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.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — It doesn’t get much better than a rivalry game in any sport, but Utica and Utica Eisenhower have an extra element to their neighborhood clash.

News & Notes from the 10/11/23 Shelby-Utica News

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Two recent Utica Community Schools graduates competed against students from 24 states and became national champions in a robotics and automation problem-solving competition this past summer.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Five Utica Community Schools students are among the 16,000 U.S. high school seniors to be named 2024 National Merit semifinalists.

UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Marcus Arambulo, of Boy Scout Troop No. 90, decided for his Eagle Scout project that he would help veterans by building a pergola at the American Legion Victor I. Rieck Post 351 in Utica.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Some Shelby Township police officers took time out of their day to help an injured deer that had been called in to them on Sept. 18.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — International Archaeology Day falls annually on the third Saturday in October, and the Packard Proving Grounds will be hosting archaeology related events in honor of this day, though not on the day itself.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — On Sept. 14, Shelby Township Police Lt. Jeffrey Bellomo graduated as a member of the 287th session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — As Utica Eisenhower traveled to Romeo for a Macomb Area Conference Red football showdown, a crowd of thousands also was in attendance for a moving annual tribute.

MACOMB COUNTY — A Macomb County Circuit Court judge earlier this month granted a request for a stay of further proceedings in a criminal sexual assault case.

News & Notes from the 9/20/23 Shelby-Utica News

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Daisy Project–MI hosted its ninth annual LO Palooza, a music festival that combines music and philanthropy, Sept. 16 at Wildwood Amphitheater, 2700 Joslyn Court in Orion Township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Justin Wrinkle, a photographer who loves capturing life’s most precious moments and who owns Behind the Lens Photography LLC, a professional photography service, has been named the Shelby Township Featured Artist for the months of September and October.

MACOMB COUNTY — Since opening up the Center Line High School Academies in 2016, school officials have partnered with several local businesses to better prepare students for the workforce.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — At the end of August, the Shelby Township Police Department arrested a suspect in two cases in which cannabis delivery drivers were robbed while attempting to make deliveries at an apartment complex near West Utica and Ryan roads.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — For the past three seasons, Eisenhower High School boys varsity soccer has been a team that the majority of schools don’t want to play when reaching the state tournament.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Two Shelby Township police officers reportedly were injured while attempting to make an arrest in the 51000 block of Clear Spring Lane, near 23 Mile and Ryan Roads, at 10:45 p.m. Sept. 9.