COVID-19 Update – September 29, 2021

As of September 29, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: September 29: 48346: 2,656 cases (164 new), 48 deaths 48348: 2,822 cases (207 new), 23 deaths 48350: 808 cases (91 new), 10 deaths As compared to September 22: 48346: […]

Supervisor stalemate

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor Another meeting and still no progress to appoint a new Independence Township supervisor. Pat Kittle resigned and retired after the September 7 meeting and since then, several board of trustees meetings have been held with any motion made to appoint a new supervisor failing. The board held a special […]

Filling the boot

Filling the boot

Independence Township firefighter Ron Bray collects a donation from a passing motorist at Washington and Main streets last Friday during the Independence Professional Fire Fighters Association union’s annual “Fill the Boot” campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters were also stationed at Sashabaw and Maybee roads taking donations. After all was said and done, […]

Pothole issues fixed

An Independence Township resident contacted The Clarkston News via Facebook on September 24 to share her daughter hit a pothole Maybee Road just after Dixie Highway before the cemetery. The pothole caused the car to get two flat “shredded” tires and two bent rims. The resident noted the tow truck driver said they were the […]

Motorcycle crash

Around 4 p.m. on September 25, a motorcycle injury crash occurred on Hadley Road in Independence Township.  The driver of the motorcycle, a 30-year-old man from Mequon, Wis., had been operating a 2020 Harley Davidson FXFBS motorcycle south on Hadley Road when he lost control, went over the handlebars, and landed on the edge of […]

Shots fired

In the early morning hours of September 26, deputies responded to the 4000 block of Clarkston Road on the report of multiple shots fired.  The complainant advised his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend had fired shots at his vehicle, but no injuries were reported.  Upon arrival, deputies met with the victim, a 39-year-old Independence Township man, who stated […]

COVID-19 Update – September 22, 2021

As of September 22, here are the reported number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and new cases in the past 30 days for the Clarkston ZIP codes: September 22: 48346: 2,631 cases (165 new), 47 deaths 48348: 2,767 cases (197 new), 22 deaths 48350: 781 cases (79 new), 10 deaths As compared to September 15: 48346: […]

Everest hits milestone, celebrates 30 years

Everest hits milestone, celebrates 30 years

Thirty years ago, Everest Academy opened its doors to 33 students. This year, Everest Collegiate High School and Academy has a current enrollment of 427 students in grades preschool through 12th grade. Everest has impacted the lives of thousands of students and families. Fr. Lorenzo Gomez, LC, founding priest, returned for last week’s Founders’ Day […]

New child care center approved for township

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor A new child development center will soon be making its way to Independence Township. At the September 9 meeting of the planning commission, construction of a new Goddard School, which specializes in child care and preschool, was unanimously approved to go in on the nearly two-acre parcel of land […]

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