BERKLEY — The first woman mayor in Berkley’s history has died.

OAKLAND COUNTY — School districts in Berkley, Clawson and Royal Oak will be coming together to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with their annual “A Day On, Not a Day Off” event.

METRO DETROIT — Lisa Vergos has been a nurse with Corewell Health — formerly Beaumont Hospital — for approximately 20 years.

FARMINGTON/FARMINGTON HILLS — A project that city officials said could reduce internet bills for residents of Farmington and Farmington Hills was recently launched.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Becoming a Sterling Heights Featured Artist isn’t child’s play, but at the same time, it is no longer an honor solely confined to grownups.

STERLING HEIGHTS — For a noon weekday ceremony honoring a high school football coach, it’s difficult to picture what type of audience will show up. Unless that ceremony is for Sterling Heights Stevenson’s Rick Bye, because his impact is immeasurable through not just Stevenson but Utica Schools Community.

MACOMB COUNTY — As confetti is cleared from Times Square and late-made resolutions begin to be broken, it can be easy to leave 2023 behind in favor of what 2024 will bring. But while the new year is still fresh, leaders of local governments took time to examine the past year and give some idea of what can be expected in 2024.

MOUNT CLEMENS — About a quarter of a mile separates the Anton Art Center from Advancing Macomb’s offices in Mount Clemens. The short walk down Macomb Place only takes a few minutes at a solid clip, but few people’s trips match the magnitude of Phil Gilchrist’s.

MOUNT CLEMENS — The county seat’s books are clean according to accounting firm Maner Costerisan at the Mount Clemens City Commission’s Dec. 18 meeting.

METRO DETROIT — On Jan. 8, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an art contest for the 2024 State of the State program cover.

BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Police Department is taking steps toward reducing stress-related incidents, on-duty injuries and medical retirements, as well as preventing officer suicides, through a new wellness program.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice football made an offseason splash to kick off its 2024 campaign.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Police Department held its annual Shop with a Cop event to bring some good cheer during the recent holidays.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — The Eisenhower High School Fashion Club recently decided to do a good deed for those in need by donating pillowcases they made to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Troy.

STERLING HEIGHTS/SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — Bemis Junior High School students completed a monthlong challenge to practice gratitude in November, and they said that they learned a lot through the process.

UTICA — They came in their junior year and lit a fire under the program, winning the school’s first league title since 2012.

UTICA — The Lucky Leprechaun Race will be returning to downtown Utica once again with a chance for people to check off a new year’s fitness goal that they might have set.

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The West Bloomfield/Farmington Senior Expo will return to The J, formerly known as the Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit, on Wednesday, Jan. 10.

METRO DETROIT — The Community Choice Foundation, the charitable arm of Community Choice Credit Union, is now taking applications for its 2024 Scholarship Program.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Late last year, St. Clair Shores officials received an unmodified opinion for their fiscal year 2023 audit, presented by the firm Yeo and Yeo. The fiscal year ran from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.