TROY — Traveling to Australia, fixing up a beloved car and driving across the Outback to one of the wildest parties Down Under? It was quite an adventure for Troy resident David Tracy.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Pete Backus’ late wife, Gail, always told him one thing before he went on his way to golf each morning.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Bloomfield Township Police Department recently recognized five residents for making the township a better and safer place to live.

NOVI — Novi City Manager Pete Auger announced his retirement last month after nearly 40 years of public service, including eight in Novi. His last day leading the city’s day-to-day operations will be Nov. 30.

ROYAL OAK — On May 9, 2021, Ellen Rabideau gave birth to her baby girl, Tatum, on a very special Mother’s Day.

STERLING HEIGHTS/SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — In 2021, Braylon Graham, from Collins Elementary School in Sterling Heights, qualified for the Junior Olympics in the long jump event in the 8-and-under age division.

MADISON HEIGHTS — A local woman was recently honored for a world record flight she made two years ago in the middle of the pandemic, piloting a plane from Chicago to Omaha in less than three hours.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Approximately five years ago, Farmington Hills resident Scott Schneider scheduled a regular checkup with his doctor.

WARREN — Lincoln High School algebra teacher Darrius Alexander was at a loss for words.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Alicia Jeffreys was in her late 20s when she was newly married, purchasing her first home and planning to have children.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Local residents and businesses were honored during the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce Salute to Excellence 2022 award ceremony Oct. 6 at Eastpointe Manor.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — In a 30-lap sprint car race Oct. 1 in Sandusky, Ohio, 16-year-old Shelby Township resident Andrew Bogusz led for the majority of the race and picked up his second Maxima Racing Oils Must See Racing Midwest Lights feature win of the season.

NOVI — A scholarship has been created in the wake of the tragic deaths of a 2018 Novi High School graduate and his girlfriend in early August.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Nothing stops Joey Gallagher from doing what he is determined to do.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Two Eisenhower High School and Utica Center for Science and Industry sophomores have earned $10,000 in scholarships through the Games for Change Student Challenge.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Donovan Lowe, of Sterling Heights, remembers what it was like last year when his mother got strange symptoms of stomach pain and bloating.

WARREN — Warren resident Paul Bey earned a hole-in-one at Maple Lane Golf Club on Sept. 20 during an early morning round.

HAZEL PARK — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently made appointments to a variety of state boards and commissions, and Luke Londo, a member of the Hazel Park City Council, is one of them.

NOVI — A journalist with roots in Novi and its school district is making headlines around the world after successfully penning a book that details the story of a couple of double agents during the Cold War.

TROY — Brian Zawislak, the assistant principal of Troy High School, has been named Michigan’s 2023 Assistant Principal of the Year by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals and the Michigan Association of Student Councils and Honor Societies.