SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A local activist believes he was wrongly arrested and charged for exercising his right to protest in Shelby Township in 2020. Two years later, the claim is headed to federal court.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A former Macomb County priest was sentenced to prison July 26 on two of three counts that charged him with sexually assaulting a teenage parishioner in the 1980s.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — In the primary election Aug. 2, Sylvia Grot won the Republican nomination for the 3rd District of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners, prevailing by 40 votes over current Commissioner Jeff Farrington and Grant G. Golasa.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Art Fair is celebrating its 39th anniversary this year and is inviting bakers to take part in its fourth Better Pie baking contest Aug. 13.

MACOMB/WAYNE COUNTY — The candidates who won their respective state and county primary races Aug. 2 are now preparing their campaigns for the general election Nov. 8.

MACOMB COUNTY/OAKLAND COUNTY — The field is now set for the November election in Michigan’s new 10th District of the U.S. House of Representatives.

MACOMB COUNTY — Twice a year, the Father Solanus Casey Council of the Knights of Columbus stops by some local nonprofits with a check that they say does a world of good by promoting friendship, opportunities and bowling.

UTICA — The city of Utica will be hosting a Park It movie night in Grant Park Aug. 3.

UTICA — The American Legion Post 351 in Utica will hold its seventh annual community picnic from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 6 on the post’s grounds, and the public is welcome.

UTICA — Earlier in the year, the Utica City Council allocated money in the 2022-23 fiscal year budget to redesign the city’s website to provide more user-friendly features for residents and businesses.

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb County’s environmental improvement initiative “Green Macomb” has received a $250,000 Consumers Energy 2022 Planet Awards grant.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — In the Shelby-Utica News’ coverage area, voters will select party candidates vying to earn spots in the governor’s race, the U.S. House of Representatives, the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives, and the Macomb County Board of Commissioners in the primary election Aug. 2.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — As the Macomb County Coaches Hall of Fame welcomed 19 new inductees on May 25 during a celebratory event at the Mirage in Clinton Township, Utica Community Schools was well represented with six inductees to its name.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Senior Center has announced that its featured artist for the month of June through August is John Mordus.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A member of the Shelby Township Police Department’s K-9 unit recently celebrated his birthday after many years of being with the department.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — In 2001, Barbara Gasparski, of Shelby Township, founded the Shelby Township Fine Art Society, and today it is a club that is still very much active in the community with Gasparski as a member.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Roy Townsend and his wife, Carol, experienced a tragedy almost eight years ago that most families couldn’t imagine.

MICHIGAN — In a virtual press conference hours after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 vote, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel took questions from members of the press June 24.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Utica Community Schools will be continuing its Meet Up and Eat Up food program this summer.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Shelby Township’s new K-9 officer Stanley is already making an impact on the local community, and that was on display recently when he visited Peace Lutheran Church and School in Shelby Township.