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Our choices for the August ballot
Community House Foundation board chosen
Nine individuals were selected to serve as the founding members of the new City of Birmingham Community House Foundation Board of Directors during the Monday, June 22, city commission meeting.
City may receive payout from PFAS settlement
Birmingham could receive money from the Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) legal settlement involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) contamination.
Police chief Grewe announces retirement
Birmingham Police Chief Scott Grewe will be retiring from the police force effective July 17.
Non-union city workers to get rate increase
Non-organized city employees will receive a pay bump, effective July 1, after city commissioners approved a market adjustment during the Monday, June 22, meeting.
Township Kroger site of two theft incidents
The Kroger grocery store at 4099 Telegraph in Bloomfield Township was the site of two incidents in the last week, one of which ended with the arrest of a suspect.
Wandering cops: how communities handle new hires
Andrew Lyon was hired by the East Lansing Police Department as an officer in 2024. By the time he resigned in April 2026, he was the subject of four internal department investigations. According to local reporting from WLNS-TV, in just two years on the job, Lyon was under investigation for speeding through red lights during a pursuit without lights and sirens, running red lights, and speeding in a personal vehicle. He had also ignored direct commands from his superiors not to discuss a federal civil rights lawsuit, which two black men filed against Lyons for using pepper spray on them when they were arrested for an alleged altercation outside a restaurant. Lyons claimed he was breaking up a fight, although video surveillance from the restaurant showed there was no fight. In reality, one of the men who was pepper-sprayed and arrested was trying to deter the other from getting involved in a potential fight.
GAME OVER
As we all know, one week before the storied bipartisan Mackinac Policy Conference in late May, former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced he was dropping his run as an independent candidate for governor in November. The question that has continued to circulate is why do it right before the Mackinac conference, which is sponsored by the Detroit Regional Chamber – which had endorsed Duggan early on.
