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Michigan man accused of smashing Flock license plate readers pleads
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A southeast Michigan man accused of damaging license plate readers has pleaded guilty to one crime — and others he’d been charged with have been dismissed. At a hearing Oct. 13 in Oakland County Circuit Court, Spencer Anderson pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of a building – $1,000 or more but less than $20,000 for an incident that happened last February in Waterford Township. Two other counts of the same crime were dismissed.
Two Oakland County school districts closed due to internet outage
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two school districts in northern Oakland County have had to cancel classes today, Tuesday, Oct. 13, after a key fiber optic cable along Lapeer Road was cut on Monday. Lake Orion Community Schools and the Oxford School District announced the closures on their websites. Officials had hoped it would be repaired in time for Tuesday’s classes but with the repairs not completed this morning, classes were called off.
Downstate elected official accused of hiding cameras in bedrooms, bathrooms
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The case against a West Bloomfield Township trustee accused of hiding cameras in women’s bedrooms and bathrooms has advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial. A 48th District judge recently advanced the case against Jibran “Jim” Manna, 65, after he waived his right to a preliminary exam.
Squeeze plays “Trixies” — and much more — on fans at Masonic Temple Theatre
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A musical time capsule of sorts opened at Detroit’s Masonic Temple Theatre on Sunday night, Sept. 27. And by the time Squeeze, along with Adam Ant and Haircut 100, had finished, it felt like no time — decades in this case — has passed at all. While each sound distinctly apart from the other, the three British acts represent a particular era of rock history identified, loosely, as New Wave — post-punk, pre-MTV.
Nearly 300 bears euthanized across Colorado as sightings spike statewide
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Parks and Wildlife has euthanized nearly 300 black bears this year, more than three times those euthanized in 2025, as bear sightings and conflicts spike across the state. The state wildlife agency announced Thursday that it had killed 294 bears and relocated 98 others from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31. That’s up from 83 euthanizations and 33 relocations during the same period last year.
Nearly 300 bears euthanized across Colorado as sightings spike statewide
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Parks and Wildlife has euthanized nearly 300 black bears this year, more than three times those euthanized in 2025, as bear sightings and conflicts spike across the state. The state wildlife agency announced Thursday that it had killed 294 bears and relocated 98 others from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31. That’s up from 83 euthanizations and 33 relocations during the same period last year.
Nearly 300 bears euthanized across Colorado as sightings spike statewide
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Parks and Wildlife has euthanized nearly 300 black bears this year, more than three times those euthanized in 2025, as bear sightings and conflicts spike across the state. The state wildlife agency announced Thursday that it had killed 294 bears and relocated 98 others from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31. That’s up from 83 euthanizations and 33 relocations during the same period last year.
Nearly 300 bears euthanized across Colorado as sightings spike statewide
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Parks and Wildlife has euthanized nearly 300 black bears this year, more than three times those euthanized in 2025, as bear sightings and conflicts spike across the state. The state wildlife agency announced Thursday that it had killed 294 bears and relocated 98 others from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31. That’s up from 83 euthanizations and 33 relocations during the same period last year.
DTE Energy works to restore power
Power lines were left tilting over after Thursday, Sept. 3, storms on Tienken Road in front of Adams High School in Rochester Hills. The area on Friday morning still saw large areas along Adams and Squirrel roads without power from Dutton Road to Walton Boulevard. To the east, many neighborhoods also remained without power north and south of Walton Boulevard, and large areas in the dark extended to Rochester Road in north of Tienken Road.
Detroit Jazz Fest gets off to hot start at Hart Plaza Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A lot will happen at during the four days of the 47th annual Detroit Jazz Festival this weekend at Hart Plaza. And while some may subscribe to the festival theory that the best is yet to come, it was really already there on opening night Friday, Sept. 4. Two all-star ensembles got things rolling — Artist-in-Residence Joe Lovano with his Paramount Quartet and the Miles Electric Band celebrating, yes, THAT Miles (as in Davis).
