NOVI — After years of dreaming and two years of construction, the new Novi Meadows Elementary School in Novi, which houses fifth and sixth grade students, is now complete. To celebrate, the school held a ribbon-cutting followed by an open house for the public Sept. 16.

METRO DETROIT — “Forming Function” is “a design podcast for everyone.”

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Sept. 27-29

METRO DETROIT — Multigenerational housing is making a comeback. Studies by the Pew Research Center indicate that the concept has grown for the past five decades, and there is no sign of peaking.

METRO DETROIT — As the days get shorter and the air cooler, the telltale signs of fall emerge: cider and donuts, gourds, pumpkin spiced lattes and, of course, the great stink bug hibernation.

METRO DETROIT — Two local Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan are doing what they can to benefit their communities.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Oakland County officials have pushed back against accusations that the county has been dumping untreated sewage into the Clinton River and, ultimately, into Lake St. Clair.

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Sept. 19-22

A vulnerable adult who went missing Saturday afternoon has been found safe.

METRO DETROIT — A recent 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court affecting the state’s laws governing minimum wage and sick time is sending shockwaves through many businesses, including the restaurant industry.

METRO DETROIT — As the weather begins to cool in Michigan, there’s no better way to warm yourself up than with a cup of hot apple cider and mouth-watering doughnuts this fall. According to the Michigan Apple Committee, there’s plenty of apples to choose from this year.

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Sept. 12-15

METRO DETROIT — A garden can be more than a patch of beautiful landscaping. It can be a lifeline for nature.

METRO DETROIT — If there is a car cruise in town, chances are Gary White is there.

NOVI — Police said that a 26-year-old Novi man died from a self-inflicted gunshot following a standoff Sept. 4. 

NOVI — Chaos erupted at the Michigan State Fair in Novi during the late evening Aug. 31 as a shooting in the parking lot left a 14-year-old dead and another 14-year-old injured.

A Novi man was killed in a head-on collision on Beck Road between Eight Mile and Nine Mile roads Aug. 29. 

NOVI — Detroit Catholic Central High School, in Novi, which is marketed as the largest private school in the state, just got a bit larger with the opening of a new state-of-the-art science, technology, engineering and math center Aug. 11.

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Sept. 6-8

NOVI — Kwame Kilpatrick, the former mayor of Detroit who was elected as a Democrat and convicted in 2013 of embezzling thousands of dollars from the city during his tenure as mayor, was a featured speaker at the Oakland County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi Aug. 21.