UTICA/SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS — Utica High School student Natalie Garwood has been named the 2024 Michigan Journalist of the Year by the Journalism Education Association.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A woman who police say shot two people near Schoenherr and Hall roads will not be charged after the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office concluded that self-defense was involved.

STERLING HEIGHTS — An over three-hour discussion at the March 19 Sterling Heights City Council meeting over a proposal to put apartments along Brougham Drive ended in a 3-4 vote, causing the proposal to be rejected.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights officials are wheeling out the latest news about residents’ new rolling waste and recycling carts, as well as etiquette on how to use the receptacles.

These ‘Outstanding Teachers’ have class

STERLING HEIGHTS — As an artist who loves vibrant color and abstract designs, Darla DeCook is going with the flow.She is the latest Sterling Heights Featured Artist for March and April.

MACOMB COUNTY — Two Macomb County leaders have been recognized by the federal government for their community policing efforts.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Henry Ford II High School theater students won a great deal of recognition for their acting, technical and personal skills at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association One-Act Play State Finals Feb. 18 at Wayne State University.

STERLING HEIGHTS — To write a novel about time travel, author Steven Templar had to grapple with the passage of time himself.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A developer is offering a “square” deal to build space for new retail businesses on the south side of 15 Mile Road, west of Schoenherr Road.

MACOMB COUNTY — Closing parts of M-53 throughout this year’s construction season might mean detours or fewer open lanes, but it will extend the highway’s lifespan for years to come, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.

MACOMB COUNTY — It was an election two years in the making. After Michigan voters passed Proposition 2 in 2022 with a 60% majority, the first statewide election with nine days of early voting arrived in February.

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — After 36 years in education, Warren Consolidated Schools Superintendent Robert Livernois has decided to retire.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Earning a league championship can create a sense of pride for a team, especially in Henry Ford II boys swim and dive’s case, where last year’s Macomb Area Conference White title was the school’s first since 1996.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ annual evening of international cuisine and entertainment will be coming back to the Sterling Heights Community Center.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Utica Community Schools varsity basketball players from Henry Ford II High School in Sterling Heights volunteered at a Pontiac-based nonprofit organization, Grace Centers of Hope, to help prepare and serve dinner to participants in the one-year Men’s Life Skills program Feb. 8.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A new plan is germinating to grow a community garden at James C. Nelson Park by 2025, city officials recently revealed.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ quest to keep its streets safer from speeders has taken another lap.

MACOMB COUNTY — Despite some odd winter weather, cold-weather traffic safety concerns have not melted away.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Local firefighters, Macomb County officials and others recently moved into action to keep a semi-truck’s diesel spill from becoming a major environmental threat to local watercourses.