DTE Energy works to restore power to 265K customers; 145K restored Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Power lines were left tilting over after Thursday, Sept. 3, storms on Tienken Road in front of Adams High School in Rochester Hills. The area on Friday morning still saw large areas along Adams and Squirrel roads without power from Dutton Road to Walton Boulevard. To the east, many neighborhoods also remained without power north and south of Walton Boulevard, and large areas in the dark extended to Rochester Road in north of Tienken Road.
Best moments from Bryan Adams, Benatar and Giraldo at Little Caesars Arena Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It would be hard to find a better hit-per-dollar ratio than Bryan Adams concert with Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Saturday night, Aug. 15, at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena. Nineteen of the 37 songs played between them were Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, mostly from the 80s, with a couple of No. 1s from Adams.
Abdul El-Sayed, accused of sexism, says his contempt is for most everyone Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Erin Cox THE WASHINGTON POST ANN ARBOR — The attack ads suggesting that Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is sexist have become so pervasive that even his daughter, 8, asked why people say he’s mean to women. In the most ubiquitous one, El-Sayed’s critiques of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and former first lady Michelle Obama’s signature initiative are presented as evidence he disrespects women.
Unreleased Bob Seger songs coming as part of “Face the Promise” reissue Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Some “new” Bob Seger songs are coming in September — the Detroit rocker’s first fresh material in nine years. Four bonus tracks, three previously unheard, will be part of a 20th anniversary re-released of Seger’s 16th studio album, “Face the Promise,” due out Sept. 18.
Men at Work at the Masonic, 5 things to know Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colin Hay has been a man at work in music for more than 45 years. But when he’s doing it under the guise of Men at Work, it’s a different story. Hay, 73, co-founded the group back in 1979 in Melbourne, Australia, and fronted its global success with hist such as “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Down Under” and a Grammy Award win as Best New Artist in 1983.
Two motorists killed in head-on crash on US-127
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two out-of-state drivers were killed early Sunday morning in a crash on US-127 in Isabella County, the Michigan State Police reported. Investigators suspect alcohol and speeding as factors in the crash, the MSP said in a statement Sunday. Troopers were summoned just after 3 a.m. Sunday, July 12, to the northbound lanes of US-127 near East Vernon Road for a two-vehicle crash. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.
Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson bring the power of voice to Little Caesars Arena Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The adage that it’s the singer, not the song, was on full display Thursday night, June 25, at Little Caesars Arena. And while Josh Groban and Jennifer Hudson certainly performed some great songs, including some bona fide classics, the star of the show was their respective pipes — big, dramatic and at times virtuosic voices that each displayed in a different manner.
World Cup visitors marvel at American food, from cheesesteaks to cheese
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Albert SamahaTHE WASHINGTON POST PHILADELPHIA – He’d already spent a grand on tickets, plus hundreds more on flights and lodging, so by the time Edwin Hernandez arrived from Ecuador for the World Cup, he was determined to minimize expenses. “I try not to eat much,” said Hernandez, a 26-year-old software developer from Quito. “Keep this as cheap as possible.” That usually meant McDonald’s or Subway.
Woman, 77, critically injured in Gunn Road crash after passing vehicles Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Northville woman was critically injured Saturday afternoon after crashing her car in Oakland Township after passing other vehicles on Gunn Road, authorities said. The 77-year-old woman was taken to Henry Ford Rochester Hospital after the 5 p.m. crash, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reported. A 12-year-old passenger, who is from Bruce Township in Macomb County, was hot hurt.
Two road workers killed on U.S. 127 crash in Ingham County identified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The two MDOT workers killed this week have been identified by authorities. The pair of Michigan Department of Transportation employees, who were working road maintenance on U.S. 127 south of Hold Road in Ingham County, were struck by a vehicle and killed early Tuesday afternoon. The Ingham County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Bruce Wagner, 51, and Steve Spenle, 49, both of Mason. The men were working in the northbound lanes.
