Wolverine Lake News

Wolverine Lake Village resident and former councilman Dave Renwick has filed a lawsuit against the Village Council alleging violations of Open Meetings Act provisions.

The Michigan Senate has passed a version of the state's 2009-10 General Government budget containing an almost across-the-board 10 percent cut in spending for each listed department, as well as a sizeable cut in the state revenue sharing program for local governments.

The Wolverine Lake Village Council has voted to clarify its meeting videotaping policy to ensure filming begins and ends with the onset and adjournment of municipal meetings.

Walled Lake officials have completed a proposed budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, but a forecasted deficit that exceeded $200,000 resulted in Councilmen Casey Ambrose and Larry Fox voting against the proposed budget during a special meeting held on Monday, June 8. The budget requires five affirmative council votes to pass.

Legislation recently introduced in both the state House and Senate seeks to add leasing and hiring provisions to a previously introduced legislative package that would transfer operation of Detroit's Cobo Center to a regional convention center authority.

Citing "jurisdictional issues," Milford police have suspended narcotics investigations with the Walled Lake Police Department.

The Village of Wolverine Lake has completed a proposed budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year that requires pulling some money from the fund balance to negate revenue losses.

Eleven students from the Walled Lake Northern High School French Club are to make a trip to Europe that was put in jeopardy after the group's travel agency filed for bankruptcy.

The Wolverine Lake Village Council has adopted an updated parks and recreation master plan that will allow the village to apply for state grants and receive money to achieve the goals and objectives outlined in the document.

A newly organized theater company is performing at dinner on Saturdays during May at Mama Mia Ristorante in Wolverine Lake, says company organizer and playwright Terry Spencer.

Some residents angered by a decision by Wolverine Lake officials to destroy mute swan nests and eggs say they plan to attend Wednesday's Village Council meeting to protest.

Legislation allowing no-reason absentee voting in Michigan was adopted last week by the state House and forwarded to the Senate for consideration.

The Michigan House of Represented voted last week to approve legislation allowing so-called no-reason absentee voting in Michigan, and sent the bill to the Senate for consideration.

A contractor working for the village of Wolverine Lake has completed swan nest destruction and egg removal activities around the community's namesake, after receiving state Department of Natural Resources approval to move ahead with plans to reduce the number the mute swans living on the lake.

Now in charge as the new director of the Milford Senior Center, 61-year old Milford resident Nancy Hinzmann said she feels she has found her calling.

The South Commerce sanitary sewer project has been deferred for a year by the Wolverine Lake City Council amid concerns that a study wouldn't be finished in time to apply for low-interest revolving loan funds needed to initially pay for the project.

The Walled Lake Thunder inboard hydroplane races will return to Walled Lake for a second year on Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14.

Gary Bazydlo made some interesting points in his March 20 column, "Hold moral outrage on bailouts and consider fuller truths." Unfortunately most of them are wrong.

The Wolverine Lake Village Council has selected an option for a proposed pathway development project along South Commerce Road to connect Shankin and Wolverine Drive.

Student-athletes across the state would be required to undergo screening for performance enhancing drugs and counseling under provisions of recently introduced legislation.