After months of meetings held via the Zoon videoconferencing platform, Lowell City Council met in-person last night for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down most of Michigan. Instead of gathering in City […]
From March 23 to June 1, Michigan residents were under a stay-at-home order issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Lowell Police Department continued to provide 24/7 service to the city, the shutdown […]
We received the following press release from the City of Lowell. Lowell, Michigan, July 1, 2020 – City Manager Michael Burns has appointed Acting Chief of Police Christopher Hurst to the permanent title of […]
Lowell City Council met for nearly two hours and 20 minutes on the Zoom videoconferencing platform last night, and more than an hour of that time was spent hearing comments about the forced resignation of […]
Former Police Chief Steve Bukala was asked to resign his post after an investigation determined he had violated police department policy and a section of the employee handbook, according to a disciplinary action report from […]
Steve Bukala, a nearly 25-year veteran of the Lowell Police Department, resigned as Police Chief late Thursday night. No official reason has been provided for his resignation although it appears to be linked to a […]
March started like any other month. Then, schools shut down on March 13, restaurants closed their dining rooms on March 16 and the entire state was told to stay home on March 23. For the […]
Lowell City Council spent nearly an hour and a half addressing a long list of items before going into a closed session to discuss labor negotiations last night. During the course of their open meeting, […]
While residents of Lowell were raking leaves and carving pumpkins, officers with the Lowell Police Department were busy tracking down criminals and removing drunk drivers from the streets. Here’s the police stats for September and […]
In July 2019, the Lowell Police Department received 203 calls for service. These included the following, among others: 23 calls for assistance to citizens 12 calls for assistance to other agencies 19 total arrests 7 […]
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