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Mike Koury

Staff Writer Mike Koury covers Berkley, Ferndale, Huntington Woods and Pleasant Ridge along with the Berkely Schools and Ferndale Schools districts for the Woodward Talk. He has worked at C & G Newspapers since October 2015 and attended Michigan State University. He has been described as “a wonderful angel” by his mother and “sleepy” by his editor.

Published July 16, 2019

Woodward Talk

Officer likely saved man’s life after injury caused heavy blood loss

FERNDALE — A local police officer potentially saved a man’s life after recognizing that the loss of blood from a leg injury was life-threatening.

Published July 16, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale council passes development agreement for ‘dot’

FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council approved an agreement between the city and a developer to build housing, office and retail space for The Development on Troy, known as “The dot.”

Published July 16, 2019

Woodward Talk

Woman takes Ferndale police car for a joyride before crashing it

FERNDALE — A woman was arrested by Ferndale police after she allegedly stole a patrol car, took it for a joyride around metro Detroit and crashed it into another vehicle.

Published July 16, 2019

Woodward Talk

Councilwoman resigns to run for Ferndale mayor

FERNDALE — In order to seek the open mayoral seat at the end of the year, Councilwoman Melanie Piana resigned from the Ferndale City Council.

Published July 16, 2019

Woodward Talk

New skate park at Geary Park getting a lot of attention

FERNDALE — After several weeks of development, the skate park in Ferndale has been completed and skaters are lining up to drop into the bowl. The skate park at Geary Park features various rails, bowl curves and other street skating elements for people to enjoy.

Published July 9, 2019

Woodward Talk

Berkley soon to apply spray patch to potholes in city

BERKLEY — Berkley soon will be going around the city to fix patches of distressed pavement after approving a contract at the last City Council meeting.

Published July 9, 2019

Woodward Talk

Berkley officer honored for 117 impaired driving arrests

BERKLEY — The city of Berkley and the state office of Mothers Against Drunk Driving honored a local police officer for making the most impaired driving arrests last year.

Published July 9, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale paints LGBTQ rainbow flag onto city crosswalk

FERNDALE — A new, colorful addition has been brought into a small section of downtown Ferndale.

Published July 7, 2019

Woodward Talk

Missing Ferndale mother found dead

FERNDALE — The Ferndale Police Department has confirmed that a Ferndale woman, missing since last week, has been found dead.

Published July 1, 2019

Woodward Talk

Pleasant Ridge votes to put library millage on November ballot

HUNTINGTON WOODS/PLEASANT RIDGE — At its most recent meeting, the Pleasant Ridge City Commission approved placing a library millage on the upcoming November ballot. The commission approved the millage proposal at its June 11 meeting; it will ask residents to vote on the renewal of its library millage for up to 0.5 mills in the Nov. 5 election.

Published July 1, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Ferndale approves LED light conversion for all DTE-owned streetlights

FERNDALE — With a hope to save hundreds of thousands of dollars and improve its carbon footprint, the Ferndale City Council approved a proposal to convert all DTE Energy-owned streetlights in the city to LED.

Published July 1, 2019

Woodward Talk

More murals to be installed in Berkley during Street Art Fest

BERKLEY — Chalk will fill the streets of downtown Berkley once again, as the city’s annual Street Art Fest is approaching. The third annual Berkley Street Art Fest, presented by the Berkley Area Chamber of Commerce, will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13, primarily on Coolidge Highway between Catalpa Drive and Wiltshire Road.

Published June 24, 2019

Woodward Talk

Woman who was sexually assaulted reflects on judicial system, offender’s sentence

FERNDALE — Last week, a Ferndale man was sentenced for sexually assaulting a woman he had met through a dating app last year. The woman who was assaulted spoke to the Woodward Talk about what happened last year, and her reaction to the legal proceedings that followed.

Published June 24, 2019

Woodward Talk

Berkley working to accept marijuana business applications in 2020

BERKLEY — With actions taken at its most recent meeting, the Berkley City Council is aiming to accept applications for marijuana businesses at the start of 2020. At its July 17 meeting, the council held a discussion about what the city plans to do for the rest of the year regarding both recreational and medical marijuana businesses; the decision was to craft a framework to allow both in the city.

Published June 24, 2019

Woodward Talk

Berkley High student worked through autism, tough start to graduate

BERKLEY — School isn’t something that comes easy to everybody. Some students have to work twice as hard in order to pass classes and get their grades up just to have a chance to graduate when senior year rolls around. Kailey Egrin never had it easy when it came to school, but that didn’t stop her from working hard in order to graduate from Berkley High School this year.