Sterling Heights Sentry

Published September 6, 2019

CENTER LINE/WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — Local school officials are reviewing the 2019 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, or M-STEP, and SAT scores the Michigan Department of Education, or MDE, released Aug. 29.

Final work along the I-696 service drives in Macomb County will be completed this fall, but a date has not been determined.

Published September 6, 2019

MDOT: Final ‘Restore the Reuther’ work nearing completion

METRO DETROIT — There’s good news to report for anyone driving near Interstate 696.

Published September 6, 2019

Hackel: It shouldn’t be on teachers, schools ‘to figure this out’

Thanks to bond funding, Utica Community Schools spent the summer equipping schools to be safer for students, school officials said Sept. 3.

Published September 5, 2019

Residents can put green infrastructure into place at home

METRO DETROIT — With new developments sprouting up all over metro Detroit, homeowners and communities are looking at implementing green infrastructure at a residential level.

Published September 5, 2019

As seasons shift gears, bicyclists get unique view of fall color

Take one road, add two wheels and hundreds of colors. The result is an outdoor fall experience that you can only enjoy in Michigan.

Published September 5, 2019

Behind the Wheel: 1970 AMX goes from ‘bucket of bolts’ to showstopper

When Pleasant Ridge-based attorney Joe Papelian was 12, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette came out, and he told his mom that he was going to buy one when he got to college.

Published September 4, 2019

The Friday 5 — Sept. 6-8

Your guide to this weekend's events

More than 500 people attended the Out of the Darkness Community Walk to promote suicide prevention and awareness in 2018. Organizers are hoping for even bigger attendance at 2019’s walk on Sept. 14.

Published September 4, 2019

Community walk to raise money for suicide prevention

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Suicide is a topic that affects millions of families and can be one that people do not want to talk about. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is working to change that.

Published August 30, 2019

Oakland County lawsuit against MIDD dismissed

MACOMB COUNTY/OAKLAND COUNTY — On Aug. 23, an Oakland County judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Macomb Interceptor Drain District, or MIDD, in relation to funds expended from a sinkhole collapse in late 2016.

Published August 30, 2019

‘The Price Is Right’ contestant search coming to Detroit

METRO DETROIT — “The Price Is Right,” the long-running television game show, will be holding contestant auditions from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 at Greektown Casino Hotel in Detroit.

Published August 29, 2019

Root to stem: How cooks can avoid food waste this harvest season

We’ve all done it: thrown out that cucumber or head of lettuce that sat, forgotten, at the back of the refrigerator until it was past its prime.

Published August 29, 2019

City examines growth, feedback of Sterling U training

STERLING HEIGHTS — The end of summer means it’s back-to-school time for metro Detroit’s youth. But it also marked a time for the city of Sterling Heights to assess its human resources training programs for its own workers.

Published August 29, 2019

Health expo ‘not just for elderly seniors’

STERLING HEIGHTS — An annual tradition that brings senior health front and center is adding another year to its history in Sterling Heights.

Published August 29, 2019

Moms’ school backpack drive honors kids’ memory

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — For Sarah Bamford, the first day of kindergarten this year won’t be the way she once envisioned it, with her daughter Kate. But thanks to a charity drive she helped organize, the day will still be meaningful.

Published August 29, 2019

MCC Foundation scholarship program keeps students on learning path

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College student Cody Wall wanted to attend school full time this semester in an effort to graduate with an associate degree this December.

Published August 29, 2019

Grissom orientation welcomes sixth graders to their new school

STERLING HEIGHTS/WARREN — Middle school can be a tough transition for many students. That’s why the staff at Grissom Middle School held an orientation Aug. 27 for the school’s incoming sixth-grade students. Grissom is part of Warren Consolidated Schools.

Published August 29, 2019

Behind the Wheel: A car fit for the ‘King’

As a child, Markku Jaakkola, who grew up in Finland, would cut out his favorite photos from classic car magazines and paste them into a scrapbook — and that love of cars continued to grow as he reached his teen years.

Published August 28, 2019

Lake levels expected to remain high through fall

MACOMB/WAYNE COUNTIES — High lake water levels aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, according to the latest report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Published August 28, 2019

The Friday 5 — Aug. 30-Sept. 2

Your guide to Labor Day weekend events

A law enforcement excavation near 23 Mile Road and North Avenue in Macomb Township has been temporarily suspended after investigators recovered “articles” buried 3-4 feet deep.

Published August 28, 2019

Search in Macomb Township uncovers buried items

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — An investigation into the disappearance of up to six missing girls has turned up unidentified “articles” buried 3-4 feet deep on a wooded piece of land near the North Branch of the Clinton River.