Orion Township still has water but conservation remains key as water main repairs are underway
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The ongoing water emergency has not worsened in Orion Township, as its water tower has not run dry as feared. However, conservation remains import so they don’t run out of water. Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett said “great progress” is being made on the site of the Auburn Hills 42-inch water main that ruptured at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. He said an emergency workaround is bringing water from Pontiac lines to add to the Orion Township water tower.
Non-essential water usage could lead to legal trouble as loss of water could take weeks
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As leaders in five Oakland County communities and three school districts learn the impact of the breaking of a 42-inch Great Lake Water Authority main early Sunday morning, warnings are being issued about water use. Emergencies have been declared in three communities, limiting how water can be used. The biggest impact is in Orion Township and Lake Orion, where about 43,000 face the imminent loss of running water, unless they are on a well.
Water main break brings emergency to Orion Township, Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... THe 42-inch water main that had been leaking in Auburn Hills broke early Sunday, bringing the worst case scenario that local leaders feared. Beyond the restricted usage of water and the boil water warnings, residents could experience total water loss for days. The water main services all of Orion Township and Lake Orion as well as Auburn Hills, northwest Rochester Hills and a small part of southern Oakland Township.
Tens of thousands without power in northern Michigan as winter slams Michigan
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Wild wintry weather continues to batter Michigan Monday on multiple fronts, but the ice bringing down trees in the northern Lower Peninsula is wreaking havoc on the electrical grid. At of 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, Consumers Energy reported more than 91,500 customers without power, with outages reported west to east from Cadillac to Alpena. The Apena Power Company shows just over 14,000 customers in the dark.
Woman charged with manslaughter in baby’s death in Mt. Pleasant
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 27-year-old Lake woman was jailed on Friday on felony charges related to the death of a child back in July. Angela Beth Dean was booked just after 5 p.m. Friday, March 13, into the Isabella County Jail by Mt. Pleasant police officers. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
Storms knock out power for thousands in Clare County and neighboring counties
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nearly 5,000 homes and businesses in Clare County and to the northwest are without power midday Wednesday after stormy weather moved through the region. The largest outage was in northern Gladwin County and southern Roscommon County, and it has 2,184 customers in the dark.. The next two largest outages are in Clare County, one impacting 709 customers in Lake George east of U.S.-127 and the other to the west, with 1,324 impacted north of M-61.
Iran war’s oil shock fuels GOP political anxiety
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Hannah KnowlesThe Washington Post President Donald Trump was eager to point to gas prices in his State of the Union speech last month as he touted his administration’s progress on the economy.
Massive water main break trapped drivers in Oakland County, prompts boil water advisory
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Emergency responders had to rescue motorists after a water main break flooded streets on 14 Mile Road between Farmington and Drake roads early Saturday. A boil water advisory has been issued for Walled Lake and a portion of Novi. Social media posts showed large amounts of water flooding the area of 14 Mile at Muerdale and Verona. West Bloomfield police this morning warned motorists to avoid the area.
Michigan man accused of smashing license plate readers - including the one that recorded his vehicle
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 24-year-old Michigan man is facing felony charges in Metro Detroit for allegedly damaging license plate readers used by police — including the one that helped police identify him as the suspect, officials said. According to the Waterford Police Department, on Feb.
Here are the first Oakland County schools to cancel Friday classes
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Districts have already announced school closures for Friday as dangerously cold conditions descends upon Metro Detroit. In Oakland County, some of the first districts to cancel Friday classes includes Southfield Public Schools, Rochester Community School, Bloomfield Hills Schools, Birmingham Public Schools, Ferndale Schools, and the Farmington Public Schools.
Man and 5-year-old girl dead in mid-Michigan after crash through ice
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 50-year-old Portland man and a 5-year-old girl were killed Wednesday after the vehicle they were riding crashed through the ice on a pond, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office reported. The accident occurred on a private pond on Clintonia Road in Westphalia, which is located about 50 miles south of Mt. Pleasant.
