METRO DETROIT — You don’t have to look out the window to know that the seasons are changing. But as the days gradually grow darker and colder, sometimes it’s easy to feel that change if chilly drafts sneak through a home’s doors and windows.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights will soon have a new company in charge of taking out the trash for the next decade.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor presented a vision of a more technological future while sharing plans for “linking today and tomorrow together” during his Sept. 22 State of the City Address.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Butterflies could soon spread their wings with more space meant for them if a concept to expand the Sterling Relief Drain’s butterfly flyway takes off.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Four kilos of cocaine are in police custody after Sterling Heights officers reportedly searched a vehicle behind a shopping plaza.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A recent traffic stop helped keep a stolen gun out of a teen’s hands, according to the Sterling Heights Police Department.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A recently formed program called REDIRECT is offering a second chance to people with substance use disorders whom local police have apprehended.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Sterling Heights resident was recently sentenced for the 2018 murder of a transgender woman in Detroit.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A new church food pantry is ready to reach out to the three H’s: the hungry, the hurting and the homeless.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights is setting some new, concrete rules for the paving of front yards and residential driveways, though the regulations are more lenient than proposed ones that were rejected earlier this year.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Quick action and CPR training made all the difference in rescuing a toddler who almost drowned in a Sterling Heights swimming pool in July.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A vehicle that was trying to outrun the cops was reportedly involved in a crash that killed a Sterling Heights woman Aug. 12, Sterling Heights police said.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights resident Dawn King loves attending Sterling Heights events like Music in the Park concerts and watching everyone cut loose on the dance floor.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The process of defining Sterling Heights’ vision for the next 17 years or so is currently in motion.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A vehicle that was trying to outrun the cops was reportedly involved in a crash that killed a Sterling Heights woman Aug. 12, Sterling Heights police said.