Metamora News

Those who like the design of the Lapeer Days T-shirt this year won't have to go far to compliment the artist.

Wayne State University students -- except for Michigan undergraduates -- will pay about 5.4% more in tuition and fees this fall over last year's rates.

A classic car and motorcycle show, swap meet and flea market will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Roadside Attractions, 3549 S. Lapeer Road, Metamora.

Car enthusiasts live for the arrival of summer each year, and almost any vehicle event is eagerly looked forward too.

As the State of Michigan closes prisons and slashes prison populations to save money, those charged with the safety of the community are concerned with the early release of sex offenders into Lapeer County.

A Lapeer City Fire & Rescue fire inspector and firefighter plead guilty Thursday to two counts of aggravated assault.

The Metamora Village Council had its new flower boxes filled last weekend with a colorful array of annuals and rearranged perennials.

Okay, okay, so Chocolate Inked isn't strictly speaking a restaurant. Chocolate is food.

A motorcyclist who fled police for more than nine miles at high speed was nabbed by Michigan State Police troopers after he crashed into a pickup truck Saturday night.

While Kipling declared, "Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," 120 years ago, that won't be true in Lapeer in the fall of 2010.

The wind carried ashes from a brush pile and lit the roof of a well maintained Oak Street barn on fire around 5:45 p.m. May 22.

The state's troubling economy is felt in all areas of life and that now includes life on the highway.

Lapeer County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Michael Hodges is leaving after 13 years of service to the county.

The fast action of three Lapeer East High School students helped save a male student Tuesday who was choking on a piece of string cheese.

Charred rubble, a burned-up tractor and piles of hay were all that remained after fire destroyed a massive L-shaped barn located at 3270 Barber Rd.

Six months ago, with her daughter, Brenna, headed off to college in the fall, and Karen Toland was thinking about having another baby.

DISPELLING THE MYTH: A few hours with Jeff Miller and one comes away knowing there s much more to the northern port city than big crowds and seafood By Richard Hazeldine STAFF REPORTER Tuesday, May 05, 2009, Page 4 I think it s very important that wherever you live you understand the origins of the place; that s [my] primary motivation.

Metamora junior Thomas Younger performs his section of Central Harmony's medley piece Wednesday Night in the Music Building.

Tuesday is National Teach Your Child to Save Day, an event sponsored by the American Bankers Association.

Drenching rains of April and late season snow pack did not alter the environmental conditions for the spring wildfire season to flame up in Oakland County.