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Published August 22, 2019

Fire displaces residents — kitty is safe

TROY — Residents remained displaced after a fire ripped through the second and third floors of a large, four-unit condominium on Old Creek Road, near Wattles Road and Interstate 75, just before 7 a.m. Aug. 19.

A team of investigators first excavated a site near 23 Mile Road and North Avenue in Macomb Township in May 2018. The search was part of ongoing investigations into the disappearance of up to six girls, including 12-year-old Kimberly King, who was last seen in Warren on Sept. 15, 1979.

Published August 22, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Unsolved cases again lead police to Macomb Township site

MACOMB COUNTY — The search for answers in an ongoing, multijurisdictional investigation into the disappearance of up to six long-missing girls returned to a site near 23 Mile Road and North Avenue in Macomb Township Aug. 19.

Published August 22, 2019

C&G Newspapers

St. Clair Shores man arrested after threatening to harm '200 police'

A 30-year-old St. Clair Shores man is behind bars after allegedly making threats against three local police agencies to a former college classmate.

The Fraser Department of Public Safety, with the aid of U.S. Marshals, is looking for 16-year-old Ashleigh Pietrangelo. Fraser DPS officials stated that the teenager has been missing since approximately midnight Aug. 14.

Published August 21, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Missing Fraser teen located

MACOMB COUNTY — The Fraser Department of Public Safety, with the aid of the U.S. Marshals Service, is looking for 16-year-old Ashleigh Pietrangelo.

Published August 19, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale council to appoint new mayor Sept. 9

FERNDALE — At a special early morning meeting of the Ferndale City Council Aug. 19, Mayor Dave Coulter resigned in order to accept his appointment as the new Oakland County executive.

Published August 18, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

25 is a banner year for Dream Cruise

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD — Frank Lopiccolo, of Troy, and Joe Chagnon, of Macomb Township, are Corvette guys.

Published August 16, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Ferndale’s Coulter appointed county executive

OAKLAND COUNTY — From strategic resignations to furtive text messages, the battle to hold the majority of power in Oakland County has been a brutal one for the past several weeks.

Published August 16, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Harmful — but not toxic — algae confirmed in West Bloomfield

OAKLAND COUNTY — As reports come in from across the country of pets dying after ingesting blue-green algae found in lakes, the Oakland County Health Division is reminding residents that the same thing could happen here if we’re not careful.

Published August 15, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Driver treated for injuries after crash on I-94

ROSEVILLE — Michigan State Troopers rushed to the scene of a crash involving two cars on Interstate 94 near 12 Mile Road in Roseville Aug. 14.

Published August 15, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Remembering Woodstock

METRO DETROIT — “By the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong.” Those words, written by Joni Mitchell and made famous by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, helped define a generation.

Published August 15, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Burglar steals donations, does damage at Utica Dave & Buster’s

UTICA — The Utica Police Department is looking for the public’s help to find a burglar who broke into Dave & Buster’s in Utica around 4 a.m. Aug. 14 and caused thousands of dollars in damage with a sledgehammer while breaking into an ATM and a video game machine that benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

A man accused of robbing the Citizens Bank on Van Dyke Avenue in Warren Aug. 12 was taken into custody the next day.

Published August 14, 2019

Warren Weekly

Bank suspect arrested, charged in Warren

WARREN — Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer is praising the resources of the city’s department, which combined to identify and take the man accused of robbing the Citizens Bank on Van Dyke Avenue in Warren Aug. 12 into custody the next day.

Published August 13, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling storms cause flooding, outages

STERLING HEIGHTS — Powerful thunderstorms hovered over Sterling Heights and parts of metro Detroit the night of Aug. 12, drenching roads and flooding basements. But Sterling Heights officials said city workers banded together to minimize disruption to residents.

Published August 12, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Threats blamed for canceled Freedom Hill concert

STERLING HEIGHTS — Macomb County law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect who reportedly threatened a Sterling Heights concert venue, leading to the cancelation of a hip-hop show.

Published August 12, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Suspect charged after social media video includes threat to shoot police

ROYAL OAK — On Aug. 9, Royal Oak police arrested a 28-year-old man in Detroit who allegedly posted to social media in March a video containing threats to shoot police.

Published August 12, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Alleged thieves flee police in Warren, crash in Hazel Park

WARREN/HAZEL PARK — Two men found themselves in hot water Aug. 10 after a violent crash at the intersection of Nine Mile Road and the Interstate 75 service drive in Hazel Park. That’s where the Chevrolet Tahoe they were using to flee Warren police collided with two vehicles and plowed over a light pole before it smashed a parked car through the wall of an auto parts store.

Published August 9, 2019

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods police investigate gunshots in neighborhood

HARPER WOODS — Harper Woods Department of Public Safety officers are investigating an incident involving gunfire between two vehicles that took place in Harper Woods Aug. 8.

Published August 9, 2019

Warren Weekly

Suspect shot dead, resident wounded during Warren home invasion

WARREN — A suspect was fatally shot and a resident was transported to the hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound after an alleged early morning home invasion near Hoover and Common roads Aug. 9.

Published August 8, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville police investigate fight

ROSEVILLE — Roseville police officers responded to a fight that took place in the 17000 block of Lowell Street, in the area of Martin Road and Gratiot Avenue, at approximately 3:20 p.m. Aug. 7.

Published August 8, 2019

Troy Times

All lanes of Maple Road to close under I-75 this weekend

TROY — All lanes of east- and westbound Maple Road will close under Interstate 75 from 10 p.m. Aug. 9 to 5 a.m. Aug. 12 so crews can demolish the northbound I-75 freeway bridge over Maple Road.