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April 27, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com The ongoing process to redraw Michigan’s political boundaries will be the focus of an event later this week. The League of Women Voters of Brighton/Howell Unit is holding a town hall event this Thursday, April 29th at 7pm via Zoom, to educate Michigan voters on the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s process in drawing new legislative and congressional maps. The virtual town hall will feature Gues...

April 27, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A popular Genoa Township eatery is closed for the next several days following a fire Monday morning. The Brighton Area Fire Authority was called out to the Culvers Restaurant at Grand River and Latson Road at about 7:30am on the report of a structure fire. Brighton Fire Chief Mike O’Brian says that a fire apparently started overnight in the mulch outside the structure and then spread up the wall into the attic spa...

April 25, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Hamburg Township Police continue to investigate a tragic accident that claimed the life of a landscaping employee last week. On Friday, Hamburg Township Police were called out just after 5pm, along with the Hamburg Township Fire Department and Livingston County EMS, to an accident involving a commercial lawnmower on Cowell Road west of Hamburg Road. Hamburg Township Police Chief Rick Duffany tells WHMI that upon arriva...

April 25, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A chimney fire brought out several departments on Saturday to a home in Green Oak Township. The fire was called in at about 3:30 in the afternoon at a home in the 67000 block of 8 Mile Road, east of Marshall Road. According to Green Oak Fire Chief Kevin Gentry, the fire started due to a chimney failure and when they arrived on the scene, they found the entire chimney and part of the side of the house on fire. He said i...

April 26, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Nearly two years after a Genoa Township infant was found dead in his home, authorities have filed murder charges against his father. 25-year-old Joshua Alan Woy was charged last week with an open count of murder and a count of first-degree child abuse in the June 2019 death of two-month-old Kane Woy. Woy was found unresponsive after police were called to a Genoa Township residence. He was pronounced dead at the scene. ...

April 23, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A new co-working and community space officially opened up to the community on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting and open house celebration for the Brighton Light House. Brighton’s Anna and Dan Oginsky purchased and restored the historic home at 142 Brighton Lake Road, which was built in 1862 and first owned by a resident who fought for the Union at Gettysburg. Dan Oginsky said they had been looking for space where his...

April 23, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Genoa Township’s longtime clerk, who is facing arraignment next month on an election violation charge, has been ordered by state officials to refrain from conducting any business related to elections, including processing ballots and voter registration. The prohibitions came in a letter dated March 29th from Jonathan Brater, the Director of Elections for the Michigan Department of State, to Genoa Township Clerk Pol...

April 23, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A Detroit man accused of armed robbery and fleeing from police in late 2019 has been sentenced. 29-year-old Bryan James Busher was charged following the Christmas Eve 2019 incident at the Genoa Township Walmart. Authorities say Busher and another man had pushed out a shopping cart full of items without paying, and when confronted by an employee, Busher implied he had a gun. The pair then loaded the items into a van and ...

April 23, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Livingston County voice in Congress has co-sponsored a bipartisan bill that seeks to help military members adjust back into civilian life. On Thursday, 8th District Democrat Elissa Slotkin, along with Ohio Republican Congressman David Joyce, introduced the bipartisan Solid Start Act, a bill to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs proactively reaches out to service members in their first year transitioning back...

April 22, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com The Chairman of the Livingston County Board of Commissioners wants state officials to address the rising violence against Asian-Americans by emphasizing their right to own and use guns. Wes Nakagiri, an American of Japanese descent, issued a press release recently in which he requested the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission (MAPAAC) update their publication, “Michigan Resources Toolkit for Asian Fam...