scored 23 of her 25 points in the second half, as the No. 21 MSU women’s basketball team cruised past No. 24 Michigan, 88-58, Saturday afternoon at the Crisler Center. It was the biggest margin of victory for MSU against U-M in Ann Arbor.

ANN ARBOR, MI - It may have been a cold week, but this weekend is heating up with a few different events. This weekend’s slate includes the 48th Ann Arbor Folk Fest and a night dedicated to welcoming the Chinese New Year at the Ann Arbor District Library.

A vital component for high-tech-driven economic development is a new model of cooperation between Ann Arbor and Detroit.

The most legendary jazz-funk band of all time is coming to Ann Arbor. The Headhunters, co-led by percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark, featuring NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison on alto saxophone, celebrated the ensemble’s 50th anniversary in 2023 and will play two sets at Ann Arbor’s Blue Llama Jazz Club on Thursday, Jan. 23.

"UM is being strip-mined for relocatable talent by big tech, by investors, by Silicon Valley startups," Song said. “And as a business school professor once told me — I hate this (but) I'm going to tell you anyway — sometimes in Michigan we train the best, but we keep the rest."

A Londonderry family has been reunited with their beloved cat, Kumiko, eight months after she disappeared. The Ambler family received a surprising call that their cat had been found in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They have no idea how Kumiko ended up there.