Monday, April 26, a person on South Broadway was arrested for driving with a suspended license. A female on Hauxwell reported harassment/threats. A vehicle on South Broadway had an improper plate. A van at Lake/North Shore had a loud muffler. Larceny from a garage occurred on Elizabeth Street. *** Tuesday, April 27, a vehicle at […]
As Clarkston school officials continue to monitor progress on bond-related building renovations, they have set deadlines for a new detail. With plans to convert the two current middle schools into new buildings with a sixth-seventh and eighth-ninth grade configuration, the two buildings will need new names. ‘We should do that soon,? Superintendent Al Roberts said […]
A group of six Downtown Lake Orion volunteers thinks the village is ‘cool.? They call themselves The COOL (Cultural Opportunities for Orion Lifestyles) Commission. The commission’s chairperson, Lisa Sokol, asked village council members on April 26 if her group could apply for a Cool Cities grant that could bring up to $100,000 into the village. […]
Lake Orion High School coaches Paul Fairman (left, boys swimming coach), Michael Hatch (varsity volleyball coach) and Norm McKee (varsity boys/girls skiing coach) all earned coach of the year recognition this year. Fairman was named OAA Division II Swimming Coach of the Year; Hatch was named OAA Division II Volleyball Coach of the Year, and […]
The use of Tasers to apprehend uncooperative suspects appears to be more routine, after two recent incidents with Independence Township sheriff’s deputies. An April 29 incident involved a 35-year-old man who refused to cooperate with deputies when they responded to a domestic assault call on Princeton Avenue East. According to reports, the man threw a […]
Federal authorities have in custody a Pontiac man suspected of committing the Sunday, April 4 robbery at the Dixie Highway branch of TCF Bank. Mark Edward Cook, 36, is being held without bond after a Tuesday, April 27 bond hearing in federal court in Flint. Cook was apprehended in Genesee County Thursday, April 22 while […]
The Lake Orion boys track team won 89-39 over Clarkston on April 26, while the girls team dropped 88-50 against the Wolves. For the Lake Orion boys, the 3200 relay team won (8:57.8), Ryan Allison in the 110 hurdles (15.7), and 300 hurdles (48.1), and Adam Martin in the 100 dash (11.3). Billy Peterson won […]
After wins over Clarkston and Rochester Adams (six innings), the Lake Orion High School varsity baseball team lost only one game last week, to Royal Oak Kimball, by one run. On April 26 against the Wolves, the Dragons won 11-9, with Neil Medchill scoring with a two-run single with the bases loaded at the beginning […]
Random thoughts from your friendly, local editor: ? Can we please get together as a society and come to the realization that William Hung, from ‘American Idol? infamy, is not amusing anymore. In case you missed it, Hung was a horribly out-of-tune Asian contestant on American Idol who did a not-so-intentionally humorous rendition of Ricky […]
Random thoughts from your friendly, local editor: ? Can we please get together as a society and come to the realization that William Hung, from ‘American Idol? infamy, is not amusing anymore. In case you missed it, Hung was a horribly out-of-tune Asian contestant on American Idol who did a not-so-intentionally humorous rendition of Ricky […]