Although no official OK was given by the school board, Lake Orion High School teachers will conduct a different version of the seminar class this fall. LOHS Assistant Principal Chris Bell was told by school board president Leann Bartley on Aug. 11 to inform the teachers of changes made to the proposal that was given […]
For the past several weeks, members of the Stieb family have been traveling to Sand Lake (outside of Tawas City) to spend some time with grandfather Louie. His daughter Joan (and caregiver) feels he might not be around much longer. Louie’s 98 and spends most of his time in a mobile home in Largo, Florida. […]
One seat on the Lake Orion Village is currently vacant due to the resignation of Charlotte Patton. She and her husband Jack have moved to Oakland Township. Patton also represented the council on the parks and recreation committee and the cable commission. Village officials have 30 days to pick her replacement. The replacement will serve […]
Grand Haven..a place where living there really is a vacation. This past weekend it was time to revisit Grand Haven during the Coast Guard Festival after a six year absence. Although loving that small town (11,000 population) hugging the Grand River and Lake Michigan, it seems as if there hasn’t been a good time to […]
An aggressive 40 year old Madison Heights woman managed to punch two police officers and damage a police vehicle before being taken to the Oakland County Jail on July 25. According to Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Narsh, the suspect, Shelly Thomas, and family members were at Muy Loco’s on Front Street in the village. […]
First it was an unsafe garage that needed to be torn down in 2000. Now a North Shore homeowner will have to pay for the village to come onto his property and do some repair/clean up work. According to Lake Orion Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, Bruce Cranicik has been cited and ticketed for numerous […]
I’m sitting on this hill. Down below me are cars crashing into each, trying to be the last one still running. Families sit in stands or are on blankets to watch the smacking, crashing spectacle. Kids move through the crowds carrying coolers full of ice cream — selling it for a dollar. It’s the annual […]
A class at Lake Orion High School was openly criticized by several long-time teachers at the July 14 school board meeting. Mike Bendle and Greg Cole asked board members to eliminate the ‘seminar.? Their visit to the meeting was in response to the board’s rejection in June of a decision by staff and administration to […]
The fire destruction of commercial buildings this spring has changed the scope of an attempt to have some part of the Village of Lake Orion declared an Historic District. Steve Auger, chairman of the Downtown Development Authority, told village council members on July 12, the state is telling the DDA it probably doesn’t have enough […]
One Rochester Hills man probably won’t be invited to a duplex in the Village of Lake Orion anymore. Michael Woodall, 28, was arraigned July 9 on numerous charges involving an incident that took place last week. According to LO Police Chief Jerry Narsh, Woodall had befriended a family that lived in a duplex on West […]