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Saturday, July 26th, 2025

Today, the 26th Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti offers beer samples, food and live music from 5 to 9 p.m. with Jimmy Olson and will have more music from Supercrunch and Keller & The Keels on Saturday from 3 to 10 p.m. The weekend also includes the German Park Picnic at German Park with German food and dance, the Sounds & Sights Festival in Chelsea with a car show and market, and the Ann Arbor District Library’s Summer Game Spectacular at Veteran’s Memorial Park with games and fun activities — events that show a rich local culture — drawing visitors to the region.

Saturday, July 26th, 2025

Independence Lake Beach in Whitmore Lake was closed for swimming yesterday after routine tests found high E. coli levels—health officials said swimming will resume when follow-up tests confirm safe bacteria levels while fishing remains allowed.

Saturday, July 26th, 2025

A 41-year-old man was shot and killed around 10:36 p.m. on July 23rd in the 1300 block of Russell Street in Ypsilanti Township—where police said a second man was critically injured as they investigated whether the man was a victim or suspect in an attempted armed robbery.