Metro

Published September 22, 2021

Take small steps now to be prepared when disaster strikes

METRO DETROIT — Fire, flood and storm damage could strike at any time. The difference between disaster and making it through could hinge on how much one is prepared for the worst.

Published September 22, 2021

Coping with the pandemic in the classroom

METRO DETROIT — In April 2020 — one month after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer closed schools statewide because of COVID-19 — Warren Consolidated Schools staff members established a social and emotional learning committee.

Published September 21, 2021

Police investigating allegations against local lawmaker

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A local lawmaker has been stripped of his committee assignments and has been served with a personal protection order by a colleague in the state House of Representatives.

Published September 9, 2021

Silver medalist, Berkley native recounts journey that led to Olympic dreams

BERKLEY — More than a month ago, weightlifter Kate Nye was in an arena in Tokyo waiting to go before judges in an attempt to pursue her dreams of becoming an Olympic medalist.

Published September 8, 2021

Experts discuss dorm room glow-ups

METRO DETROIT — As colleges and universities welcome students back, those who opt to reside on campus are faced with the challenge of how to decorate often small and blank-walled dormitories.

Published September 8, 2021

It’s time for a screen time reset

METRO DETROIT — Screen time has been in the spotlight for years, and there are even apps that monitor and enforce limits on the amount of time users spend on a phone, tablet or other electronic device.

Drummer and “huge” Rolling Stones fan Brian Pastoria, of Warren, got an autograph from Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts after they both appeared in the book “Sticks ‘N’ Skins.” Watts died Aug. 24.

Published September 8, 2021

Local fans, musicians remember drummer Charlie Watts

METRO DETROIT — Rock ‘n’ roll fans around the world were saddened when Charlie Watts — one of music’s best-known drummers who, for decades, provided the backbeat for the Rolling Stones — died Aug. 24.

Michigan Chapter Walkers — like those pictured here — will return to the Detroit Zoo for the annual Alzheimer’s Association Detroit Walk to End Alzheimer’s this fall.

Published September 8, 2021

Walkers hope to make strides in battle against Alzheimer’s disease

ROYAL OAK — Alzheimer’s disease stole Colton Dale’s chance to get to know his grandfather, who developed it when Dale was very young. What sticks in Dale’s mind is the way his otherwise stoic father reacted to his own father’s deteriorating mental state.

Published August 30, 2021

Michigan State Fair to return to in-person programming

NOVI — After a year of fully virtual programming, the Michigan State Fair, hosted at the Suburban Collection Showplace, will return to in-person festivities for the 2021 season.

Published August 25, 2021

Get an inside look at the homes of interior designers

METRO DETROIT — If you’ve ever toured a designers’ show house or hired an interior designer, you’ve seen how interior designers can reimagine a space in a host of astonishingly inventive ways. But how do these designers decorate their own homes?

Published August 25, 2021

Nursing and paramedic shortages reported in Michigan

METRO DETROIT — The labor shortages that have been occurring across the state have also affected two industries that have a direct impact on the health of residents.

Published August 24, 2021

Behind the Wheel: Custom-made pickup truck is built to last

METRO DETROIT — What started out as “a big, old, ugly truck” was transformed into a shiny, custom-built vehicle when Michael Loudermilk flexed his mechanical skills.

Published August 24, 2021

Elected officials, nonprofits call on utilities to do more to avoid outages

METRO DETROIT — Just as local utilities restored electricity to the last of the customers who lost power during the storms Aug. 11, a number of government and nonprofit groups publicly demanded the companies take responsibility — in some cases, monetarily — for multi-day outages.

Laura Wallace managed to make the dean’s list for the summer 2021 semester at Lawrence Technological University, all while working in a hospital ICU during a pandemic.

Published August 23, 2021

Student juggles school, hospital work during pandemic

METRO DETROIT — Laura Wallace’s message to fellow nursing students is that, when the going gets tough, like in a pandemic, keep going.

Published August 22, 2021

Michigan Supreme Court rules against revenue sharing suit

METRO DETROIT — On July 28, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled largely in favor of the state in a case that addressed Michigan’s Headlee Amendment, which, in part, requires that roughly half of the state’s spending from state revenue sources each year be paid as aid to local governments.

Published August 20, 2021

Detroit Jazz Festival cites safety in decision to go virtual again this year

DETROIT — Despite initial plans to return to an in-person format this year, Detroit Jazz Festival organizers announced Aug. 17 that they would be reverting to a virtual event, instead, over concerns about the delta variant of COVID-19.