UTICA — The Utica Fire Department is holding a “Stuff an Ambulance” drive to benefit Marine Toys for Tots Dec. 9 at Utica’s Memorial Park.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — They might have been the longest seconds of her life as Shelby Township resident Eryn Stanton awaited the results of the 2023 National Horse Show in Lexington, Kentucky.

News & Notes from the 11/8/23 Shelby-Utica News

STERLING HEIGHTS — The talent of Utica Ford II soccer was never in question going into the season, but when the Falcons jumped out to an early 2-5 start this season, it became a matter of the guys finding a way to work together.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department is looking for the owner of a MoneyGram money order that was turned in to the department in mid-October.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The American Cancer Society will have its fourth annual Detroit Discovery Ball, which celebrates individuals touched by cancer and supports those working to find a cure, on Saturday, Nov. 11, at a new venue, the Fillmore Detroit.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — On Oct. 19, the St. Kieran Knights of Columbus Council 13983 presented the Shelby Township Fire Department with two dozen “Casey” teddy bears.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department is looking for assistance from the public in identifying a person involved in a hit-and-run incident at the Palazzo Grande at approximately 8 p.m. Oct. 27.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Joel Morris, a firefighter/paramedic who served more than 20 years at the Shelby Township Fire Department and six years in the Utica Fire Department, who currently is a paramedic at Universal Macomb Ambulance Service, recently underwent open heart surgery.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — West Bloomfield, like most teams in the state, has battled the injury bug throughout the season. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — A green roadside landmark inscribed with gold text serves as a portal to prehistory.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Utica High School Band Boosters will be holding its 38th annual used instrument sale Nov. 19.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Community Schools and community leaders gathered to dedicate the district’s newest academy, the Utica High School Academy for Health and Human Services, during the afternoon of Oct. 19 at Utica High School.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS — Police from Shelby Township and Sterling Heights are being congratulated for their recent work leading to the Oct. 23 arrest of a suspect who allegedly violently abducted a man while outside a Shelby Township gym. 

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — On Oct. 7, 144 golfers took to the greens at Bello Woods Golf Course in Macomb Township for the third annual Team JBird Golf Outing to support St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

STERLING HEIGHTS/SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — Bemis Junior High School eighth grader Isabella Bronzovich has recorded a perfect Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress math score for the third consecutive time.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Gardeners Club will be hosting a presentation on helping birds through the winter at 1 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center at River Bends Park in Shelby Township.

UTICA — With the cross country season coming to a close, Utica has come into its own this season after graduating talent on both the boys and girls sides.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A man has been arraigned for allegedly murdering his mother-in-law in her Shelby Township home Oct. 12.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Utica Community Schools bus was involved in a crash in Shelby Township Oct. 13 on Schoenherr Road.