SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department has received reports of someone in the Rochester and Shelby Township area who has impersonated a police officer and made false traffic stops on vehicles.

NOVI — Construction to install two new culverts under 10 Mile Road, between Meadowbrook and Haggerty roads, began Jan. 5.

ROCHESTER — It’s been two years since downtown Rochester teamed up with Oakland County for the annual Fire and Ice Festival, and organizers say this year will be bigger and better than ever.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Motown has lost its “Angel of Jazz.” Surrounded by family, businesswoman and philanthropist Gretchen Carhartt Valade, 97, died at her Grosse Pointe Farms home Dec. 30.

ROYAL OAK — A woman who reportedly fled from police has been charged with multiple felonies.

FERNDALE — A 29-year-old Detroit man was arrested for firing multiple shots at a woman on New Year’s Eve in Ferndale.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Library began offering curbside service this week, as it continues to clean up after pipes froze and burst on Christmas Eve, causing — in the words of the township’s website — a “substantial claim.”

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Aqua Freeze Festival is coming back this year with all the things people love and something a little new.

EASTPOINTE — The staff members at Gianna House Pregnancy & Parenting Residence continue to recover from a flooding incident that occurred when several pipes burst just after Christmas.

EASTPOINTE — At press time, an Eastpointe woman was expected to be back in 38th District Court in Eastpointe after she allegedly murdered her husband with a firearm.

WARREN — The legal wrangling between Warren City Council and Warren Mayor James Fouts to determine who has control of the city’s budget has gone on for years.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Two separate killings that happened roughly a month apart during the holiday season remain unsolved, and authorities are asking the public for help solving each case.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — A suspect has been identified in what appears to be a hate crime after a makeshift noose was left in the men’s restroom at the Panera store in The Village the evening of Dec. 30.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — If living a life of service to others is the truest indication of wealth, then many people in the West Bloomfield area might say that the community recently lost one of its wealthiest members.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Police have identified a person of interest connected to a hit-and-run crash that killed a man from Shelby Township the morning of Jan. 1.

BERKLEY — Dan Terbrack has decided to step down as the mayor of the city of Berkley.

TROY — Those recovering from surgeries may soon have an easier time thanks to a new treatment plan developed by doctors at Corewell Health East in Troy.

OAKLAND COUNTY — If all goes the way some hope, there could be exciting additions coming to some communities in Oakland County.

METO DETROIT — The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most wasteful time of the year.

ROYAL OAK — A 46-year-old Holly woman was arrested Dec. 15 following an incident where she allegedly fled from police and endangered an officer, leading to that officer discharging a firearm.