SOUTHFIELD — Southfield families enjoyed an afternoon of winter fun during Winter Fest Feb. 1 at the Southfield Sports Arena, located at 26000 Evergreen Road.

ROSEVILLE — Rink rats who spent their youth at Great Skate in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s — including 1988 Warren Woods Tower High School graduate Greg Childs, pictured, who once worked there — are invited to the rink’s annual reunion from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 15. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — Mayor Michael Taylor is standing by his call to end police department partnerships with federal agencies but acknowledges his push lacks support from the City Council. It’s been a whirlwind few weeks since Taylor delivered a fiery address at the close of the Jan.

WARREN — A Warren woman is facing second-degree murder charges in her husband’s death. In the early morning hours of Jan. 27, Moriah Dandrade, 31, allegedly killed her husband, according to a press release from the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office.

SOUTHFIELD — Southfield resident and senior at Oakland University Marcus Johnson was honored at the Oakland University Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Award Ceremony on Jan. 19.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A community group that focuses on substance misuse in Sterling Heights is taking aim at unregulated mood-altering products widely available throughout the city.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — On Jan. 19, a St. Clair Shores resident celebrated her 100th birthday.  Marjorie Nank grew up in Grosse Pointe Farms. She grew up boating as her father was a fisherman on Lake St. Clair.  Nank found work for herself typing documents for a neighbor.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Is a ravenous insect responsible for recruiting one of the city’s top-performing employees?

EAST LANSING — The representative council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association has approved the expansion of personal branding activities, allowing student-athletes at MHSAA member schools to benefit from such opportunities.

FERNDALE — A fire that ignited a Ferndale home Jan. 29 was strong enough to force its eventual demolition.

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Fire Department arrived at a house fire at approximately 8:20 p.m. Jan. 27 in the 22000 block of Leewright Avenue, south of Nine Mile Road and west of Telegraph Road, and found the structure with heavy smoke and flames.

SOUTHFIELD — At approximately 2:44 a.m. Jan. 29, the Southfield Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at a four-story apartment complex located at 23105 Providence Drive, off Nine Mile Road, west of Greenfield Road.

CENTER LINE — It was where the chilly air met the best chili in town.  On the afternoon of Jan. 24, the Center Line Moms and Dads’ Club held its first-ever chili cook-off fundraiser in the Center Line High School cafeteria.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Clinton Township Board of Trustees approved amendments to the township budget at its Jan. 26 meeting, paving the way for a new playground feature and police overtime.

NOVI — Despite some pushback from residents, the Novi City Council decided Jan. 26 to move forward with a planned rezoning overlay for a development to be built on approximately 34 acres of land east of Novi Road, south of 10 Mile Road.

SOUTHFIELD — After being dubbed the 2025 Detroit Lions Fans of the Year, Southfield mother-daughter duo Ninotchka Jackson-Wright and Kyla Wright are competing for the title of the Ultimate NFL Fan of the Year.

NOVI — Changlin Li, of Novi, the man who allegedly hijacked an ambulance last October, was declared to be incompetent to stand trial during a forensic review and competency hearing on Jan. 14 in 52-1 District Court.

ROYAL OAK — City Manager Joe Gacioch’s separation agreement has officially been approved by the Royal Oak City Commission as of Jan. 12.