ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak High School senior Sarah Barnett won second place for her work on a documentary titled “Is Ranked Choice the Right Choice?”

ROYAL OAK — A public hearing was held at the April 9 Royal Oak Planning Commission meeting regarding a proposal from Corewell Health for an outpatient medical clinic and medical office.

METRO DETROIT — Rock hunting is a fun pastime spent finding unique stones alone or with friends and family.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Johnathon Putrus Jr. has designed a sign of the times.

FRASER — During Fraser’s April 11 City Council meeting, residents recommended the city make a resolution for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of April 18-21, 2024.

NOVI — Last year was everything Novi baseball could have ever dreamed of.

NOVI — Two brothers have the leading roles in this year’s Novi High School musical production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” with their sister helping in the wings.

SOUTHFIELD — The defending Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state champions will have a Super Bowl champion leading the sidelines this year.

SOUTHFIELD — At its April 1 meeting, the Southfield City Council discussed Cloud Opportunity’s request to build and operate a one-story recreational marijuana retailer at 28610 Northwestern Highway.

TROY — If you can count on anything from Troy Athens baseball, it’s that the rotation and the defensive unit will be at their best day in and day out.

TROY — The Troy City Council has chosen Deputy City Manager Robert Bruner to take over the city manager position following Mark Miller’s upcoming departure.

ROCHESTER — Oakland University fans are still on cloud nine after a thrilling 80-76 win over the University of Kentucky that left Golden Grizzlies fans ecstatic and most March Madness bracket competitors furious, and the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is acknowledging the hype.

ROCHESTER — Three people were recently arrested in connection to a new business that Rochester police are saying was being used as a prostitution operation.

ROCHESTER — Four authors and illustrators will come to town this month for the Authors in April program. The public is invited to kick off this year’s program by participating in a free community scavenger hunt April 20-27 in downtown Rochester.

ROCHESTER — The city of Rochester recently recognized a Rochester postal worker for his retirement after 56 years of serving the community.Rochester resident Ed Kane started working for the United States Postal Service on Dec. 7, 1967.

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Community Schools district has a new leader. The RCS Board of Education voted April 8 to approve the superintendent contract for Nicholas Russo, which passed with a majority vote of 5-1.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS — Public transit is coming to the Rochester area this month.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — There were high expectations for Grosse Pointe North last year given how strong the leadership was with its six seniors, and they delivered down the state tournament stretch. Bringing home the Norsemen’s first regional title since 1992, the standard was set and the confidence skyrocketed for this year’s squad with one goal in mind.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores officials are proud of their Public Safety Department, but following the recent presentation of awards for going above and beyond the call of duty in 2023, they’re even prouder.