Shelby - Utica News

Published March 5, 2021

UCS community working toward safe return to fully in-person learning

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — The Utica Community Schools district is continuing to work together to smoothly transition students back to in-person learning by taking safety precautions and collecting data from a recent survey sent to staff and families.

Published March 4, 2021

Grant provides $4.1 million to 800 county businesses affected by state safety orders

MACOMB COUNTY — A recent grant has positively impacted 800 small businesses in Macomb County.

Published March 2, 2021

Utica installs new radio tower to replace storm-damaged tower

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica completed the installation of a new radio communications tower Feb. 24 to replace the old radio tower that had been damaged by a storm last year.

Published February 26, 2021

After many years, Utica resumes sending email newsletter to residents

UTICA — The city of Utica has decided that it will resume the sending of the occasional informational newsletter in the form of an email to residents.

Published February 25, 2021

Utica Community Schools music teacher receives grant to buy instruments

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Utica Community Schools teacher is putting funds to good use after being chosen among 40 teachers across Michigan to receive a grant to implement their innovative ideas in their classrooms.

Published February 24, 2021

Utica firefighter receives dream promotion to lieutenant

UTICA — A Utica firefighter was honored to receive a promotion Feb. 12 after almost 13 years with the Utica Fire Department.

Published February 24, 2021

Metroparks seeking public input on proposed grant projects at Stony Creek

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority is seeking public input on proposed projects at Stony Creek Metropark that are being submitted to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Recreation Grants program.

Published February 24, 2021

Third segment of I-75 modernization project begins

OAKLAND COUNTY — On Feb. 11, the Michigan Department of Transportation and Oakland Corridor Partners presented the plan for the third and final segment of the Interstate 75 modernization project in Oakland County, scheduled to start Feb. 26.

Published February 24, 2021

MCC tuition rates to increase slightly next year

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College students will see an increase in their tuition next year.

Disability Network Oakland and Macomb’s Center for Independent Living is located at 709 John R Road in Troy.

Published February 23, 2021

Disability Network pens letter requesting vaccine priority for disabled Michiganders

METRO DETROIT — A letter of appeal requesting that disabled Michiganders, and their caregivers, be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine has been sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ offices.

Published February 23, 2021

Home aquariums get popular amid pandemic

METRO DETROIT — As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and people are confined to the comfort of their own homes, many are looking for new hobbies and things to do.

Published February 23, 2021

Restaurants get creative to find, afford basic supplies

METRO DETROIT — Deni Smiljanovski, the owner of Lazybones barbecue restaurant in Roseville, remembers what it was like this time last year to keep his cooler stocked and his customers fed.

Published February 23, 2021

Grosse Pointe Park residents, officials speak out after KKK flag placed in home window

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A Ku Klux Klan flag displayed in the window of a Grosse Pointe Park home has sparked outrage in the community.

Published February 23, 2021

Rally attracts hundreds to Grosse Pointe Park to declare, ‘Hate has no home in Grosse Pointe’

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Hundreds of local residents took to the streets in Grosse Pointe Park the afternoon of Feb. 21 to show support for a Black Grosse Pointe Park family after a neighbor put a Ku Klux Klan flag in a side window facing the family’s home.

Published February 23, 2021

Local organizations host virtual conference on marijuana

MACOMB COUNTY — Over 600 education and business professionals from around the state virtually gathered to “clear the smoke” about legalized marijuana.

Published February 23, 2021

Protests continue over charges from past Shelby protest incident

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A press conference was held in Shelby Township at 10 a.m. Feb. 1 addressing charges that stemmed from a local protest Oct. 24, in which residents from the metro Detroit area came together to protest against the Shelby Township Police Department.

Anana — a female polar bear brought to the Detroit Zoo from the Cincinnati Zoo in January 2020 to breed with male polar bear Nuka, 16 — died Feb. 8. Nuka killed her in a breeding attempt.

Published February 22, 2021

Detroit Zoo mourns polar bear death during breeding attempt

ROYAL OAK — Hot on the heels of the ecstatic Jan. 28 announcement that female polar bear Suka, 8, had successfully birthed twin cubs via male polar bear Nuka, 16, the Detroit Zoo about-faced into tragedy.

Published February 22, 2021

Ross resigns from UCS Board of Education after 16 years

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — After 16 years on the Utica Community Schools Board of Education, Trustee Robert Ross recently announced his resignation to focus more on his family.

Published February 22, 2021

Vaccine distribution makes way to UCS staff

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — As Utica Community Schools continues to move toward more in-person instruction, district officials are organizing partnerships to increase the availability of vaccines to the Utica Community Schools staff.

Published February 22, 2021

Be on the lookout for vaccine scams

METRO DETROIT — Scammers have no shame. Law enforcement agencies continue to report solicitation schemes and identity theft rackets from ill-intentioned folks taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.