Oakland News

KALKASKA, Mich. - A suburban Detroit man is headed to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of a woman found dismembered in a northern Michigan swamp.

The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office has appealed the early release of a convicted killer who became one of TV's "America's Most Wanted" after crushing the skull of an alleged Pontiac hit man in September 1987.

Life Matters Informational Meeting Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Phone: 248-529-6125 Location: First Free Will Baptist Church, 1750 Baldwin Road, Pontiac, MI 48321 Residents are invited to a free informational meeting on November 19 to discuss organizing a new Right to Life of Michigan affiliate in the community.

Oakland County Health Department is holding the second round of mass swine flu vaccination clinic on Thursday.

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Voters in Oakland County defeated ballot measures Tuesday that included a new tax to build a new community center in Berkley, a proposal to stop new liquor licenses in Royal Oak and another tax hike for services in Royal Oak Township, the county's most-taxed community.

Michigan, and Oakland County, have been key recipients of federal stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , following the worldwide economic meltdown in the fall of 2008.

The League of Women Voters Oakland Area has posted online its latest Voter Guides for all 30 cities, 17 school districts and two townships in Oakland County that are holding elections Tuesday.

Transportation is an inherently regional issue. Everyone enjoys the economic, social and environmental benefits of a good mass transit system, whether they ride it themselves or not.

Oakland will be the first county in the metro area to deposit county tax dollars in credit unions.

COMMERCE TWP., Mich. - Long lines of people are waiting to get the H1N1 vaccination at a flu clinic in Oakland County.

The legal entity needed to operate the Oakland-Macomb Interceptor has been created, and representatives of Oakland and Macomb counties and the city of Detroit have officially closed on the sewer interceptor's transfer of ownership from the city to the two counties.

Pontiac -- An Oakland County judge blasted the Michigan Department of Human Services today for its repeated failures to take action in a 2007 case of elder neglect so severe it shocked veteran police investigators and resulted in the death of a 63-year-old Southfield woman.

Since the state is cutting aid to public schools and communities, some school districts and cities in Oakland County are looking to make up for the revenue losses through tax increases.

Oakland Community College will host the "Rising to the Challenge" conference on Friday where women can meet and learn from leaders about jobs, housing, financial literacy, child care and other areas to enable you to triumph during these changing times.

Hamtramck -- Thousands seeking the first wave of southeast Michigan's public doses of the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine flooded clinic sites in Oakland and Wayne counties Saturday morning.

Oakland County commissioners this morning voted down a proposal that would have required bidders on county construction projects to pay prevailing wage.

Opening statements are expected this morning in the murder trial of two Pontiac teens accused of beating to death homeless men last year.

Lawyers are to give oral arguments today in a lawsuit by residents fighting the South Oakland Shelter's plan to move its offices and training center from Royal Oak to a wing of Ferndale's First Baptist Church that borders their neighborhood.

The Rochester Hills mother turned in by her 19-year-old daughter, who said she was growing marijuana, is scheduled to appear in court this week to face a felony charge.