METRO DETROIT — Michigan is no dry state, and not just because of the rain and snow. Walk into any grocery store, restaurant, or party this season, and you will be sure to find some kind of Michigan-made craft drink.

UTICA — The 2022 Utica High School Warrior yearbook has earned a Spartan Award from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association.

UTICA/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Kiwanis Club of Utica-Shelby Township is a community service organization in Utica whose mission is to help youth and the community through charitable works.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department is looking for a group of people who did not pay their food bill Nov. 30 at a local restaurant.

NOVI — The Novi Police Department donated $10,000 to the Michael and Rose Assarian Cancer Center at Ascension Providence Hospital in Novi Dec. 6 to help cover expenses for the families of patients undergoing cancer treatments.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Boutique salon Bell Amore’s owners have faced huge challenges in the past few years, but they continue to have a focus on the community.

NOVI — On the morning of Dec. 15, busloads of Novi students, staff and parents arrived at the Academy of the Americas Cub K-3 campus in southwest Detroit to provide underprivileged youths with some Christmas cheer.

NOVI — The Dec. 15 Novi Community School District Board of Education meeting was the last engagement for longtime Novi school board members Bobbie Murphy and Kathy Hood.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — There’s boxing in the traditional sense, and then there’s Rumble Boxing.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester girls golf made its return to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 State Finals and put the division and the state on notice with its play.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Last year was all part of a systematic plan for Rochester Adams boys soccer.

METRO DETROIT — Each winter, staff and volunteers from the Clinton River Watershed Council brave the cold and take to the watershed in search of bugs.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Phase two of a major construction project on the Oakland-Macomb County border is underway, closing sections of Avon Road.

EASTPOINTE — A United States District Court judge has issued an injunction, agreed to by the plaintiffs and defense in a lawsuit, that explains and enumerates multiple issues that the public can address during the public comment portion of Eastpointe’s City Council meetings.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Oakland Township Board of Trustees is on the hunt for a new supervisor following the resignation of Dominic Abbate.

EASTPOINTE — The memory of William F. Webb continues to live on in Eastpointe Community Schools.

METRO DETROIT — DTE Energy, which provides energy to 2.3 million customers in southeast Michigan, is preparing its 20-year strategy for how it will implement more clean and renewable energy into its energy production.

SOUTHFIELD — The United Way for Southeastern Michigan’s Tech United Initiative aims to bridge the digital divide among students by providing technology to schools to amplify learning through their team of southeast Michigan executives and IT professionals.

SOUTHFIELD — Many wouldn’t dare enter a war zone, but for Ethan Gross, the CEO of Globe Midwest Adjusters International, visiting Ukraine was vital for him to see firsthand what he could do to help.

EASTPOINTE — If you made it out to the Holly Dickens Festival or visited the Plymouth Historical Museum earlier this month, perhaps you saw a performance from local singers Simply Dickens.