Wixom, MI

Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com Some traffic issues in the Wixom area this afternoon. The City advised that around 1:20pm, a semi-truck traveling from southbound Wixom Road onto I-96 overturned on the on-ramp to eastbound I-96. The truck was towing a tandem trailer, which was not carrying any hazardous material. The driver suffered minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The on-ramp was closed while wrecker crews worked to remove the vehicle from the roadw

Nik Rajkovic / news@whmi.com Oakland County prosecutors have amended charges against a Door Dasher accused of punching an elderly Wixom man, who died months later. The Oakland Press reports Ryan Turner, 41, also of Wixom, is now charged with manslaughter in the death of 75-year-old Lloyd Poole. According to the Wixom Police, Poole was assaulted by Turner in December 2025, near Poole’s home in the area of Barberry Circle and Windingway Drive in the Hidden Creek subdivision. Poole fell an

Nik Rajkovic / news@whmi.com A Pleasant Ridge developer is suing the city of Wixom after its city council last month rejected a proposed waiver from its data center moratorium, according to Crain's Detroit. Wixom Industrial One, operated by Dennis Griffin, filed the lawsuit Aug. 7 in U.S. District Court in Detroit, accusing the city of violating the state’s zoning act. Wixom One had accumulated 54 acres of land on South Wixom Road north of Interstate 96 for an industrial park before pitc

The debate over data centers in metro Detroit is entering a new phase in Wixom. On Tuesday night, the city council took its first step toward changing the city's zoning ordinance to specifically regulate data centers.