SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Police Department and city officials came together on May 8 for an annual police memorial to remember officers Donald Harding and James McMahon, who died in the line of duty.

FERNDLE — Ferndale Public Schools will be hosting a meeting to gauge community interest in the creation of a district foundation.

ROSEVILLE — A Warren man pleaded no contest May 5 to charges related to a fatal hit-and-run that happened in Roseville in 2023.

UTICA — Utica High School senior drummer Nick Frazier was named an Outstanding Jazz Musician at this year’s Michigan State Band and Orchestra Jazz Festival.

MACOMB COUNTY — A Warren district court judge allegedly involved in an alcohol-related traffic crash in Sterling Heights earlier this year will see his case play out in a jurisdiction outside of Macomb County.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — According to police, while a Kent County detective was conducting an online operation, posing as a 14-year-old girl. a self-described 51-year-old married man from Michigan contacted the supposedly 14-year-old girl.

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Police Department held a press conference on May 7 detailing the events of a nonfatal shooting that occurred May 3 at an Exxon gas station on Southfield Road.

BERKLEY — The Berkley Public Safety Department is turning to the public to get help on a larceny that took place this week.

CLAWSON — Adam Duberstein was appointed to fill the vacant Clawson City Council seat in a unanimous vote on May 5. His seat is set to expire at the November 2027 election.

FERNDALE — Applications for the vacant seat on the Ferndale City Council have now closed.

EASTPOINTE — The majority of the Eastpointe Community Schools residents who came out to the polls for the May 5 election, or cast their absentee ballots, approved a nonhomestead operating millage replacement that will generate funding for the district. 

ROSEVILLE — It was a slim margin, but it was enough.

OAKLAND COUNTY — The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is looking for victims who may have unintentionally doled out money to a new scam that claims to support a fake summer camp for youth with special needs.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS — A woman from Rochester Hills has filed a class action lawsuit against Goldfish Swim School claiming the company failed to protect customers from being secretly video recorded while changing.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — One day each year, leaders from various agencies in the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods — including government, schools, churches, hospitals and nonprofits — assemble to interact and share a meal.

FERNDALE — A staple of Ferndale’s celebration of art will be back in the residential neighborhoods this weekend.

WARREN — Instead of a house standing on the property on Toepfer Road where John Hofmann, treasurer of Urban Seed, grew up, there sits a small community garden.

METRO DETROIT — Yong Ni, the 52-year-old owner and operator of two Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse restaurants, was indicted in late April on charges of conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage and private financial gain, and fraud and misuse of immigration documents, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

METRO DETROIT — When Nick Binson went to work for his dad James Binson in the family business, he learned, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” That philosophy is what made James a successful entrepreneur and longtime owner of Binson’s Medical Equipment and Supplies.