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FEBRUARY 19, 2025 • Vol. 21, No. 4
Stained glass window vandalized at historic Meadow Book Hall PUBLIC ASKED TO HELP IDENTIFY SUSPECT BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
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Rochester High’s cheer team is pictured at a competition at Auburn Hills Avondale High School earlier this season. After finishing in third place at the Division 1 state finals last season, Rochester is aiming for the top this year. Photo provided by Slobodan Grabovac
Rochester High cheer looks to get back to the top BY SCOTT BENTLEY sbentley@candgnews.com
ROCHESTER — The city of Rochester has established itself as the premier spot in Michigan for competitive cheerleading and Rochester High School is at the forefront of that charge. According to the Michigan High School Athletic Association, the top three cheer teams in Division 1 are Rochester High, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Rochester
Adams, respectively. In fact, the last time one of those three teams didn’t win the Division 1 state title was 2018, and the last time all three missed a top-two finish was 2014. “We know how hard we’re working and that they’re working just as hard,” Samantha Koehler, Rochester’s coach, said. “We know that the competitions that we see — especially in our league competitions — we’re going to see the best teams in the state.” A strong argument can be made that See CHEER on page 8A
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ROCHESTER HILLS — Meadow Brook Hall, a historic mansion on the campus of Oakland University, was recently vandalized and police are hoping the public can help identify the suspect. “This is a very distressing situation for all of us at Meadow Brook Hall — from our staff and dedicated volunteers to the many members of our community who have visited, spent holidays here, gotten married here,” Meadow Brook Hall Executive Director Bill Matt said in a provided statement. “Frankly, it is upsetting to anyone who takes pride in having a remarkably beautiful National Historic Landmark in their community.” Police were alerted after a Meadow Brook Hall employee noticed damage to a set of stained glass windows the morning of Feb. 4. Upon checking surveillance footage, university police said the suspect — a white male wearing a dark jacket, gray mask and knit red hat with a hood over it — was captured on video approaching the hall on foot at around 1:25 a.m. Feb. 4. “He walks by the welcome center of the hall and walks to the front of the building, walking by several other windows, where he appears to pick out this certain window,” Oakland University Police Chief Mark Gordon said.