WARREN — Students and staff in the Warren Woods Public Schools district are having a holly, jolly Christmas this year.

STERLING HEIGHTS — On Dec. 5, Sterling Heights issued a press release to announce that Councilman Michael V. Radtke Jr. and Marketing & Communications Manager Marissa Russo were recognized as members of the 2025 class of Macomb County Chamber’s 40 Under 40.

EASTPOINTE — Eastpointe High School is currently being known for something sweet and something exemplary.

EASTPOINTE — The Dec. 8 Eastpointe Community Schools Board of Education meeting ended on an emotional note when Dan Zander, a crossing guard with the district for 33 years, bid school officials goodbye.

ROSEVILLE — St. Nicholas rode right down Santa Claus Lane during the Roseville Neighborhood Watch Group’s sixth annual Holiday Lights on Wheels Parade Dec. 6.

MACOMB COUNTY — Andrew Whited wants to let other people that no matter how tough their situation might be, “Don’t dwell on the past. The future has so much in store for you.”

CENTER LINE — The Center Line Public Schools fall staff appreciation ceremony — held during the district’s Nov. 24 Board of Education meeting — brought tears, laughter, words of encouragement and stories from the heart.

EASTPOINTE — Pleasantview Elementary School in the Eastpointe Community Schools district was identified by the state as being in the bottom 5% of academic performance for the 2021-2022 school year. 

EASTPOINTE — A now-former Pleasantview Elementary School teacher was arrested Dec. 3 in Vermont after he allegedly tried to bring in child pornography from across the U.S.-Canadian border. 

ROSEVILLE — Members from the Arc of Macomb County will be back at Macomb Mall this Christmas season to wrap gifts for shoppers.

MACOMB COUNTY — A national search to find the next president of Macomb Community College has begun.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Sam Hakim Sr., owner of the family business Emily’s Delicatessen, is being remembered as a strong presence in the city who brought friendship, humor and generosity to his family, friends and customers. 

METRO DETROIT — The video icon PAC-MAN is helping the American Red Cross. 

DETROIT — An art project that College for Creative Studies student Brandi Witek helped design made the cut just in time for the holiday window shopping season.

ROSEVILLE — Roseville Community Schools dealt with two separate incidents last week that left staff and students unsettled.