STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights recently put together a tribute for one of its premier industrial factories that is celebrating its big four-oh. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — It’s neither planting nor harvest time at James C. Nelson Park yet, but the shovels have officially hit the dirt.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Over 200 people have been recently selected to lose their jobs at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights as a result of indefinite layoffs or ending seasonal employment, according to the UAW and the automaker.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A drain project that is expected to wind up soon should reduce the odds and effects of flooding along Van Dyke Avenue, north of 18 1/2 Mile Road, according to Macomb County officials.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights city and police officials recently gave many rounds of applause and more to four people credited with fighting off the kidnapping attempt of a 7-year-old girl at a Sterling Heights park in August.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Cranberry Estates’ chances of bearing fruit in Sterling Heights recently grew riper.

STERLING HEIGHTS/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Golden Corridor of M-59/Hall Road will not be a golden opportunity for crooks and criminals, if a police partnership between Sterling Heights and Shelby Township proves itself.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights has a new “sibling” more than 6,000 miles away.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Around two years after an apartment project for Irving Road was rejected by the Sterling Heights City Council, the Sterling Heights Planning Commission has given a modified version of it a green light.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Denser mixed-use districts at several Sterling Heights intersections were recently declared a long-term city planning priority by Sterling Heights officials.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sometimes it takes big flashing lights to draw people’s attention, and that’s just what Sterling Heights city officials hope will happen at certain crosswalks throughout the city with the return of back-to-school season.

STERLING HEIGHTS — It’s not a coffee break, but the Sterling Heights Planning Commission recently gave a plaza owner more time to refine a request to allow the site to serve ice cream, coffee or similar food items.

METRO DETROIT — A recent 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court affecting the state’s laws governing minimum wage and sick time is sending shockwaves through many businesses, including the restaurant industry.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights City Council recently broke its July deadlock over whether to approve the Chaldean Community Foundation’s second apartment complex proposal in the North Van Dyke Avenue corridor.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office is accusing a doctor of assaulting and indecently exposing himself to a septuagenarian at her home.