Troy News This Week

Vital Anne and Mary Gunn finished first and second for two Troy School Board seats in Oakland County's unofficial results, and Troy Mayor Ethan Baker lost the 11th Congressional District race to Jeremy Moss. The city will keep the Troy Family Aquatic Center closed in summer 2027 to repair its underground systems.

The Weather: Overcast All Week; Highs Fall From 62° Tuesday to 41° Friday

Every day of the week is forecast overcast. Sunday, Nov. 8, has a high of 53° and a low of 33°, and Monday, Nov. 9, a high of 54°. Tuesday, Nov. 10, is the week's warmest day, with a high of 62°, followed by 57° Wednesday, Nov. 11. Highs drop to 43° Thursday, Nov. 12, and 41° Friday, Nov. 13, the week's lowest high, with wind near 18 mph. Saturday, Nov. 14, has a high of 48°. Rain chances top out at 17% Thursday and Friday.

The News

Vital Anne and Mary Gunn lead Troy school board race

Vital Anne received 11,925 votes and Mary Gunn 10,787 for two six-year seats on the Troy School District Board of Education, according to Oakland County's unofficial results, last updated Nov. 4 with all 20 precincts reporting. Walt Cook received 10,172 votes, Beau Taylor 5,728 and Michele Maleszyk, who had suspended her campaign but remained on the ballot, 4,407. The results are unofficial until certified.

An earlier county report run at 1:28 a.m. Nov. 4, which the city clerk posted, showed Anne with 11,924, Gunn 10,779, Cook 10,168, Taylor 5,725 and Maleszyk 4,404.

The Oakland County Republican Party had campaigned against Cook and Taylor, Troy Thrive reported Oct. 29.

Source: Oakland County Clerk, unofficial results, November 4, 2026; City of Troy Clerk

Mayor Ethan Baker loses 11th District race to Jeremy Moss

Democrat Jeremy Moss received 238,750 votes, 60.8%, to 144,529, 36.8%, for Republican Ethan Baker, Troy's mayor, in the 11th Congressional District, according to Oakland County's unofficial results. Libertarian Farid Ishac, Green Party candidate Ryan Teasdale and Anil Kumar, who has no party affiliation, each received less than 1%. The district includes Troy.

In Troy's own precincts, Moss led Baker 22,536 to 18,577 in the county's 1:28 a.m. Nov. 4 report posted by the city clerk. That report counted 43,620 ballots cast in Troy from 67,067 registered voters.

Source: Oakland County Clerk, unofficial results, November 4, 2026; City of Troy Clerk; WXYZ

Troy Family Aquatic Center closed for summer 2027

The city will keep the Troy Family Aquatic Center closed for the 2027 summer season to repair what it calls “significant infrastructure failures.” A review of water loss at the center in summer 2026 by Department of Public Works and Recreation staff and outside leak-detection specialists found “multiple failures throughout the facility's aging underground systems,” rather than one or two isolated leaks.

Repairs to make the center operational by 2028 are expected to cost about $1 million. The city projects it would cost about $15 million to “significantly extend the infrastructure's use” and is evaluating long-term options. The city has invested more than $1.6 million in capital improvements at the center since 2020, including more than $487,000 in fiscal year 2026 to resurface the pool.

“Because repairs can only be done in the summer, the pool will be closed for the 2027 season,” City Manager Frank Nastasi said in a news release. “We will keep evaluating its long-term future, and we hope community partnerships can be part of the solution.” The indoor leisure pool at the Troy Community Center will remain open during the repairs.

Source: WDIV, November 6, 2026

Turtle Woods park gets preliminary site plan approval

The Troy Planning Commission voted 8-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to grant preliminary site plan approval for Turtle Woods County Park, an Oakland County park on the north side of Square Lake Road between John R and Dequindre roads. A memo from Community Development Director R. Brent Savidant says the commission is authorized to approve preliminary site plans for public parks. Oakland County Commissioner Ann Erickson Gault and Vice Chair Tyler Fox each said it will be the first county park in Troy.

The plan adds a 31-space parking lot, a restroom building and a trailhead at 2473 E. Square Lake Road. Commissioners attached two conditions: appropriate lighting, reviewed by city staff, and building colors and material samples for administrative review. The county had proposed porch lights on the restroom building and no parking lot lights. Resident Russell Reynolds challenged non-native species in the plant list; the commission added no landscaping condition.

The commission also canceled its Nov. 24 and Dec. 22 meetings and reviewed the North Troy Zoning District text without a vote. Consultant Ben Carlisle asked to take the draft to a public hearing the next time the commission reviews it. On that district, the commission makes a recommendation to the City Council, which decides.

Source: Troy Thrive coverage of the Oct. 27 meeting

Steel structure complete at Troy Medical Campus

Troy residents and University of Michigan associates marked the completion of the steel structure on Oct. 21 at the 224,000-square-foot Troy Medical Campus, under construction at 2112 Cunningham Drive on part of the former Kmart headquarters property. It will house the Sidney and Madeline Forbes Advanced Imaging Center and the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center, and could open as soon as summer 2027. C&G Newspapers reported a roughly $250 million investment in the cardiovascular center.

“The idea that the center is being built where 250,000-plus Oakland County residents will now have much closer access to quality medical care means a great deal to (residents),” Mayor Ethan Baker said. Forbes/Frankel Troy Ventures is developing plans for housing, offices, retail and a hotel on part of the same property; city officials are still considering them.

Source: C&G Newspapers, November 4, 2026

Police seek five in Halloween theft of 86-year-old's jewelry

Troy police are looking for five people in a car who took a gold necklace and a bracelet from an 86-year-old woman on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31. According to police, the woman was walking in her subdivision, in the 1600 block of Jackson Drive, between 1 and 6:18 p.m., when the people in the car called her over. One passenger grabbed her and kissed her face, then placed a small pile of jewelry in her hands. Police put the stolen jewelry's value at $20,000, WDIV reported.

A second WDIV report says the woman was taking out the trash at her senior apartment complex when she was lured to a nearby car, that fake jewelry was left in place of her own, and that she lost more than $20,000 in gold jewelry. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Troy Police Department.

Source: WDIV, November 5, 2026 (two reports)

Metro Detroit

El-Sayed and Benson win; zoo and museum taxes pass

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, leading 52% to 46% with more than two-thirds of the vote counted, The Detroit News reported. Decision Desk HQ and Fox News called the race. El-Sayed, 42, of Ann Arbor, is the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, the paper reported. He succeeds Sen. Gary Peters, who did not seek a third term.

Democrat Jocelyn Benson, the secretary of state, defeated Republican U.S. Rep. John James for governor. Benson had about 55% of the vote to James' 43% at 3:55 a.m. Nov. 4, The Detroit News reported. She succeeds Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who was term-limited. Democrats kept control of the state Senate and won control of the state House, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties renewed the Detroit Zoo millage, WXYZ reported. The Detroit Free Press, citing Macomb County's ballot language and partial unofficial results, described it as a 10-year renewal and restoration of the millage to 0.10 mill. Wayne and Oakland county voters also approved a 10-year, 0.2-mill levy for the Detroit Historical Society and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, WXYZ reported. The ballot language calls it a new millage, for the Wright Museum, the Detroit Historical Museum, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum and other public historical museums. The counties' official canvass follows.

Source: The Detroit News, Senate and governor, November 4, 2026; WXYZ Detroit; ballot language via WDIV Local 4; Detroit Free Press, November 4 and November 5, 2026

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