BIRMINGHAM — The seventh seat on the Birmingham City Commission remains vacant as the rest of the commission’s members reached a deadlock in the appointment process.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A new “flagship” park filled with amenities is set to open this fall on the city’s south side.

At its meeting on May 4, the St. Clair Shores City Council voted 7-0 to approve a resolution to host Sailing Thru The Shores 5K Run/Walkl scheduled for May 24.  According to items attached to the agenda, Janelle Reiff, the current Miss St.

ROYAL OAK — Sights & Sounds, the annual Royal Oak food truck and concert series, is returning each month May through August. 

ROCHESTER HILLS — Various Oakland County communities are wrestling with little-to-no water service after a 42-inch water transmission main burst in Auburn Hills May 10.

MOUNT CLEMENS — On May 4, Mount Clemens city commissioners approved moving its online service software from a local server and to a cloud program. City commissioners voted to begin transitioning the city’s BS&A software from  BS&A.net to the BS&A Cloud platform.

LANSING — A bipartisan proposal working its way through the state Legislature aims to help first responders who need treatment for psychological trauma. State representatives Mike McFall, D-Hazel Park, and Mike Mueller, R-Linden, recently introduced House Bills 5952 and 5953.

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.