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Friday, July 18th, 2025
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Good morning, Ypsilanti. Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 18th of July.
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ Hummingbird Construction Co.—a Milan-based company owned by Matthew Ashline—is facing a lawsuit in Washtenaw County after it took deposits as high as $162,000 but never started work or returned funds. MLive
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ Ronald Fleming, 30, accused of killing his grandmother, was declared incompetent to stand trial for the second time during a hearing on July 17 because his mental condition prevents him from understanding court proceedings—according to Judge J. Cedric Simpson. MLive
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Dexter Community Schools will hold roughly 80-minute second-round interviews with two finalist superintendent candidates on July 21 — board members will select the final candidate the following day. The finalists, a local school principal and a district director, emerged from earlier internal interviews as the district prepares for Superintendent Chris Timmis' retirement in 2026. MLive
- ➤ The Lincoln School Board interviewed six candidates on July 15th and 16th and three finalists—school administrators from Southeast Michigan—are set for second-round interviews next week to replace outgoing Superintendent Bob Jansen. MLive
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is seeking public input on Enbridge's permit requests to build a tunnel that will replace the aging Line 5 pipelines across the Straits of Mackinac. The project will involve construction on wetlands at two sites near U.S. Route 2 with public hearings set for Aug. 12 and Aug. 19 and comments open until Aug. 29. FOX 2
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