METRO DETROIT — Planting flowers around your home in the fall can help bring color and cheer to the otherwise dreary autumn season, and it will brighten your spring season as well.

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS/TROY — On Sept. 2, the Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education issued a press release to announce that the district is seeking applicants to be considered for an appointment to the school board.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights City Council has voted to make improvements at one of the city’s parks.

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS/CENTER LINE — At press time, educators were still awaiting word from Lansing as to whether or not there will be any increases for per-pupil funding for the 2025-2026 school year.

STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — As the newly reconstructed DeKeyser Elementary School was ready to welcome students back, Utica Community Schools held a ribbon cutting and open house Sunday, Aug. 24.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A new ordinance has been introduced that will allow residents in Sterling Heights to install solar panels — with restrictions.

METRO DETROIT — The 2025 high school football season is officially underway as last weekend teams all over Michigan played their first game of the year.

METRO DETROIT — When it comes to car cruises, Jerry Naumann knows how to make a grand entrance.

METRO DETROIT — Creating a lasting business in a community can be quite difficult. Growing that business can be even more stressful.

METRO DETROIT — Here's a look at five things to do during the holiday weekend of Aug. 28-Sept. 1.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A 41-year-old school bus driver from Grosse Pointe Park died after touching a power line while working on a lift on Aug. 25, Sterling Heights police said in a media release.

METRO DETROIT — College dorms are starting to fill up with students for the fall semester. For many, it will be their first time living away from home, and the limited space of their dorm room can be a puzzle.

METRO DETROIT — Here's a look at five things to do during the weekend of Aug. 21-24.

METRO DETROIT — For those who have active roles in various business spaces in the metro Detroit area, shopping plazas can provide some benefits for in-person shopping as opposed to buying online.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Residents of Sterling Heights will soon be getting the city’s lifestyle magazine in a new, modernized format.

UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — State Rep. Ron Robinson, R-Utica, appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Economic Opportunity in late July to advocate in support of two grant proposals for public safety and infrastructure in Macomb County.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Detroit man is facing charges related to a shooting and assault involving his wife that occurred in July in Sterling Heights.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Despite one councilman’s objection, the Sterling Heights City Council voted to approve the purchase of more Flock Safety cameras.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A newcomer to the Sterling Heights City Council election won’t be moving to the November contest.

MACOMB COUNTY — Several months after the mayors of the two largest cities in Macomb County signed an agreement aimed at bolstering the defense industry’s ties to the region, they have collaboratively launched a national search to fill a key leadership position.