Road closed Big Fish Lake Road between Connell Road and the north county line is scheduled to be closed April 28 (previously scheduled for today, April 22, but was postponed due to rain earlier this week). The Road Commission of Oakland County will be replacing a drainage culvert under the road. During the closure, the […]
Groveland Twp.-Water over about a quarter-mile of County Line Road just east of M-15 has Chuck Duff and a handful of other County Line Road residents seeking answers. ‘This road has gotten worse over the past three years,? said Duff, who lives about a half-mile east of M-15 on County Line Road. ‘The county has […]
Troop 71387, with scout mom Danielle Furness, sell Girl Scout cookies using a St. Patrick’s Day theme, Sunday, in front of Rudy’s Market in downtown Clarkston. Photo provided by Cindy Roy
Artwork displayed at McLaren Cancer Institute and McLaren Breast Center sparks hope, strength, courage, faith and love for the patients. It was the focus for Clarkston Junior High School students in Arlinda Crossland’s Art 82 class. Each student created a piece to to encourage patients as they go through treatment. “I was very excited to […]
Brandon Twp.- Within a span of 40 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, two township homes were broken into and a third break-in attempt was thwarted when the homeowner yelled, surprising the suspect. According to police reports, the first home invasion occurred around 12:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Hummer Lake Road when a front door […]
A Groveland Township man who pleaded no contest to indecent exposure after police found him naked on Brandon High School property last year has been given 18 months probation. John Hilton Carr, 67, was sentenced April 20 by 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin. Terms of his probation include 20 hours of community service, completion […]
Delaying a repair could wind up costing the Clarkston more taxpayer funds. In December 2013, City Manager Carol Eberhardt and DPW Forman Jason Miller told city council a manhole needed to be installed in the Mills Race, a creek that runs behind the Clarkston Mills Malls. Eberhardt said, Monday, the reason the work was a […]
Watch out for coyotes Clarkston Schools warned of coyotes in the Hubbard Road and Allen Road areas of Independence Township. “We received two reports this afternoon,” said Heidi McClain, schools administrative assistant, Monday. “One parent reported the sheriff’s department was contacted to put down a deer that had been attacked but was still alive.” A […]
Former Village of Ortonville Clerk/Treasurer Mary Clark is facing trial after a motion to dismiss charges of willful neglect by a public officer was denied by 52-2 District Court Judge Joe Fabrizio on April 13. ‘We are disappointed,? said Attorney Josh West, who is representing Clark. ‘At this point, nothing is resolved and I expect […]
Three years after a tree fell on a truck traveling Sherwood Road in Brandon Township, killing a man, the Road Commission for Oakland County has settled a lawsuit filed by the victim’s family. RCOC Public Information Officer Craig Bryson said $25,000 has been paid to the estate of David Aaron Allen, killed when a dead […]