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Published December 7, 2018

Pleasant Ridge woman wins close to $7,000 on ‘Jeopardy!’

PLEASANT RIDGE — Elizabeth Goss has been an avid watcher of the game show “Jeopardy!” for years, often watching with some of her six children.

Published December 7, 2018

Woodward Talk

Man allegedly tricks woman so he could touch her feet

FERNDALE — A man who recorded himself fondling a woman’s feet at a Ferndale business has been charged with assault and battery.

Published December 7, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Six doctors indicted in $464M fraud, opioid probe

WARREN/EASTPOINTE — A group of local doctors with ties to three Macomb County pain clinics have been named in a 56-count federal indictment involving an alleged $464 million in health care fraud and more than 13 million illegally prescribed opioid doses.

Published December 6, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Officer on leave after alleged sexual assault in Hazel Park

CENTER LINE/HAZEL PARK — A Center Line public safety officer was placed on paid administrative leave Nov. 30 pending the outcome of an investigation into a sexual assault allegation in the city of Hazel Park earlier in the month.

Published December 5, 2018

West Bloomfield Beacon

Darryl the turkey sighted in West Bloomfield

WEST BLOOMFIELD — On Nov. 27 the Police Department posted that the township has received numerous calls about a turkey hanging out in the area of Middebelt Road, south of Walnut Lake Road.

Published December 5, 2018

Rochester Post

Naturalist gives tips on how to deal with ‘wild neighbors’

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills naturalist Lance DeVoe fields calls from residents daily about the wide array of wildlife in the city, including deer and coyotes.

Published December 3, 2018

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods police arrest suspects in BB gun vandalism

HARPER WOODS — The Harper Woods Department of Public Safety has arrested two suspects in connection to its investigation of dozens of car windows being shot out by a BB gun Nov. 19.

Published December 3, 2018

Advertiser Times

New owner hopes to improve Eastland Center

HARPER WOODS — The city of Harper Woods has revealed the identity of the buyer of Eastland Center, which was put up for auction Oct. 9-11.

Published December 3, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

City laments Lansing bill that would nullify local tree ordinances

BLOOMFIELD HILLS/LANSING — More than six years ago, the Bloomfield Hills City Commission put the final touches on a woodlands ordinance that had taken it a full year to craft.

Published November 30, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Grant-funded fixes could make drain site a butterfly hub

STERLING HEIGHTS — City and county officials are looking forward to adapting the Sterling Relief Drain into an eventual site of relief for the monarch butterfly population.

Published November 30, 2018

Woodward Talk

Family members arrested for allegedly stealing packages from Berkley porches

BERKLEY — Two men were arrested Nov. 28 in connection with a string of larcenies in which multiple packages were stolen off the porches of homes.

Published November 30, 2018

Rochester Post

OU’s hockey puck security awareness campaign creates buzz

The college’s faculty members and student leaders are embracing a quirky new campaign to spread awareness about safety and security at the university through an unlikely tool — a hockey puck.

Published November 28, 2018

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Sheriff: Officers justified in shooting that left man dead

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office has concluded that five St. Clair Shores police officers involved in a shooting outside of Lakeland Manor in November were justified in their use of deadly force.

Published November 27, 2018

Troy Times

Woman allegedly punches, kicks, spits at police

A 33-year-old Roseville woman is charged with aggravated assault of a police officer after she reportedly punched and kicked police, then grabbed for an officer’s holstered handgun while handcuffed and under arrest.

Published November 27, 2018

Rochester Post

Meadow Brook Holiday Walk gets national recognition

ROCHESTER HILLS — Meadow Brook Hall’s annual Holiday Walk is in the running for recognition as the best holiday historic home tour in the nation.

Published November 27, 2018

Troy Times

Man charged in aunt’s murder attempts suicide in jail

TROY — The 20-year-old Troy man who stands charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 12 bludgeoning death of his aunt reportedly tried to commit suicide in the Oakland County Jail, his attorney told a judge Nov. 27.

Published November 26, 2018

Royal Oak Review

Longtime Clawson city manager separates from city

CLAWSON — On Nov. 20, the Clawson City Council approved a separation agreement between itself and City Manager Mark Pollock in a 4-1 vote.

GM’s Warren Transmission Plant on Mound Road employs approximately 335 workers, including 265 hourly employees, according to the company’s website.

Published November 26, 2018

Warren Weekly

GM’s Warren transmission plant to be ‘unallocated in 2019’

WARREN — The future of five General Motors Co. plants, including the Warren Transmission Plant on Mound Road, looks bleak after the company announced a series of “proactive steps” to meet market changes.

Published November 23, 2018

Troy Times

Troy names Mark Miller as city manager

Amid a call for an apology and charges of political flip-flopping — and after interviewing three finalist candidates for Troy’s top spot — the Troy City Council appointed Mark Miller as city manager at the Nov. 19 City Council meeting in a 6-1 vote.Read More

Published November 20, 2018

Rochester Post

Big, Bright Light Show makes spirits bright

It happens in an instant — the switch is flipped on the Big, Bright Light Show, setting the buildings in downtown Rochester aglow with 1.5 million points of rainbow LED light.