Nationally recognized company brings personalized weight loss and wellness services to Dearborn, Metro Detroit
December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — When it comes to nutrition and weight loss, temptation is all around us (not to mention ever-present clouds of stress), which makes it difficult to focus on the positive strides we make on a day-to-day basis. The big picture is never lost on the national nutrition and wellness company NutriMost, however. Guests to its...
Applications being accepted for short-term vacant Dearborn Public School Board seat
December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — After being elected to fill the remaining two years of a six-year term on the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education, Mary Lane resigned from her current six-year term on the board. The resignation creates a vacancy on the Board until Dec. 31. “Ms. Lane resigned her seat on the Board on December 4,” said...
Recreational marijuana legalized in Michigan on Thursday
December 7th, 20180 DETROIT— Recreational marijuana became legal at midnight Thursday in Michigan, making it the first state in the Midwest to end the substance's prohibition. Ten years after voters approved medical marijuana, Michigan is the 10th state to legalize recreational cannabis use, ending its criminalization and creating the potential for...
FBI Detroit Division offers tips to avoid holiday scammers
December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT - The FBI's Detroit division is warning holiday shoppers about the high potential for scams this holiday season; and this time around the scams are expected to be especially aggressive and creative, as criminals unleash schemes design to steal money and personal information. As far as U.S. states go, Michigan has been...
Marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell, buy from licensed caregivers
December 3rd, 20180 LANSING — The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) is expected to recommend the passing of a resolution to maintain safe patient access to medical marijuana by allowing licensed provisioners to buy from licensed caregivers, according to a press release. The proposal would allow dispensaries to buy and sell...
DMC hospitals fail federal inspections due to contaminated instruments
December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT — Detroit Receiving Hospital was under inspection again this week after it failed a federal review in October when federal investigators found multiple cases involving contaminated instruments and other infection control violations, according to an inspection report released by the federal government on Wednesday. This comes...
Snow is coming: What to do if you are involved in a car crash
December 2nd, 20180 Visibility is low. Roads are slick. Snow is tumbling faster than windshield wipers can wipe. It’s that classic Michigan winter storm. Then, just yards away, is a glimpse of flashing hazard lights. What do you do? Drivers in Michigan who choose to hit the roads during snow storms have to make a lot of decisions. According to Lt....
From Gaza to Dearborn: Mohammed Abu Hussein lost his leg, but not his hope
December 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN – The Palestinian struggle carries countless stories of suffering and injustice. Such is the case with Mohammed Abu Hussein, a young Palestinian boy who lost his right leg in June during the Great March of Return along the Gaza border against the Israeli occupation. Mohammed is currently in Dearborn, where he will receive a...
Dearborn’s Ace Diamond Jewelers to close
December 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN— After 40 years in business, Ace Diamond Jewelers is closing down. When asked why, co-owner Carl Marusak laughed and said, "I am getting old." Marusak and his brother Richard, both in their early 60s, have been jewelers since their teenage years. The Dearborn-based business, established in 1979, specializes in...
Judge dismisses lawsuit by family of Muslim Marine who died during boot camp
December 1st, 20181 TAYLOR, MI — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the family of Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year old Marine who died two years ago in boot camp at Parris island, S.C. U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow ruled Tuesday that claims related to injuries to active duty military personnel belong in military courts according the Feres...
Dearborn loose-leaf and bagged leaf collection on trash day ends Dec. 14
December 1st, 20180 DEARBORN — The city’s two separate programs to collect loose leaves and bagged leaves from in front of residential properties are both ending the week of December 10-14, with the last collection on each neighborhood’s trash day. The city is encouraging residents to rake their leaves now for pickup the week of December 3-7 and...
Dearborn named four-star community for economic and entrepreneurial growth
December 1st, 20180 DEARBORN – For the eighth year in a row, the city of Dearborn has been given a high rating by University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for Innovation Research, recognizing the city’s ability to foster entrepreneurial growth and economic development. The recognition comes as part of an annual “eCities” study conducted by U...
New infrared technology women-only gym opens in Dearborn Heights
November 30th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Red Effect Infrared Fitness opened a new women-exclusive location on Ford Road in Dearborn Heights on Friday Nov. 23, the first of its kind for the chain with more than 300 franchises sold and in development. Allie Mallad, owner of Red Effect, said he came up with the idea two years ago just after he began the...
