KEEGO HARBOR — Heading into a West Bloomfield School District Board of Education meeting March 18, some residents were hoping that board members would reverse course on a previous decision to approve demolition of the Roosevelt Elementary School building in Keego Harbor.

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak police have a 46-year-old man in custody following a domestic assault report and three-hour standoff that began at 4:55 p.m. March 25 in the 1600 block of Whitcomb Avenue, in the area of North Campbell and East 14 Mile roads.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — According to an email sent to parents and others on March 25, the decision has been made to close St. Germaine Catholic School at the end of the academic school year, despite a parent-led fundraising effort to save it.

MOUNT CLEMENS — If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And again. And again. On March 18, the Mount Clemens City Commission gave the city approval for the 16th time to apply for a state grant to replace the Crocker Boulevard bridge.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Clinton Township Board of Trustees approved John Gallagher as the township’s new fire chief at its March 18 meeting. Gallagher will take over for Tim Duncan.

WARREN — A Detroit driver who allegedly fought and fled Warren police was arraigned in 37th District Court on March 18 and charged with three felony counts.

ROCHESTER HILLS — For the past three seasons, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek’s senior group has watched its neighborhood rivals celebrate at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 Competitive Cheer State Championship.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP— Though the Clinton Township Board of Trustees had other things to get through at its March 18 meeting, the Goo Smoke Shop explosion was the elephant in the room.

NOVI — For the third-straight season, Brighton High School attempted to stop Detroit Catholic Central’s reign in Division 1 hockey, but for the third-straight time, Brighton learned that the well-oiled machine of DCC just plays a different type of hockey.

SOUTHFIELD — On Feb. 23, Lawrence Technological University received a $446,867 grant from the National Institutes of Health to create close chemical cousins of bisphenol A (BPA).

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — There are some images you just can’t shake out of your head, and for Grosse Pointe South girls hockey, that was neighborhood rival Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett celebrating its state championship win over South last season.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS/DETROIT — A plea deal is likely in the case of Edmond Doheny, the Grosse Pointe Woods man accused of murdering his younger brother, Dennis Doheny, in the early morning hours of Oct. 6.

MOUNT CLEMENS — On March 13, Fraser resident Hunter Locke-Hughes was ordered to serve 90 months to 30 years in prison on first-degree child abuse and involuntary manslaughter charges in the drowning death of Terry Adams, a 6-year-old special needs child.

MACOMB COUNTY — Two Macomb County leaders have been recognized by the federal government for their community policing efforts.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Bloomfield Township Police Department is investigating an incident of stranger-danger involving a suspicious vehicle and a middle school student.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Whatever it takes to keep your mind right in the face of adversity, you think about it.

BIRMINGHAM  — The Birmingham City Commission has approved multiple changes to the current on-street parking system in the city.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — If you would have polled various bowling coaches throughout Macomb, Wayne and Oakland Counties prior to this season and asked them, “Who’s the top bowler in the class of 2025,” it wouldn’t have been a surprise if Utica Eisenhower junior Dylan Harnden was mentioned multiple times.

MADISON HEIGHTS/HAZEL PARK — A day after President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address, the mayors of Madison Heights and Hazel Park spoke to each city’s standing in 2024.

TROY/ROCHESTER HILLS — A 30-year-old woman from Florida was fatally struck by a motorist on M-59 in Rochester Hills the morning of March 15, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.