In the early morning hours of July 27, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Dixie Highway, north of M-15. The driver, a 24-year-old Flint man, was asked for his driver’s license and paperwork. When he reached over and opened the glove box, the officer observed a Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun in […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County announced more local road work that will yield closures and delays in the coming days and weeks. In Springfield Township, a culvert replacement on Davisburg Road just east of Oakhurst Road will begin July 31 and finish in early October. The detour will be Milford Road to White Lake […]
Sashabaw Road will close on Aug. 11 for the Whipple Lake Canal culvert replacement, and will reopen on Nov. 2. According to Independence Township Supervisor Pat Kittle, the culvert needs to be replaced before it collapses. Sashabaw Road between Clarkston Road and Oakhill Road will be closed for through traffic. The detour will be Sashabaw […]
In the early morning hours of July 9, officers were called to the 400 block of Crimson King Circle for a welfare check. A 31-year-old Clarkston man was banging on the door of the caller, saying he had been assaulted and needed help. When officers arrived, they found the man with visible injuries to his […]
Officers were dispatched to the McLaren Medical Group, located at 5625 Water Tower Place, July 8, for a report of a 65-year-old Pontiac man accidentally shooting himself in the buttocks with a handgun. Medical staff reported while inside an exam room, the man discharged one round from a handgun into a chair. When the gun […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor An incident during a night out getting dinner at a local restaurant wound up with two Clarkston residents being charged with a felony that could see them do four years behind bars. Jillian Deanne Wuestenberg, 32, and her husband, Eric Peter Wuestenberg, 42, were both arraigned last week at […]
BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor If you’ve ever been on Main Street in downtown Clarkston, you’ll notice the sights, the smells … and the heavy truck traffic. City officials want to see if something can be done to alleviate what some call a problem. At the end of March, Paul Ajegba, director of the […]
Officers and the Brandon Fire Department were dispatched to the area of S. Ortonville Road and Wiedemann for a traffic accident, June 27. A Chevrolet Express van was traveling southbound on Ortonville when it crossed the center line and collided with a Chevrolet Silverado pickup towing a trailer. The driver, a 30-year-old Ortonville woman, and […]
The Road Commission for Oakland County issued a permit Monday allowing Clarkston Community Schools to close Maybee Road from Sashabaw Road to Clintonville Road in Independence Township from July 6 to Aug. 2, for work to improve access to North Sashabaw Elementary School. During the closure, access to homes and businesses in this section of […]
Officers from the Independence Township substation responded to the Pine Knob Ski Resort, located at 7778 Sashabaw Road in Clarkston, for a report of damaged property, June 16. Upon arrival, officers met with an employee who said significant damage had been done by an unknown subject who trespassed and rode their dirt bike to the […]