Arab American community launches donations drive to help Yemeni children
November 30th, 20180 DEARBORN – Yemen is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history, with more than 22 million people, 60 percent of the population, in urgent need of food, drink, clothing and shelter, according to the United Nations. With the ongoing escalation of the armed conflict, the number of victims and displaced persons who find...
Beloved Arab American activist Don Unis passes away at age 79
November 30th, 20180 DEARBORN - The passing of anyone, let alone a man as beloved to his family and community as Don Unis, is usually a solemn occasion. But even as Unis, 79, lay in a hospital bed with tubes in his nose just weeks before succumbing to a heart condition, his trademark passion, positivity and warmth resonated as strong as ever, upbeat in......
General Motors to close three assembly plants including Hamtramck
November 30th, 20180 DETROIT — General Motors announced Monday it will close three assembly plants by the end of 2019. A total of 1,500 jobs in Hamtramck are at stake at the plant where the Chevrolet Volt and Impala, the Cadillac CT6 and the Buick LaCrosse are made. Those vehicles are to be terminated. GM said it will reduce its North American...
FBI: Surge in hate crimes in 2017 the largest since 9/11
November 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Hate crimes in the United States in 2017 saw the largest increase — to more than 7,000 — since a period immediately after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, new FBI data said Tuesday. The 2017 data is the latest uniform crime reporting compilation of bias-motivated incidents from more than 16,100 U.S. law......
For Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy every case should be treated with the same gravity
November 24th, 20180 DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, the first African American woman in Michigan to serve as a county prosecutor, internationally recognized for her work and a contributor to the award-winning HBO documentary “I Am Evidence”, was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame on Oct. 18. Worthy told The AANews that...
Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson announces transition team
November 24th, 20180 LANSING— Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson has announced her transition committee, which will guide her preparation to assume the role of Michigan’s chief motor vehicle administrator and chief election officer, on January 1. “I am honored that two leaders and mentors I respect and admire, Senator Levin and Commissioner...
Palestinian awareness group at U of M-Dearborn hosts art expo under theme of resistance
November 24th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, November 20, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn hosted its second art expo dedicated to the theme of resistance and spreading awareness of oppression. The event, which follows up on one held in 2016, featured artwork submitted and presented by students at the...Recreational marijuana expected to be legal Dec. 6, but not commercially available until 2020
November 23rd, 20180 LANSING — Recreational marijuana will become legal in Michigan starting Dec. 6, according to an official with the Secretary of State's Office. Officials in Lansing stated that the State Board of Canvassers will meet Monday, Nov. 26 and the that new law will officially take effect Dec. 6. The law takes 10 days after the election......
Royal Oak says no to marijuana businesses, Dearborn will decide Dec. 4
November 23rd, 20180 ROYAL OAK — The city of Royal Oak has banned recreational marijuana businesses for now, but city leaders reportedly plan to get input from residents to consider such businesses in the future. Michigan voters approved proposal 1, allowing adults 21 and older to use marijuana for recreational purposes, in the Nov. 6 election, but each...
Court orders release of Iraqi detainees, sanctions ICE
November 22nd, 20180 DETROIT — A federal judge ordered the release Tuesday of roughly 100 Iraqi detainees held for more than 16 months, saying the federal government cannot indefinitely detain foreign nationals. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith granted two motions filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan in 2017: Release of the......
White man who shot at lost Black teen will serve at least four years behind bars
November 20th, 20180 ROCHESTER HILLS — The White man who fired shots at a Black teen who'd knocked on his door to ask for directions earlier this year was sentenced on Tuesday to at least four years in prison by Judge Wendy Potts of Oakland County Circuit Court. Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, was sentenced two to 10 years in prison for assault with the intent to...
Dearborn: Trash collection delayed one day for Thanksgiving
November 19th, 20180 DEARBORN – All City of Dearborn buildings will be closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 22. The Dearborn Administrative Center, all Dearborn Public Library branches, 19th District Court and the Senior Center will remain closed on Friday, Nov. 23. The Ford Community & Performing Arts Center will reopen on Friday, Nov. 23,......
