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Published April 23, 2021

City of Sterling Heights to poll public on pet poultry

STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights will hold off on a decision on whether to allow residents to own backyard chickens until a flock of survey respondents give their opinions.

Remnants of disposable wipes and other debris sit after being raked from higher sections of the giant bar screen at the Northeast Sewage Pumping Station in Detroit.

Published April 23, 2021

C&G Newspapers

OAKLAND COUNTY — Pandemic trash has caused issues for the region’s waterways, the state’s recycling industry and, ultimately, the business supply chain.

Published April 20, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Suspect arrested after firefighters find body in residential blaze

ROSEVILLE — A suspect is in custody and has been charged with homicide and arson following an investigation by the Roseville Police Department and Roseville Fire Department after a fire destroyed a home in the Leslie’s Mobile Home Complex and a body was discovered inside.

Authorities say a Dakota High School student used a social media application to locate someone within the “dark web" and then paid them money to make a shooting threat April 19.

Published April 20, 2021

Macomb Township Chronicle

Police: Student used app to pay for threats made at Dakota High School

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — An initial investigation has determined that calls made about an active shooter situation were set up by a Dakota High School student.

Published April 20, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

New vehicle bridge, kayak launch open at Lake Front Park

GROSSE POINTE WOODS/ST. CLAIR SHORES — Two new amenities at Lake Front Park opened to the public last weekend.

Police rescue woman from house fire, firefighters douse blaze

Published April 19, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak police rescue woman from house fire, firefighters douse blaze

ROYAL OAK — At approximately 9 p.m. April 7, Royal Oak first responders received a 911 call about a burning house in the 700 block of Magnolia Avenue, where a husband, wife and their dog lived.

Published April 19, 2021

Metro

Beaumont, patients share their experience during third COVID-19 surge

OAKLAND COUNTY — Samantha Shelton, 34, of Lake Orion, knows first-hand how debilitating a COVID-19 infection can be.

Published April 19, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Discarded barbecue coals spark house fire

ST. CLAIR SHORES — There were no reported injuries in a house fire April 18 in the 20000 block of Elizabeth Street.

Published April 19, 2021

Sterling Heights Sentry

City’s event schedule hopes to give COVID-weary residents a ‘break’

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights is optimistic that some newly scheduled events can give people a break from being cooped up in their homes, should the threat of COVID-19 recede from the community.

Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers has started a Post COVID-19 Outpatient Rehabilitation Recovery Program. Kip Worley works with physical therapist Kayla Daniels March 29.

Published April 15, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Health care officials respond to COVID-19 recovery needs

METRO DETROIT — Recovering from COVID-19 can be a long process, and health care officials are seeing a new need to support people through it.

Published April 15, 2021

Metro

METRO DETROIT — Once the pandemic inundated all of our realities, people discovered a newfound appreciation for cycling as one of the purest and safest forms of escape.

Published April 15, 2021

Metro

Flushed wipes ‘wreaking havoc’ on pipes, pump stations

METRO DETROIT — Not all wipes are disposable, even if packages claim otherwise.

Troy Firefighters spray water on the exterior of Midwest Acorn, 501 Executive Drive, to extinguish a large fire that broke through the roof of the building April 11.

Published April 14, 2021

Troy Times

Firefighters extinguish fire breaking through roof of local business

TROY — An activated fire alarm at Midwest Acorn Nut Co., 501 Executive Drive, quickly turned into a blaze that took Troy firefighters and other emergency personnel over eight hours to extinguish and clean up April 11.

In a joint statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, officials recommended a pause in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pending the additional review of data involving “a rare and severe type of blood clot” in six individuals who received the vaccine. All six were women between the ages of 18 and 48. As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been administered in the U.S., according to the statement.

Published April 13, 2021

Warren Weekly

Drive-thru vaccine clinic at Warren’s City Hall suspended

WARREN — The drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Warren's City Hall parking structure was suspended indefinitely on April 13 at the recommendation of federal health officials, citing a need for further review of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Published April 12, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Driver mistakes pedals, crashes into restaurant

ROYAL OAK — At approximately 4:12 p.m. April 8, Royal Oak police responded to a report of a vehicle that had struck WOW Mediterranean restaurant, 1015 N. Campbell Road, just north of Gardenia Avenue.

Published April 10, 2021

Southfield Sun

Southfield woman seeks help in restoring historic piano

SOUTHFIELD — For as long as she can remember, the sound of a Steinway piano has been a part of Alicia Nuccilli’s life. Her father, Ed Nuccilli, was a well-known jazz artist in Detroit who worked with several Motown superstars, like Smokey Robinson.

Published April 10, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Oakland County Michigan Works! hosts free yearlong financial fitness series

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County Michigan Works! annual weeklong Money Smart week programming, in partnership with the Federal Reserve, just got longer — by 51 weeks, to be exact.