STERLING HEIGHTS — After 28 years in the Sterling Heights Police Department, Dale Dwojakowski is making a new career transition: from top cop to assistant city manager. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — Santa won’t be visiting the former Lakeside Mall building this year, but many stores along Hall Road and beyond still feel merry about this year’s holiday shopping season, according to a local chamber of commerce.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Like complementary colors, autumn and art simply go together.

STERLING HEIGHTS – ‘Tis the season to be skating in Sterling Heights. On Dec. 1, the Dodge Park Ice Rink returned to the Dodge Park Farmers Market Pavilion. And for Sterling Heights Parks and Recreation Director Kyle Langlois, the annual rink reopening is an exciting time.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights City Council is expected to hold a public hearing on the anticipated Lakeside City Center project Dec. 17, but some additional project details and challenges were recently revealed when Sterling Heights Planning Commission members recommended approval of the project’s master development plan.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Velocity, the Sterling Heights-based business incubator, recently sent kudos to local businesspeople who got involved in two programs that promote entrepreneurship. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — A new-and-improved biofilter facility will soon make itself home in Sterling Heights to help take the stink out of sewer gas. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights police are alerting the public about a fatal accident that reportedly occurred along Utica Road, by Forester Street, not far from Hayes Road, Nov. 9.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights officials believe it’s safe to say yet again that their city is the safest big city in Michigan, based on recent FBI crime figures.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Over three decades after it happened, Manny Gonzales still remembers what he describes as “my best Thanksgiving ever.”

MACOMB COUNTY — In an election year defined by a polarized electorate, Macomb County residents opted to stick with the government they have.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Republican Donald Trump’s win of a second term as president, the unofficial results of state and county elections and the fate of Sterling Heights’ millage proposal were made clearer by Nov. 6, the day after Election Day.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights has some new “seed money” for planting trees.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Another step in Sterling Heights’ traffic safety agenda is underway.

STERLING HEIGHTS — There’s an electoral fork in the road approaching. It’ll soon be up to Sterling Heights voters to decide which pathway to take regarding a ballot millage proposal that city officials say promises to promote recreation, sustainability and other city priorities.