Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller and Chapaton Retention Basin assistant manager Kris Benda stand in the testing lab at the Chapaton Retention Basin in St. Clair Shores.

Published February 1, 2019

Public Works uses caution when frozen ground, snow melt and rain collide

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb County Public Works employees at the Chapaton and Martin retention basins prevented more than 30 million gallons of combined sewer overflow from spilling into Lake St. Clair Jan. 24 after rain and snow melt combined to fill the basin.

Published February 1, 2019

Pencil in Saturdays for SatARTdays

MOUNT CLEMENS — The Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens and First State Bank in St. Clair Shores have partnered up to bring free monthly art experiences to the community through the end of 2019.

Published January 31, 2019

The Friday 5 — Feb. 1-3

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published January 30, 2019

Home exercise space can be bare bones or high tech

METRO DETROIT — Cold, wet weather and icy streets can kill one’s motivation to stay physically active.

Published January 30, 2019

Organizations share plant-based lifestyle experiences, benefits

METRO DETROIT — At the age of 55, Paul Chatlin could not walk more than seven steps without having to stop and take several breaths. He also found out he had three blocked coronary arteries and was a candidate for bypass surgery.

Published January 28, 2019

Metro Detroit pummeled in winter blast

MOUNT CLEMENS/HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The first major winter storm of 2019 in southeast Michigan certainly lived up to weather forecasters’ expectations.

Published January 28, 2019

Friends no longer flying ‘Under the Radar’ after navigating recession

ROCHESTER — When the Great Recession hit, Rochester resident Tom Daldin had no choice but to reinvent himself.

Published January 28, 2019

DTE must bolster downed wire response, state says

LANSING — After two record-setting windstorms and at least one death, the Michigan Public Service Commission went to work to review DTE Energy’s response to downed electric lines.

The body of a missing man was recovered from Lake St. Clair Jan. 26.

Published January 26, 2019

Body of missing person recovered from Lake St. Clair

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The body of a missing Harrison Township man, who had been reported missing by family on Jan. 7, was found in a canal near his home Jan. 26.

Published January 25, 2019

Rea appointed new deputy county executive in Macomb

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel is bringing John Paul Rea back as deputy county executive.

Published January 25, 2019

Arraignment waived in Harrison Township fatal hit-and-run

MOUNT CLEMENS/HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The man charged in the October 2018 hit-and-run death of a Warren woman waived his right to an arraignment in Macomb County Circuit Court Jan. 22.

Published January 25, 2019

Local communities gaining more control over fireworks

HARRISON TOWNSHIP/MOUNT CLEMENS — On Dec. 29, outgoing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder approved a package of bills aimed at giving local communities more control to regulate the use and sale of fireworks.

Published January 25, 2019

Two men arrested for breaking into several vehicles in Harrison Township

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Two men were arrested Jan. 17 after officials said they broke into several vehicles in Harrison Township. According to a report from the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the area of Cottrell Road and Jefferson Avenue at 5:45 a.m. in response to a suspicious person.

Published January 25, 2019

Former judge, aviator Don Miller dies

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Donald Miller, who served as a judge and an Air Force officer, died Jan. 18. He was 80 years old. Well-known in aviation and in legal circuits, Miller, of Harrison Township, was the husband of Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller.

Published January 25, 2019

Comedy Castle to host Guardians for Animals fundraiser

ROYAL OAK — Guardians for Animals proves there is strength in numbers. The nonprofit network supports 17 no-kill animal rescues. Together, they have saved nearly 33,200 animals over the past 15 years, including more than 1,700 in 2018 alone.

Published January 24, 2019

The Friday 5 — Jan. 25-27

Your guide to this weekend's events

Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz congratulates Keeper of the Dream scholarship recipient Gicentroy Henry III Jan. 21 at OU.

Published January 23, 2019

Oakland University speaker calls for equity, not equality

ROCHESTER HILLS — Award-winning journalist and communications strategist Jeff Johnson did not mince words about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “What does the ‘dream’ mean to me?” he asked Jan. 21 at Oakland University. “I think that most diversity inclusion stuff is really cute. I’ve seen the pamphlets. Every campus has one.”

Published January 23, 2019

Following the beat in high school

METRO DETROIT — Increased problem solving, better listening, mastery of memorization and enhanced coordination. All with a built-in family for the four years of high school. How can students take advantage of a program that gives them all that? Join the band.

Published January 23, 2019

On a budget, find ways to refresh your home without renovating

METRO DETROIT — A big renovation might not be in a household’s budget, but there are some less costly ways to refresh a home that can please homeowners and also help when they put their homes on the market. C & G Newspapers spoke with a real estate agent and a tile expert about ways folks can reinvigorate their homes without renovating.

Michigan State Police assist in the search for a missing man, who was last seen in the area of Huron Pointe Drive and Lakeshore Drive two weeks ago.

Published January 23, 2019

Michigan State Police assist in search for missing Harrison Township man

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Members of the Michigan State Police were in Harrison Township Jan. 22 to assist in the search for an elderly man who local officials said went missing more than two weeks prior.