SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — A sophomore Manufacturing, Automation and Design Engineering student at Stevenson High School finished in fourth place during this past weekend’s opening night of racing for the Must See Racing Series — Midwest Lights pavement winged sprint car race at Lorain Raceway Park in Elyria, Ohio.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — For over 20 years, West Bloomfield Fire Department Capt. and EMS Coordinator Gary Proctor has assisted local residents during medical emergencies.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester resident Marlene Stieve had always planned to be a teacher, but all that changed after she took a temporary job with the U.S. Postal Service for the holidays.

ROCHESTER — When the world shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Rochester resident Donna Dzialo found her inspiration for a new piece of artwork that’s currently on display at Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — Stevenson High School Manufacturing, Automation and Design Engineering senior Kayli Nguyen won first place in the gas tungsten arc welding division at the 2022 Ferris State Secondary Welding Competition May 6, making her the first female competitor to win that division in the competition’s history.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — A Utica Community Schools dad recently returned an overdue library book that he borrowed more than 40 years ago when he attended the same elementary school that his daughters do now, Dresden Elementary School.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Whether it’s for the birds, the community or himself, Joe Wagner is all about decorating the spaces around him.

WARREN — “I like Ukrainian art,” Olena Papiz said with a smile from the couch of her Warren home. “Besides that, I like embroidery."

ROCHESTER HILLS — Raymond Tarabusi has a mind like a steel trap. The army veteran, 97, remembers the events surrounding D-Day as if they were yesterday.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — When Debra Peck Lichtenberg succeeded John Lamerato as the city controller and treasurer in Grosse Pointe Farms in June 2017, she had big shoes to fill.