Rochester Hills News

The childhood home of superstar Madonna is coming under scrutiny as the house has become run down and the current owner is being held responsible.

A widow of a man who died when his plane hit a World Trade Center tower during the Sept.

A couple who own Madonna's childhood home in Rochester Hills, Mich. - severely damaged in a fire last summer - are to be in court Thursday for a hearing on bringing the home into compliance with city ordinances.

The daily room rate at the Oakland County Jail is going up. Last week, Oakland County commissioners approved an increase in the rate the sheriff charges to house prisoners from outside the county.

Lake Orion -- Kim Lukas said neighbors frequently saw the live-in female caretaker of a small house down the block raking leaves, walking the dog and chatting with passersby.

Police say two men kept a woman captive in their Lake Orion home for nearly two months and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions, Inc released its third quarter financial results for 2009.

Riesling rules not only in the vineyards of western and northwestern Michigan, but in the high-elevation vineyards in the state of Washington, where Randall Grahm's Pacific Rim Winery is dedicated to the growing of this grape variety.

Voters are starting to trickle in at the polls today throughout southeast Michigan, with voter turnout predictions varying from 20% to 25% in Detroit to much less in other voting areas.

A small plane owned by a Rochester Hills man crashed after the pilot reported engine trouble then total loss of power Monday in southwest Michigan, officials said today.

The Rochester Road corridor between Avon and South Boulevard has three of the four most dangerous intersections in the city, officials say.

Voters in Oakland County voted down proposals that would have put a moratorium on liquor licenses and resulted in a multimillion-dollar recreation center.

What 4-year-old Anna Mary MacDonald can't say with words, she says with a smile or with a purposeful gaze.

Lansing -- Upset that the chamber killed two bills they championed, Senate Democrats acted out by slowing things down on the floor today and got a swift time-out from Majority Leader Mike Bishop.

The leaders of Jackson Community College and Allegiance Health were in Lansing on Thursday to lobby lawmakers to support bills giving community colleges the authority to grant baccalaureate degrees in nursing.

HUNTINGTON WOODS - The winner of Oakland Youth Orchestra's 2009 Philharmonia concerto competition is Sofia Pokrzywa, who will perform the first movement of the Bruch Violin Concerto No.

A 37-year-old Rochester Hills man suffered fatal injuries Oct. 24 after striking a stalled vehicle on Metropolitan Parkway.

During a speech Tuesday in Detroit, retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark, a former presidential candidate, cast the effort to develop electric vehicles as critical to reducing the United States' dependence on foreign oil.

"Deadlock" is the word that pops into mind when you attempt to consider ongoing attempts by our top political officeholders to cobble together a balanced budget for the fiscal year that is already almost a month old.

Shannyn Caldwell, host of The Morning Light show on WMUZ, 103.5FM, hosted the Joy Flash Mob on October 18, 2009 at Yates Cider Mill in Rochester Hills, MI.