Independent reporting from Howell, Brighton, Hartland, Pinckney, Fowlerville & the rest of the county since 1873.
A 5-2 council vote ends one of the longest-running zoning debates in recent county memory. Construction is set to begin in late June, with the first segment open by Labor Day. Opponents say they aren't done yet.
Team 5567, "The Glacial Drift," dropped two matches in qualifiers before stringing together six straight wins to claim the Great Lakes regional title in Saginaw on Saturday. The team's drive coach is a sophomore who only joined in February.
The former Hometown Hardware building has sat vacant since 2021. Owner Pat Cleary says the new spot will lean into "the dining side of the business" and will not have live music — a deliberate contrast with the Howell flagship.
A trail camera operated by a property owner near the Pinckney Recreation Area captured 14 seconds of clear footage early Thursday morning. DNR biologists say the animal appears to be a healthy juvenile male.
The contract had been an annual point of debate, with two commissioners arguing that lake patrol responsibilities should be assumed by individual townships. Sheriff Murawski called Tuesday's vote "a real exhale."
For the first time since 1987, floats will turn south on Michigan Ave. instead of continuing east. Organizers say the new route is shorter but "frankly, a little prettier."
Donald Riester read his last story — The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton — to a packed room of approximately 90 children, parents, and a surprising number of adults who attended as kids themselves.
The expansion proposal coming to commissioners next month treats overcrowding as a construction problem. We think it's worth asking, one more time, whether it's something else.