STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ annual evening of international cuisine and entertainment will be coming back to the Sterling Heights Community Center.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Utica Community Schools varsity basketball players from Henry Ford II High School in Sterling Heights volunteered at a Pontiac-based nonprofit organization, Grace Centers of Hope, to help prepare and serve dinner to participants in the one-year Men’s Life Skills program Feb. 8.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A new plan is germinating to grow a community garden at James C. Nelson Park by 2025, city officials recently revealed.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ quest to keep its streets safer from speeders has taken another lap.

MACOMB COUNTY — Despite some odd winter weather, cold-weather traffic safety concerns have not melted away.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Local firefighters, Macomb County officials and others recently moved into action to keep a semi-truck’s diesel spill from becoming a major environmental threat to local watercourses. 

MACOMB COUNTY — Although inflation has decreased in recent months, “I don’t know if we’re out of the woods,” said Thomas Alongi, a partner with the UHY accounting firm, in Sterling Heights.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights officials got a first look at the city’s new branding campaign that invites residents and outsiders to “Look No Further” for a place to live, do business and more.

STERLING HEIGHTS — If you’re a mom looking for good deals on resale items for children, the Sterling Heights Community Center has an upcoming event for you.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights Historical Commission recently turned a display showcase at the Sterling Heights Community Center into a portal to the past.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sometimes it takes a plan for a plan to come together. During a Feb. 6 Sterling Heights City Council meeting, City Planner Jake Parcell presented a timeline and overview of how officials will proceed with engaging the public and drafting a new edition of the city’s master land use plan.

STERLING HEIGHTS — During a Jan. 30 strategic planning session, Sterling Heights city officials were invited to “Think Sterling Green” in fresh new ways, including a plan to start reforesting the city’s tree canopy.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Macomb Community College will host a high school esports tournament Feb. 16 for Macomb County high school juniors and seniors.

During a Jan. 10 Sterling Heights Planning Commission meeting, the commission voted 8-1 to recommend city approval for a planned unit development involving a new apartment complex, Marketplace Cove Apartments. Commissioner Gerald Rowe was the lone no vote.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Love was in the air during a special Jan. 30 Sterling Heights strategic planning session at the Sterling Heights Community Center.

STERLING HEIGHTS — After around two years of prep work, the core set of ideas that will guide how Sterling Heights plans to operate for the next 10 to 15 years was finally revealed during a Jan. 30 strategic planning meeting.

STERLING HEIGHTS/TROY — With a NFC North Division championship this year, the Detroit Lions enjoyed their best season in more than 30 years.

MACOMB COUNTY — If you walk into the office of Regina-Lutheran North United head coach Paul Buscemi at Big Boy Arena, it’s impossible not to notice the alumni inspiration wall.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Six suspects are in custody following a string of jewelry store robberies at southeast Michigan malls.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A plan to add up to five new development sites for tenants at The Forum at Gateways Shopping Center recently pleased Sterling Heights Planning Commission members.