Published August 23, 2024
METRO DETROIT — In this week’s Behind the Wheel, Staff Writer Maria Allard shares memories of the camping trips across the country she took with her family as a kid. The photos were taken in slide form in 1979 when the family traveled out West.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
FARMINGTON/FARMINGTON HILLS — Residents of Farmington and Farmington Hills will decide whether to approve a Farmington Community Library 20-year tax renewal of just under 1 mill on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
Read MorePublished August 26, 2024
STERLING HEIGHTS — It’s not a coffee break, but the Sterling Heights Planning Commission recently gave a plaza owner more time to refine a request to allow the site to serve ice cream, coffee or similar food items.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights City Council recently broke its July deadlock over whether to approve the Chaldean Community Foundation’s second apartment complex proposal in the North Van Dyke Avenue corridor.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
METRO DETROIT — It is a tin can with three engines, boxy aerodynamics, fixed gears and nearly 100 years of active service. And for a brief window in early August, you could take a flight in it.
Read MorePublished August 27, 2024
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Facing a shortage of firefighters and EMTs, the Harrison Township Board of Trustees approved a new student hiring program proposed by the Harrison Township Fire Department at the Aug. 12 board meeting.
Read MorePublished August 26, 2024
MOUNT CLEMENS — A month may not seem very long, but it’s a blistering turnaround time in the world of public policy, and it’s all the time that was needed to restore a program thought to be lost to the ages.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
MOUNT CLEMENS — Felt, string, looms and more all take center stage at the latest show at the Anton Art Center.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The newest piece of art for the Harrison Township public has arrived, taking the form of a dragonfly and landing in Tucker Park.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The words don’t always come when someone’s alive. Wind phones allow you to say those things through a telephone receiver connected to nothing in the living world.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — In the works for almost a year, the future of planning in Harrison Township is almost here.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
ROCHESTER HILLS — A Rochester Hills doctor has been arrested after authorities discovered thousands of nude photos and videos of children and adults taken while the victims were changing at Goldfish Swim School, in hospitals, in changing areas, and in various other locations over at least the past six years.
Read MorePublished August 27, 2024
MADISON HEIGHTS — Work is underway at the Madison Heights Police Department to overhaul its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, and officials say it’s just the latest in a series of upgrades to the city’s police and fire stations.
Read MorePublished August 26, 2024
MADISON HEIGHTS — Officials with the Madison District Public Schools say that more than 90% of the bond funds approved by voters in November 2021 have now been allocated.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
MADISON HEIGHTS — As Hazel Park wraps its “road diet,” Madison Heights is planning one that will shrink a stretch of 11 Mile Road from four lanes to three.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
MADISON HEIGHTS — Following a lengthy investigation, authorities now believe that a young boy who died in Madison Heights was abused and killed by his mother and her boyfriend.
Read MorePublished August 25, 2024
WEST BLOOMFIELD — In what has become a summer tradition in West Bloomfield, the Walk4Friendship event is scheduled to return for its 19th year Sept. 1.
Read MorePublished August 23, 2024
ORCHARD LAKE — If a ballot proposal is approved by Orchard Lake voters Nov. 5, a first will occur in the city’s history.
Read MorePublished August 22, 2024
OAKLAND COUNTY — Drowning is fast and silent, and it can take less than 30 seconds for someone to drown. In Oakland County, there have been 11 drowning deaths in 2024 alone.
Read MorePublished August 19, 2024
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Some resolution is coming at the site of the Goo Smoke Shop explosion, even if it’s just the physical part.
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