Dearborn Heights News

Dearborn Heights Raeda Charara Haidar will never forget how her teenage son dropped 80 pounds in just a month because of his failing kidneys.

USMC Lt. Col. Michael Murray, left, a grandnephew of John Kelly, salutes as other family members remember their relative at a graveside service recently at Rosedale Memorial Park in Tallmadge Township.

QUESTION: How do you make glazed pecans? -- Wanda Woelkers, Southgate ANSWER: Glaze pecans for snacking, to top baked goods, to serve on a cheese board or to add to salads.

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI: Elizabeth A. Kruse, 86, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan and formerly of Toledo and Genoa, Ohio died Sunday, November 1, 2009 in the Garden City Osteopathic Hospital, Garden City, MI.

Voters across Wayne County cast votes in numerous city council and commission races, for city amendments and appeared to renew the only countywide ballot proposal, according to unofficial election results Tuesday.

For many Michiganders, outdoor exercise opportunities are almost over. Soon it will be workout hibernation time: months of treadmill pounding, packed spinning classes and DVD workouts in dank basements.

Garden City resident David Duncan quivers at the thought of substance abuse. Duncan, who says that he has been "clean" for years knows the challenges that people with addictions face.

Rental property owners will have to start cleaning up sites to make sure they are free of lead hazards such as lead-based paint before receiving a certificate of compliance from the City of Detroit.

Two residents reported daytime break-ins earlier this week in which a back-door window was broken and jewelry was stolen from bedrooms.

Long lines and rain greeted those trying to get H1N1 vaccines for themselves and their families at the first of Oakland County's mass vaccine clinics, one at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills and the other at Clarkston Junior High School.

A narcoleptic weatherman, a lady who thinks she's Carol Burnett, a priest and two nuns who do a bluegrass aerobics show.

Livonia police arrested a man and a woman Tuesday night who they believe are responsible for several armed robberies of tanning salons in several communities.

Garden City Police are investigating two robberies and an attempted robbery that happened between Oct.

Even though there is a gas station in Southwest Michigan at $2.34.9 for regular, there are a lot more at $2.55.9 on Monday morning.

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. - The parents of a little boy are upset over his suspension for taking a letter opener to school.

Two men were arraigned on murder charges today in the armed robbery of a Highland Park pawn shop over the weekend that resulted in the death of a 46-year-old customer and wounding of two others, including a police officer responding to a silent alarm.

Tom Rimatzki remembers Sam Tanana well. Rimatzki met Tanana when Tom's son, Hunter, and Tanana's son, Michael, played football for the Livonia Orioles.

Livonia Montessori Center will hold an open house 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, for parents preparing to enroll their children in preschool or kindergarten.

An apartment complex in Ypsilanti is without heat until October 15th. People living at the Towne Center Place told Action News the complex will be without heat until the middle of the month to save money.

Dearborn Heights couple Sam and Courtney Tanana were diagnosed with cancer within months of each other, and they died within days of each other.