Oak Park just put your Nine Mile on a diet

Meet your new Nine Mile. It's slimmed down and shed a few exits, added a few new lanes and beautified some sections as well. Oak Park has put the road on a diet to reduce traffic accidents while increasing walkability and bikeability as well. When it's done, the redesigned Nine Mile will stretch from Ferndale to Southfield and include two fewer lanes. While not a radically new idea, this new urban planning model is a burgeoning trend among cities.

Rabies found in dead skunk in Southfield, warning issued

The Oakland County Health Division reported a confirmed case of rabies in a dead skunk removed from Southfield north of 10 Mile Road, south of Lincoln Road between Southfield and Greenfield Roads.