OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County Parks and Recreation is developing plans to possibly convert the Red Oaks Golf Course into a walkable park with open space, trails and other amenities.

TROY — The Troy Police Department peacefully resolved a situation with a barricaded gunman Sept. 9.

TROY — Over the summer, 12 Troy High School students traveled to Europe to take part in an international leadership summit in Berlin to learn to work together, listen to those with different perspectives and solve problems.

OAKLAND COUNTY — An invasive bug that poses a threat to the state’s fruit crops has made its way to Michigan.

ROCHESTER HILLS/TROY — A Troy woman has died from injuries following a car crash in Rochester Hills Aug. 30.

TROY — The Troy Public Library is throwing down the gauntlet and challenging local youths to read 1,000 books before age 5.

TROY — The Troy Kiwanis Club is inviting those in the community to join them for a special program discussing the realities, warning signs and potential solutions to the threat of teen suicide on Thursday, Sept. 15.

TROY — The city of Troy recently purchased three parcels of land adjacent to Sylvan Glen Lake Park, on Rochester Road, which will be added to the park land.

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OAKLAND COUNTY — On Aug. 10, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted to put a measure on the November ballot for all Oakland County residents to decide whether they wish to approve a new millage and opt into an agreement with the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation as a county instead of on a community-by-community basis.

TROY — Troy residents interested in making their voices heard in regard to their city’s goals in the near future will have the chance to do so with a new survey gauging residents’ priorities.

TROY — Troy residents and city officials gathered at Jaycee Park July 27 to cut the ribbon on the third phase of the city’s Troy Trail project.

TROY — Golf is often a game taught and passed down from one generation to another. It is rare for so many generations to have been able to share the same course.

TROY — Tudor Dixon emerged as the presumed winner of the Aug. 2 race for a Republican gubernatorial nominee.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Voters across Oakland County hit the polls on to decide races in the Aug. 2 primary election.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Ronald Dwyer bested Al Gui in the Republican primary Aug. 2 for the 3rd District of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.

OAKLAND COUNTY/WAYNE COUNTY — In the primary election Aug. 2, Mike McFall, the mayor pro tem of Hazel Park, secured the Democratic nomination for the newly redrawn 8th District of the State House of Representatives. He defeated Madison Heights City Councilman David Soltis, Durrel Douglas, Ernest Little and Ryan Nelson.

MADISON HEIGHTS/STERLING HEIGHTS/TROY — In the primary election Aug. 2, Aisha Farooqi won the Democratic nomination for the 57th District of the Michigan House of Representatives, prevailing over Marcia Squier.       

METRO DETROIT — On the night of the Aug. 2 primary election, before the final results were tallied, Andy Levin conceded defeat to Haley Stevens. Her victory was confirmed the following day.

OAKLAND COUNTY — A new Oakland County Land Bank was approved by the county’s Board of Commissioners at its June 23 meeting.