CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Clinton Township Board of Trustees approved a merger of the township’s Recreation Department and senior center operations at its Dec. 22 meeting.

MOUNT CLEMENS — With Macomb Place reopened and the Downtown Revitalization Project nearing completion, city officials are turning their attention to Main Street in Mount Clemens.

HAZEL PARK — Officials in the Hazel Park Schools district are hoping residents will feel even closer in 2026, thanks to the reopening of the former Longfellow Elementary School as the Longfellow Community Center.

HAZEL PARK — A local man is in custody facing felony charges after police received a call from his girlfriend as she was reportedly being assaulted.

MADISON HEIGHTS — The city of Madison Heights has applied for the federal Community Development Block Grant Program, hoping to cover lawn care expenses for seniors, home repairs for qualifying residents, and the cost of code enforcement officers to fight blight.

MADISON HEIGHTS — One of the last acts by the Madison Heights City Council in 2025 was the adoption of the parks and recreation master plan.

OAKLAND COUNTY — The holiday season is over, but Oakland County Parks and Recreation is still offering a full schedule of events and activities for metro Detroiters this winter.

DETROIT — Engines, innovation and interactive experiences will return this month as the Detroit Auto Show takes over Huntington Place.

PONTIAC — When a woman requested a welfare check on her boyfriend, the man was found stabbed to death. Now, a suspect has been arrested and charged — the woman’s ex.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — At the Dec. 15 meeting of the West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees, Kelly Hyer, executive director of West Bloomfield Parks, gave an update on the progress of the new Community Connection Center, a multigenerational facility backed by a $25 million voter-approved bond.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Township trustees unanimously approved the 2026 budget for West Bloomfield Dec. 15 — a budget marked by increased spending due to capital needs.

SOUTHFIELD — Lasiyah Jones, 16, has been safely located, according to Southfield police.

DETROIT — Registration is open for all four sessions of the Born in Detroit Baseball Camp that will be held at the Wayne State University athletics campus on Jan 31 and Feb 7.

NOVI — The new year started with an unwanted bang in Novi, as winter weather conditions, coupled with alcohol, were the likely causes of a seven-car pileup on eastbound Interstate 96, just west of Novi Road, on Jan. 1. 

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SOUTHFIELD — Sixteen-year-old Lasiyah Jones was reported as voluntarily missing on Jan. 2, and the Southfield Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to locate her.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — At its final meeting of 2025, the St. Clair Shores City Council received a clean audit report from the contracted firm of Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Advisors. 

LANSING — A large group of Warren Consolidated Schools Performing Arts students took their talents to Lansing earlier this month for the annual Michigan Thespian Festival.

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Police Department held a press conference Dec. 29 about a shooting that took place on Christmas Day that ended with two people dead and another person injured.

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