Warren police car struck as officers responded to prior crash
Dec. 30, 2025, 9:46 a.m. ET As the latest round of wintry weather arrives in Metro Detroit, police officials in Warren urged motorists to take appropriate precautions when on the roads after a police vehicle was struck on Sunday. No one was hurt Sunday afternoon when a Chevy Traverse struck a Warren police Chevy Tahoe, which was on the scene of westbound I-696 near Mount Road. Two officers were on the left shoulder at 1:45 p.m., at the scene of a single-vehicle accident that had just occurred.
Mid-Michigan warming centers open as winter returns and winds knock out power
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Michigan is again hit with a variety of wintry weather, which is —again — causing problems with transportation and the power grid. This time, the weather is packing a stronger punch. While the Upper Peninsula along Lake Superior and the western parts of the state with Lake Michigan are seeing heavy lake effect snowfall, along with falling temperatures and high winds, mid-Michigan is also getting hit with the snowfall, winds and freezing temperatures.
Warren police car struck as officers responded to prior crash
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the latest round of wintry weather arrives in Metro Detroit, police officials in Warren urged motorists to take appropriate precautions when on the roads after a police vehicle was struck on Sunday. No one was hurt Sunday afternoon when a Chevy Traverse struck a Warren police Chevy Tahoe, which was on the scene of westbound I-696 near Mount Road.
Power outages scattered throughout mid-Michigan
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Thousands of central Michigan homes and businesses were without power by late Friday morning. A winter weather advisory was put into place, in effect until 4 p.m. Friday. The forecast called for rain with ice mixed in, with icing expected on roadways and sidewalks. According to Consumers Energy’s outage center, 26,162 customers were without power from 203 outages at about 11 a.m. Friday. The bulk of the outages from Big Rapids to Clare to Standish.
Trump pays respects to 2 guardsmen and interpreter, a Macomb Co. man, killed in Syria as they return home
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump paid his respects Wednesday to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, joining their grieving families as their remains were brought back to the country they served.
Mid-Michigan man accused of stalking juvenile, attacking her home with Molotov cocktails
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 25-year-old Mt. Pleasant man is jailed in Livingston County on a $1 million bond, accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a home as his stalking of a juvenile escalated into an attack on their home. Authorities in Brighton Township were first alerted at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, after several bottles of flammable materials were thrown at a house on Burson Drive, igniting fires, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday, Dec. 5.
Mt. Pleasant man accused of stalking juvenile, attacking her downstate home with Molotov cocktails
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 25-year-old Mt. Pleasant man is jailed in southeast Michigan on a $1 million bond, accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a home as his stalking of a juvenile escalated into an attack on their home. Authorities in Brighton Township were first alerted at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, after several bottles of flammable materials were thrown at a house on Burson Drive, igniting fires, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday, Dec. 5.
Jonas Brothers celebrate past and present at Little Caesars Arena Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jonas Brothers have quite a bit to celebrate, past and present this year. So the euphoric mood from both band and audience was not a surprise during the New Jersey-formed trio’s show Sunday night, Nov. 23, at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena. It was the JoBros’ second stop at the venue in three months, having brought its Jonas 20: Greetings From Your Hometown tour there during August (down-sized from a planned Comerica Park show).
Poll: One issue is uniting Americans in a time of polarization
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By THOMAS BEAUMONT, SIMRAN PARWANI and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pessimism about the country’s future has risen in cities since last year, but rural America is more optimistic about what’s ahead for the U.S., according to a new survey from the American Communities Project.
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Mike McGuinness wins Pontiac’s mayoral race
Mike McGuinness is Pontiac’s next mayor, replacing Tim Greimel, who did not seek reelection. He has served as president of the Pontiac City Council. McGuinness received 4,683 votes, while his opponent Kermit Williams received 3,879 votes, or a 54.5% to 45.1% margin, according to unofficial results posted by the Oakland County Clerk’s Office. Williams is the executive director of Oakland Forward and is a former city council member and board president.
