Water restrictions have been lifted for all communities affected by the major water main break in Oakland County.
There’s a timeline of hope for thousands of people affected by the massive water main break in Auburn Hills.
A broken 42-inch water main in Auburn Hills has been replaced. But the work is just starting, leaving northern Oakland County under a state of emergency.
Crews replaced a broken 42-inch water main in Auburn Hills on Monday, moving the area closer to restoring service after days of water restrictions across parts of Oakland County.
A water main break in Auburn Hills prompted a State of Emergency and is impacting multiple areas as water supply dwindles.
A water main break forced businesses along South Broadway in Lake Orion Township to close during one of their busiest weekends, costing some owners thousands of dollars in lost sales and canceled reservations.
A large part of Oakland County is feeling the burden of a water main break Monday morning.
On a typical day, the water tower in Orion Township holds 2.5 million gallons of water. That equates to about 44.5 feet of water. At last check, the Orion Township supervisor tells Local 4 that the water is now at about 28.5 feet. It comes after the area lost water supply due to an early morning water break in Auburn Hills.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency and activated the State Emergency Operations Center after a major water main break in Oakland County.
Some school districts are watching the situation, and other institutions are canceling in-person classes for Monday
Orion Township Supervisor Barnett warns residents, “This is not a drill” when talking about the severity of the situation.
A Rochester Hills man is dead, and his wife and another married couple are critically injured after a head-on crash in Orion Township on Saturday afternoon (April 11), the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said.
A family in one of the damaged buildings in an Orion Township complex said they’re paying hundreds of dollars a month in association fees for a condo they have not been able to live in since a 2024 explosion.
A Flint man has died after the garbage truck he was driving was hit by a car that was exiting an Oakland County driveway on Tuesday, causing the truck to overturn and hit a utility pole, officials said.
The intersection of Brown Road and Joslyn Road at the Auburn Hills, Orion Township border is closed until at least Labor Day, the Road Commission for Oakland County said.
A fawn was rescued after it got trapped in a metal grate and likely struggled to keep its head above water for several hours, authorities said.
The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) has established a formal detour route for traffic traveling on Orion Road at Dutton Road on the Rochester Hills/Oakland County border, which remains closed due to damage caused by July 16’s flooding.
Residents of Orion Lakes mobile home park were without water for more than 24 hours after the property owners reported that a power outage had disabled the park’s well.
The dog dock at Orion Oaks Dog Park closed permanently due to consistently high levels of E coli found in the water.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the suspect accused of burglary at a gas station in Orion Township.
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald charged Gul Nabi Rahmati, a 34-year-old resident of Dearborn Heights, with two felonies, including assault with intent to murder, for a stabbing attack on Zubair Mansuori in Orion Township.
Officials in Oakland County are lauding the community for their heroic acts following a massive explosion that destroyed a condo building in Orion Township.
Crews are responding to a suspected gas explosion and fire in Orion Township that left two critically injured.
The woman was seeking shelter at her daughter’s home and hid with her stepson in a bathroom after Gavitt reportedly got inside by breaking a window with an ax.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of a driver who struck a road sign, sending it flying into another vehicle, where it struck and killed a 31-year-old Lake Orion man.
General Motors is laying off 1,314 employees at manufacturing plants in Michigan, months after reaching a new labor contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW).
A 5-year-old boy with special needs died on Saturday in Orion Township after authorities discovered him in standing water on a neighbor’s pool cover two hours after he was reported missing.
Aaron Robert Muhlitner, 27, pleaded guilty to sending images of minors engaged in sexual acts to another person to induce that person to send similar photos.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigators are seeking the communities help in finding the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Orion Township.
On a blue sky day with barely a breeze blowing, more than 11,000 customers found themselves without power in Orion Township starting at 11 a.m.
Charges were dismissed for a couple that drew guns in a viral encounter outside an Oakland County Chipotle in 2020.
Investigators believe they have identified the type of vehicle that struck a road sign, sending it flying into the air before it smashed into another driver’s windshield.
A driver was struck by a flying road sign that was hit by another car and smashed through his windshield in Oakland County, police said.
Chris Barnett, a Republican, found a partner in Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat. Through their work and bipartisanship, Slotkin announced $7 million in federal dollars, which will pay for rebuilding the roads, not just a patch job.
Oakland County officials broke out their hovercraft to rescue an injured swan that was stuck to the ice on a frozen lake.
Oakland Township requires a new EPA-mandated 45-foot high water storage facility. It is something everybody agrees on, but its placement of it is not.
A man was arrested when he tried to meet up with someone he believed to be a 15-year-old girl in Oakland County and give her cocaine, police said.
A 48-year-old cleaning service worker was arraigned on Saturday on a charge of open murder.
Oakland County officials have identified the worker who was killed overnight during a fight with a coworker at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant.
A fight between cleaning service employees led to one death and one arrest overnight at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, police said.
Firefighters from seven different cities and townships around Oakland County helped battle a fire that destroyed several apartments in Auburn Hills.
A 79-year-old man died after losing control on a curve and crashing his newly modified three-wheeled motorcycle in Oakland County, police said.
A woman who lost her parents in a house explosion in 2017 is reunited with her father's war medals.
Two teenagers were hurt -- one critically -- in a head-on collision between two pickup trucks in Orion Township, officials said.
General Motors is making the largest investment in company history in its home state of Michigan, announcing plans to spend nearly $7 billion to convert a factory to make electric pickup trucks and to build a new battery cell plant.
Michigan legislators have passed a $1.5 billion bill with state incentives to land major business expansions, including an electric vehicle battery factory that General Motors wants to build in the Lansing area.
One man was injured Monday during a robbery that led to a shooting outside the Beaumont Medical Center in Orion Township, police said.
A junior at Lake Orion High School has been arrested for threatening to shoot up the school one day after the deadly shooting at Oxford High School, police said.
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An Oakland County grandmother is suspected of abusing her grandchildren after a runaway 12-year-old boy she reported missing was found with injuries, police said.
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A series of 911 calls leads authorities to a discovery in Orion township where a 4-month-old baby boy was found lying face down in a ravine Wednesday morning.
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