ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Ice Show will spotlight animals in its 44th year April 27-28 at the John Lindell Ice Arena.

ROYAL OAK — A Michigan shoe artist, Jada Henderson, was at Royal Oak Middle School April 18 to present the winner of a shoe design contest with his very own customized shoes.

CLAWSON — At the April 2 Clawson City Council meeting, Chief of Police Kellie Bauss presented a proposal asking the council to consider purchasing four Flock Safety Falcon cameras.

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak High School senior Sarah Barnett won second place for her work on a documentary titled “Is Ranked Choice the Right Choice?”

ROYAL OAK — A public hearing was held at the April 9 Royal Oak Planning Commission meeting regarding a proposal from Corewell Health for an outpatient medical clinic and medical office.

ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak residents were unhappy with the Planning Commission April 9 when it approved a plan to build an apartment complex on the site of an old bank at the northeast corner of Rochester Road and Genesee Avenue, which is south of 14 Mile Road.

CLAWSON — The Clawson fiscal year 2024-2025 goals and objectives were approved in a 3-2 vote at the City Council meeting April 2.

ROYAL OAK — Instructional coaches from the Royal Oak Schools district presented how they have helped improve education in K-5 classrooms at the March 11 Board of Education meeting.

CLAWSON — The Clawson City Council continued the discussion regarding its 2024-2025 goals and objectives with plenty of critiques and comments at the March 19 council meeting.

ROYAL OAK — Steering wheels are often stolen for the airbags inside of them, and this phenomenon happened four times during the week of March 14-21.

CLAWSON — The Clawson Planning Commission on March 26 passed a motion 5-3 for a proposed planned unit development that, if approved by the City Council, would develop a former bank site into an apartment building on Main Street.

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.

ROYAL OAK — Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theatre will be featuring a Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked,” “Godspell,” “Pippin”) and John Caird musical March 29-April 21.

ROYAL OAK — “Masks for Meals” was the primary topic of Connor Kalkanis’ speech that won him first place at the Royal Oak Optimist Club Oratorical Contest on March 13 at the Metro Detroit Youth Club.

CLAWSON — Clawson middle and high school students jumped into their second year of the Polar Plunge fundraising event for Special Olympics Feb. 29.