Show costs approximately $40,000 By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — It’s a tradition in Lake Orion that draws people from all around Oakland and Lapeer counties, but the annual Lake Orion fireworks show is at risk of ending, and its organizers are seeking help from the community to light up the sky […]
Earlier this week I sent a friend a thank-you note for a concert she treated me to in December. I’m sure that broke an etiquette rule regarding how long after an event one should send a thank-you note, so to make up for it I included a photo of us at the show and said […]
In the March 12 issue of The Lake Orion Review there was a picture on the cover of four Lake Orion students making what appears to be gun hand gestures. (“Lake Orion fifth graders engage in Battle of the Books.”) On page three of the same issue, is a story about a Lake Orion High […]
By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com ORION TWP. — A Lake Orion woman has died after a minivan pulled out in front of the motorcycle she was driving on Lapeer Road on March 19. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating that fatal crash that occurred on northbound Lapeer Road at Morgan Hill Drive at […]
By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com ORION TWP. — The Lake Orion varsity girls soccer team started the season with a 4-1 rout over Lapeer on March 19 in the Dragons’ regular season opener at Lake Orion High School. Junior Morgan Wilcox put Lapeer on the board one minute and three seconds into the non-league […]
Lake Orion native and upcoming Saint Mary’s College graduate Maureen Galvin was named to Orr Fellowship’s 2025 cohort. Galvin’s two-year fellowship will be with Indiana-based company Valve+Meter Performance Marketing. She is one of 74 college seniors to be matched with a company for a fellowship. “We are thrilled to welcome this new group of talented […]
By Jim Newell Managing Editor jnewell@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — The Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority awarded three area businesses with façade grants for their reinvestment in the community during ceremonies on March 18. Executive Director Matt Gibb and Assistant Director Janet Bloom visited Irish Tavern, the Orion Art Center and the legal firm Spresser Ogden […]
By Joseph Goral Staff Writer jgoral@mihomepaper.com LAKE ORION — Lake Orion’s Village Council appointed three applicants to the village’s board of ethics on March 24. The appointments were made after the village council’s special meeting earlier that evening which was held to interview candidates. Kenneth Mogill will serve a three-year term; Lisa Flynn will serve […]
Gregory Marcks of Lake Orion, Michigan, passed away on Dec. 1, 2024, at the age of 81. He was born on Jan. 2, 1943, in Neptune, New Jersey to Karl and Elsey Marcks. Gregg was a proud United States Navy veteran, serving from 1960 to 1964. He worked as a military police officer on land […]
Charles “Chuck” Yoakum, born on July 4, 1941, passed away unexpectedly on March 15, 2025 in Lake Orion, Michigan. Chuck proudly served his country as a Navy corpsman attached to the Marines during the Viet Nam War. After his service, he earned a B.A. in journalism from California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo and began his […]