Local News

• Sterling Heights police and Henry Ford II students turn 'Slim Shady' parody into school-bus safety push

  The video pushes drivers to stop for school-bus lights and stop arms after Michigan logged 2,207 illegal passes in one day and 1,189 bus crashes last year.

• Sterling Heights' Upton House Museum opens weekly self-guided tours Wednesdays and second Sundays

  The 1866–67 farmhouse is one of the city’s few surviving 19th-century homes, and its land now lies beneath City Hall, the library and Stevenson High School.

• Sterling Heights Voter Guide: Macomb County Ballot Info and Election Day Help

  No mayor or council race is on Sterling Heights' ballot, but charter amendments, school board seats, and county millages will affect tax bills and classrooms.

• General Dynamics Land Systems wins $450M Marine Corps contract for advanced vehicle development
• Sterling Football Club Opens 2026 Registration Through City Parks System
• Whitmer Vetoes Nine Bills After Supreme Court Forced Legislature to Present Them — A Government Accountability Explainer
• Michigan's $75.2B Budget: What the $30M Small-Business Fund and $10,300 Per-Pupil Spending Mean for Sterling Heights
• Hazardous Air Quality Forces Sterling Heights-Area Charter School Network to Close
• Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Overhaul Hits July 19: What Sterling Heights Workers Need to Know
• Michigan's New Unemployment Rules Hit July 19: What Sterling Heights Workers Need to Know
• Stevenson High School Student Hit in Crosswalk Raises Questions About Pedestrian Safety Near Sterling Heights Schools
• Stevenson High Student Hit in Crosswalk: What Is Sterling Heights Doing to Protect Student Pedestrians?