LANSING — Members of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s population growth council may recommend plans that include tax increases to fund schools, roads and local governments, according to newly public reports.

BIRMINGHAM — Talk about one of the crazier rivalry games you’ll see in high school football — Birmingham Seaholm and Birmingham Groves put on a gridiron classic in the first round of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 State Tournament.

ROSEVILLE — As talented and athletic of a group as Roseville football is, there’s been times where the hunger wasn’t as strong as it should be, and it showed against Harper Woods last week in a 24-7 loss.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS — Police from Shelby Township and Sterling Heights are being congratulated for their recent work leading to the Oct. 23 arrest of a suspect who allegedly violently abducted a man while outside a Shelby Township gym. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — Days after the United Auto Workers’ strike spread to Sterling Heights’ Stellantis a tentative deal was announced.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A 7-year-old child was killed on Oct. 24 as the result of a single-vehicle incident at Blossom Heath Park, according to a release from the St. Clair Shores Police Department.  According to the release, St. Clair Shores police responded to the park at 3:20 p.m.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Even as a child, Jared Lee Gosselin had an ear for music. He can still remember his first records — Run-DMC’s “Raising Hell” and Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.”

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — As a family lays its youngest member to rest, the fate of another hangs in the balance.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — One of the more historic rivalries in the state of Michigan, Grosse Pointe North and Grosse Pointe South went head-to-head on Oct. 20 at South High School.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Up to $200 million in medical debt for Oakland County residents will be erased through a new partnership with a nonprofit organization.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The United Auto Workers’ strike spread further in Michigan on Monday when 6,800 employees at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant walked out, shutting down production at what the union called “Stellantis’ largest plant and biggest moneymaker.”

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP —  An 18-year-old man has been accused of a summer crime spree targeting multiple cars and homes in Bloomfield Township and Troy.

EASTPOINTE — Three local residents who each run their own nonprofit organizations have teamed up in an effort to further support the community.

OAKLAND COUNTY — As of Sept. 11, three Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation bus routes have been extended into Novi and Wixom.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — In a recent letter addressed to parents of West Bloomfield School District students, the district’s superintendent, Dania H. Bazzi, acknowledged an error that was discovered during the annual reconciliation of the district’s budget.

MOUNT CLEMENS — As municipal elections draw closer, hopefuls for the Mount Clemens City Commission and mayor delivered the case for their candidacy at a candidate forum hosted at the Mount Clemens Public Library on Oct. 5.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Officers from the Farmington Hills Police Department responded to the Timber Ridge Apartments after receiving a 911 call reporting a stabbing in progress at approximately 1:50 a.m. Sept. 29, according to a press release from the city of Farmington Hills.

WARREN — When Piper Bognar began working as McKinley Elementary School principal in 2010, Van Dyke Public Schools Board of Education member Eleanor Bates was there to welcome her.

WARREN — A 13-year-old Carter Middle School student was arraigned on charges Oct. 17 after he allegedly threatened to “shoot up the school and kill a student.”

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A man has been arraigned for allegedly murdering his mother-in-law in her Shelby Township home Oct. 12.