Michigan mom has three children with autism. She’s spent thousands on ‘false hope.’
By Trisha Thadani The Washington Post ROCHESTER HILLS – Wrangling three children with autism consumed Dana Paduchowski’s days in a chaotic swirl, her weeks dissolving into a blur of routines and meltdowns. When the house finally quieted at night, the mother would stay awake for hours scouring the internet for a magic treatment that didn’t exist.
Man’s pond found in Island Park in apparent drowning
Police in Mt. Pleasant are investigating a potential drowning after a man’s body was recovered in Island Park on Sunday morning. Emergency responders were summoned at 8:22 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, to the area of Island Park, police said. Police referred to the death as a “drowning incident.” “Upon arrival, officers found a 47-year-old male from Mt. Pleasant deceased in the river,” police said in a statement on the mpcityblog.
Gratiot woman sentenced in that killed two and injured eight
The Gratiot County woman charged with killing two people and numerous other felonies in a drunken driving crash more than a year-and-a-half ago in Clinton County will spend at least three decades in prison. Ashley Marie Monroe, 36, of Perrinton, was sentenced this week in St. Johns by 29th Circuit Court Cori Barkman to serve between 30 and 60 years in prison.
Alma man one of two killed in crash
Two people were killed in Saginaw County in an overnight crash, one from Gratiot County. A 42-year-old Alma man, whose name was not immediately released pending notification of his family, was one of two drivers killed in a crash. The crash occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday in Kochville Township in the northern part of the county, where two vehicles collided at Lawndale and Kochville roads.
Longtime Morning Sun reporter remembered
Sue Knickerbocker Field, a reporter at The Morning Sun for decades, has died Friday after a brief illness. She was 62. A resident of Weidman, she was an award-winning journalist with who played major rolls in two Newspaper of the Year awards for the Morning Sun in the 1990s. She worked at the paper for 27 years. “Sue was instrumental in telling the stories of mid-Michigan for several decades and was a favorite of the community and her sources,” Rick Mills, the longtime editor of the Sun, said.
Overturned truck forces closure of Brown Road
Both directions of Brown Road at Lapeer Road at the border of Auburn Hills and Orion Township were closed Thursday evening after a truck overturned. The accident occurred on the west side of the Lapeer Road, which stayed open for north-south evening commuters. That portion of the Brown Road roadway, between Lapeer Road and Silverbell Road, has been under construction for much of the summer with the five lanes reduced to two or three lanes at times.
Commuters and shoppers hoping for reopening of Joslyn-Brown roads have to wait
It was not the news many motorists wanted to hear. The intersection of Brown Road at Joslyn Road near the border of Auburn Hills and Orion Township, which has been closed for repairs to the railroad tracks, will remain closed throughout at least the holiday weekend. “Canadian National’s paving contractor has returned to correct paving errors,” the Road Commission for Oakland County posted on Facebook. “The paving work will continue on Friday, Aug. 29.
Rochester elementary closed due to concerns of mold
Students at one elementary school in the Rochester Community Schools district will stay home Wednesday and Thursday “out of an abundance of caution.” The district posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday evening the there was “evidence of concerning airborne mold in one of the classrooms” at Delta Kelly Elementary, located at Adams and Gunn roads in Oakland Township.
Ken Morris: As the economic winds shift, should you be tariff-ied?
I’ve often said that when a rock hits the water halfway around the globe, we can feel the ripples here. The world is shrinking, and news moves at lightning speeds. It’s no secret that domestic manufacturing has been decreasing and moving overseas for decades. Clothing, shoes, tools, appliances, auto parts, vehicles and many more are being produced overseas. Our current administration has been trying to bring production back to American soil.
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