UTICA — A program based on family, faith and winning shined once more this season when the Michigan Lutheran Basketball Association State Tournament took place at Concordia University March 4-5.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Eisenhower Science Olympiad team on March 18 placed first overall at the regional tournament for the fourth year in a row.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office authorized a petition April 13 to charge a 16-year-old student for allegedly making a threat at Eisenhower High School last month.

MACOMB COUNTY — The dynamic of community college sports is unlike any other.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — On March 24, representatives from Shelby Township and the Macomb County Chamber of Commerce came together for the State of the Township address to share a comprehensive look at the recent accomplishments and plans in the township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Shelby Township is asking residents for their input through a survey to help plan the township’s updates to its master plan and its annual top priorities.

UTICA — Utica’s annual Puppy Parade will return at 2 p.m. April 29 with an even bigger event this year.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Macomb County Historical Society and the Crocker House Museum will be hosting their biggest fundraiser of the year — the Yvonne Leslie Pottery Luncheon — from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 at Shelby Gardens Banquets & Events, 50265 Van Dyke Ave. in Shelby Township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Local nature photographers have recently spotted two American bald eagles nesting in Shelby Township’s Holland Ponds Park with possible eggs in the nest.

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College students considering a career in the health care field will now have the opportunity to participate in an apprenticeship.

STERLING HEIGHTS/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Henry Ford II had been longing for a spot at the top of the Macomb Area Conference-White, and in 2023, behind a strong cast of experience and youth, the team came for more than just that.

UTICA — Basketball has been buzzing at Utica High School, and rightfully so.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Theater students from Utica Ford High School last month gave the best performance in the school’s history of performing at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association One-Act State Festival at Central Michigan University.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Andrea Misho, a PTO officer at Burr Elementary School and a co-adviser of the Macomb Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant student leadership organization, saw an opportunity in an underutilized space.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Senior Center has announced its featured artist for March and April.

UTICA — The city of Utica is in the process of updating its master plan and would like the public to help shape it.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Library reopened March 6 after an approximately two-month closure because of water damage that occurred after a building failure on Christmas Eve.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — An Oakland Township woman who fled to Thailand following a fatal hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day has been arraigned on a felony charge upon returning to Michigan.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Gardeners Club is having a special presentation all about hummingbirds at its 1 p.m. April 13 program at the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center in Shelby Township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Eisenhower senior Mario D’Annunzio came into the season with one thing on his mind — a 34-year-old school record on the 11-dive that has stood the test of time.