Sterling Heights Sentry

A school bus windshield was broken when ice fell from another vehicle and hit it Jan. 21 in Shelby Township, according to Utica Community Schools officials.

Published January 24, 2020

Flying ice hits UCS bus, injuring driver and student

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Community Schools officials are praising a bus driver, as well as Malow Junior High students and staff, after a flying chunk of ice smashed their bus windshield Jan. 21.

Work continues on an expansion of the Chaldean Community Foundation’s campus, located near the intersection of 15 Mile and Ryan roads in Sterling Heights.

Published January 24, 2020

Chealdean foundation predicts expansion in 2020

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Chaldean Community Foundation prides itself on its outreach, and it sees the boundaries of its services expanding and moving outward this year.

Published January 24, 2020

Scholarship, mini-grant opportunities available

METRO DETROIT — High school students planning to attend college or a vocational trade school are encouraged to look into scholarship opportunities from two local credit unions.

Published January 23, 2020

The Friday 5 — Jan. 24-26

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published January 22, 2020

Free and discounted radon tests are available in January

METRO DETROIT — You can’t see, smell or taste it — but radon lurking in your home in winter months when doors and windows stay closed, which allows radon to collect, can cause lung cancer.

Published January 22, 2020

Parents debate when is right for children to have smartphones

METRO DETROIT — When to give a child a smartphone depends on a lot of factors, say metro Detroit parents.

Published January 21, 2020

Beaumont researchers discover key biomarkers for predicting autism in newborns

METRO DETROIT — Scientists are one step closer to developing an autism screening for newborns.

Published January 20, 2020

Macomb County whistleblower lawsuit dismissed

MACOMB COUNTY — A former Macomb County director’s whistleblower lawsuit has officially been dismissed.

Published January 20, 2020

Selfridge, Macomb County sign updated P4 agreement

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — An updated agreement between Macomb County and Selfridge Air National Guard Base is now official.

Published January 20, 2020

‘Approving this shows we oppose any attempts to undermine our rights’

MACOMB COUNTY — Should Macomb County be a Second Amendment sanctuary county?

Published January 17, 2020

Detroit prepares for 2020 Winter Blast festival

DETROIT — Detroit is getting ready for its annual Winter Blast festival, which will run from Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9, in Cadillac Square.

Published January 17, 2020

High lake levels will continue into 2020

With the Great Lakes starting 2020 higher than they did in 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is urging those impacted by high water levels in 2019 to prepare for a similar situation this year.

Published January 17, 2020

Sterling Heights residents, officials sound off on refugee policy

STERLING HEIGHTS — Discussions on social media continued to reverberate in Sterling Heights following the Macomb County executive’s recent letter about refugee resettlement.

Published January 17, 2020

Two arrested for AT&T NYE robbery

STERLING HEIGHTS — Police and prosecutors say a pair of robbers who allegedly bound three people in an AT&T on New Year’s Eve have been caught.

Published January 17, 2020

Local communities deal with winter flooding

MACOMB COUNTY — The rain, rain, rain came down, down, down to create flooding — in January.

Published January 16, 2020

Kroger produces new Marketplace store in Sterling

STERLING HEIGHTS — The new $35 million Kroger Marketplace building, which is over 129,000 square feet in size, officially opened to the public Jan. 15.

Published January 16, 2020

The Friday 5 — Jan. 17-20

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published January 15, 2020

Staying in the game

METRO DETROIT — It’s another early Saturday morning, and Angelo Taormina is lacing up his ice skates. Like he has done for the past three decades, he’s preparing to take the ice at Hazel Park Ice Arena with friends and family for their weekly drop-in hockey game. The puck drops at 8:20 a.m.

Published January 15, 2020

Real estate agents talk buying and selling homes in the new year

METRO DETROIT — Local real estate agents say that the start of a new year tends to see buyers slow down in their search as they wait for more inventory.

The Macomb County Public Works Office sets up containment booms Jan. 3 at a drain near 14 Mile and Schoenherr roads in Sterling Heights.

Published January 14, 2020

Sterling Heights addresses local petroleum spill

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights and Macomb County officials have been containing and cleaning an apparent petroleum spill that was tracked to the Schoenherr Relief Drain earlier this month. And they’re calling for fresh action to make sure incidents like this don’t happen again.