STERLING HEIGHTS — A city-county partnership is quite literally paving the way for a new pedestrian trail in Sterling Heights.

WARREN — Warren Mayor Lori Stone has presented a $445.5 million proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year, outlining modest overall growth while warning that aging infrastructure and rising costs are putting increased pressure on the city’s finances.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Discussions about a special assessment district for canal dredging continued at the Harrison Township Board of Trustees meeting on April 13.

WARREN — Every shift in the Warren Police Department’s dispatch center is different. On a Monday night in April, a team of three dispatchers juggled phones that rarely stopped ringing. In one corner, dispatcher Linda DeVooght, was handling all police radio calls.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The Rev. Elizabeth Hurd, pastor of United Methodist Church in West Bloomfield, fulfilled a lifelong dream by appearing on the game show “Jeopardy!”

ROYAL OAK — The Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial will host a V-E Day Commemoration Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Memorial Park, 31050 Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak.

DETROIT — The origins of the award-winning, critically acclaimed musical “Suffs” — about the women’s suffrage movement — can be traced to a metro Detroit native’s middle school days.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Confusion, insults and questions were aplenty at the April 7 meeting of the Macomb Township Planning Commission, where an incomplete planning document put a halt to a commercial condominium development.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — According to a press release posted to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, at 12:37 p.m. on April 13, Marine Division deputies were dispatched for a capsized vessel report on Lake St. Clair, off St. Clair Shores. 

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS — Utica Community Schools hosted three ribbon cutting events during the week of April 6 that showcased new athletic complexes at Stevenson High School, Eisenhower High School and Henry Ford II High School.

SOUTHFIELD — The 46th Judicial District Court will conduct an amnesty program through May 1.

FERNDALE — Looking for more outings that fit their schedule, two women have created a new early evening clubbing event: Cinderellas on the Dance Floor.

CLAWSON — The city of Clawson is looking to fill a vacancy on the City Council following the leave of Heather Rinkevich in March. 

MADISON HEIGHTS — On Aug. 4, voters in Madison Heights will decide whether to approve a road millage — a tax that will cost the average homeowner about $126 each year for the next 10 years.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Officials are praising the cross-agency teamwork that led to the arrest of a suspect in connection with armed robberies at two Madison Heights businesses. The suspect is Derrick Hughes, 57, of Detroit.

ROSEVILLE — One person died in a two-vehicle crash at approximately 9:30 p.m. April 9 on southbound Groesbeck Highway, just south of Martin Road, that Roseville police suspect involved a drunken driver.

ROYAL OAK — Michigan has been a part of KISStory for 50-plus years.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Shelby Township man accused of possessing and distributing child pornography has been charged with 12 felonies, according to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office.