Although they say they don’t study together, keen math and reading skills must run in the family for Haylee, 9, and Christian, 8, Luedtke. The sister and brother from Good Shepherd Lutheran School were both recently honored with an award ceremony for their achievements in both placing well out of the national range for the […]
Monday, July 5, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with an expired license arrest, and driving at night with no headlights on Brown Road. *** Tuesday, July 6, narcotics possession and possession of marijuana arrest, and possession of narcotics paraphernalia on Clarkston Road. Home invasion on Hemingway Road. A window of a home was […]
Monday, July 5, suspicious circumstances on Park Island. A sign on Atwater was damaged. A cell phone was found at Algene/Heights. Suspicious circumstances on Central. Larceny took place in an apartment on Lapeer Street. A basketball hoop was stolen on North Axford. An accident occurred at Detroit/Bellevue. *** Tuesday, July 6, fireworks caused property damage […]
The 12U Lake Orion Dragons went 3-0 in the CJO Fourth of July baseball tournament in Charlotte, Michigan. The Dragons won their first game, 10-9, over the Capitol City Marlins. In their second game, the team was tied, 3-3, after three innings with the Kalamazoo A’s. The Dragons scored 15 runs in the top of […]
A fourth-grader at Pine Tree Elementary this fall, Jacob Miller won the boys 9-10-year-old 50-meter dash and 100-meter dash championships at the State Hershey Track and Field Meet in Holt, Michigan on July 9. Miller won the 50-meter dash for the second straight year, and had a winning time of 14.86 in the 100-meter dash, […]
Friday, July 9 12:07 a.m.-A person on Flintridge had a diabetic reaction. Station #3 responded. 2:34 a.m.-Station #1 responded to a person on Frank Road who had respiratory distress. 2:55 a.m.-An accident occurred at Clarkston/Buckhorn. Station #1 responded. 6:18 a.m.-A person on Park Island was bleeding. Station #1 responded. 10:53 a.m.-A man on Hiram collapsed. […]
The annual audit of Independence Township has raised questions about the township’s internal control structure and Trustee Dave Wagner is looking for answers. At the heart of the issue is a lack of bank reconciliations and quarterly adjustments throughout the past year. The lack of timely procedures created more work from auditor Plante & Moran […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s investigators hope a surveillance video will lead to the apprehensioin of a man who robbed a Clarkston State Bank branch last week. The incident took place at about 12:33 p.m. Friday, July 9 at the branch inside the Farmer Jack store at Dixie Highway and White Lake Road. The suspect approached the […]
The fight for an augmentation well on Waumegah Lake continues on two fronts, both through an appeal to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court. The double-strategy action by the Waumegah Lake Improvement Board came after an informal attempt to get Oakland County Circuit Judge Rudy Nichols to […]
Barry Bomier’s experience as a past school board member was cited as the primary reason for his selection to fill a vacancy on the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education. The choice was made Monday, July 12 by the six other trustees after interviewing seven applicants for the seat formerly held by Tony Miller. Miller, […]