Public Safety

The OCSO Orion substation responded to 382 calls from May 20-26, 2019 • Felony Arrests: 1 • Misdemeanor Arrests: 4 • Accidents: 20 There was no stroller waiting for her Deputies responded to the 600 block of Conklin at 8:35 p.m. May 21 for a larceny report. An Orion Township woman, 30, reported she ordered […]

Veterans Memorial gets a little TLC from the Home Depot Foundation

Veterans Memorial gets a little TLC from the Home Depot Foundation

By Jim Newell Review Editor The Orion Veterans Memorial got a little extra sprucing up before the Memorial Day ceremony, with volunteers from the Lake Orion Home Depot planting flowers and a Victory Garden on May 22. Alana Hart, community outreach coordinator for the Lake Orion Home Depot, said the Home Depot Foundation gave the […]

Lady Dragon lacrosse snags two more wins

Lake Orion’s girls lacrosse team started regional play on May 17 with their first matchup against Waterford Kettering. The ladies defeated the Captains 13-7 giving them their first win during regional play. The Dragons advanced to game two of the regional playoffs against Lakeland High School on May 21. In the nail-biting head-to-head, Lake Orion […]

Student Achievements

LOHS Dragon Broadcasting and Yearbook win several awards during 2018-19 school year Lake Orion High School’s Dragon Broadcasting is no stranger to awards. This year the program has won more than their fair share of awards. Dragon Yearbook students attended the Spring Awards Conference in April where they were awarded more than 50 awards. The […]

DDA to purchase Lake Orion United Methodist Church parking lot

By Jim Newell Review Editor Parking is the problem on everyone’s minds in downtown Lake Orion lately – as are the possibilities of resolving the problem. To that end, the Downtown Development Authority has entered into an agreement to purchase two lots from the Lake Orion United Methodist Church. The DDA Board of Directors voted […]

Lake Orion’s 2019 Honored Veteran: Ernest W. Baker

Lake Orion’s 2019 Honored Veteran: Ernest W. Baker

By Jerry Narsh Lake Orion Review Guest Writer Since 2006, the Lake Orion Police Department has partnered with the Lake Orion American Legion Post #233 to annually select and honor a local Veteran for their service to their country on Memorial Day. This year, we have expanded our veteran partnership to include the North Oakland […]

Court is in session: ‘Critical Life Choices’ program exposes students to court proceedings, the necessity for making good decisions

By Jim Newell Review Editor It’s not only “bad” people who make mistakes; “good” people do, too. And there’s consequences for making poor decisions, a lesson that Judge Julie Nicholson and the attorneys in her school courts try to impart to young people. “When I was elected in 1997, one of the initiatives I had […]

Lake Orion Memorial Day Events

• Prayer and Memorial: 9 a.m. at Eastlawn Cemetery on Orion Road, just south of Atwater Street on the west side of Orion Road. • 3rd annual Orion Veterans Memorial Day 5k Run/Walk: The race begins at 9 a.m. and will start/finish on Anderson Street adjacent to the Children’s Park parking lot. Day of check […]