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In today's newsletter:

  • What Lake Orion neighbors should expect during Thursday's SWAT training drills
  • How did the Dragons really look in Friday's rivalry loss?
  • See how Lake Orion students transformed Meeks Park's entrance with pollinators

Also on today's calendar: The Rochester Symphony Orchestra Presents "Latin Hearts, European Souls" and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Periods of sun with a shower, with a high of 71 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 72, low: 53.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oakland County SWAT training underway this week (fox2detroit.com) — Lake Orion residents should expect visible SWAT training at the Pine Tree Center on Thursday, including tactical vehicles, drones, and loud training noises that may sound like gunfire. Oakland County Sheriff's officials stress these drills in Lake Orion, Orion Township, Pontiac, and Waterford are scheduled exercises only, with no threat to public safety and no need to call 911 about the activity.
   

• Lake Orion football loses to Oxford 34-15 on Friday night (lakeorionreview.com) — Lake Orion football fans saw the Dragons fall 34-15 to rival Oxford on Friday night at Wildcat Stadium, dropping Lake Orion to 1-2 this season. The game featured a touchdown grab by senior Michael Champine and several strong runs, and the team now turns its focus to a Sept. 25 home matchup against Rochester Adams.
   

• Hydra Dragons help create pollinator garden in downtown LO (lakeorionreview.com) — Downtown Lake Orion just gained a new native pollinator garden at the entrance to Meeks Park, thanks to the Hydra Dragons middle school robotics team, the Lake Orion DDA, and Rochester Pollinators. Local students from all three Lake Orion middle schools prepped, planted over 200 Michigan-native plants, and learned how pollinators and good land stewardship support biodiversity close to home.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Oxford

  • 2026 Candidate Interview: Matthew Riddle for Oxford School Board (oaklandcounty115.com)
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  • 2026 Candidate Interview: Sherry Wynn Perdue for Rochester Community School Board (oaklandcounty115.com)
  • Ann Arbor-area football Monday rewind: A look back and a look ahead (mlive.com)
  • TSR Nitro Cars Enter The Purple Haze (speedsport.com)

Rochester

  • E-Bike Rider Seriously Hurt In Crash With Pickup Truck In Rochester Hills: Sheriff (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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