Macomb News

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - A 14-year-old boy was held at Michigan youth home overnight and handcuffed for several hours after refusing to follow a judge's order as part of a custody case to visit his father.

Funding for police and prosecutors is next on the chopping block as Macomb County commissioners whack away at a projected $15.7 million deficit.

Mount Clemens -- Macomb County's top law enforcement officials kicked off an effort Wednesday that enlists the public's help to nab drunken drivers.

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson sees himself seeking a sixth term in three years and collaborating with Mark Hackel as his counterpart across Dequindre Road on regional issues.

Center Line Two candidates have interviewed for the Center Line Public Schools superintendent post.

Doctors and other health care workers will be working to deliver H1N1 vaccine to people in Wayne, Macomb and Washtenaw counties this weekend.

A home health aide accused of stealing a bank card from a quadriplegic and withdrawing $1,000 from his account after leaving him in a shower was found not guilty today by a Macomb County Circuit Court jury.

Macomb and Oakland counties may lose a total of three judges under a plan passed by the state House of Representatives today.

As the leaves drift off the trees to form a blanket on the ground this fall, the Department of Environmental Quality is asking Michigan families to avoid burning them.

Mount Clemens -- Now that Macomb County voters have embraced the idea of electing a single executive to lead the county, the question becomes who -- and when.

Donations are now being accepted to help young, first-time mothers in the need of help.

The Public Works Department is to collect clothing for the Salvation Army and food for the Macomb Food Program for people in need starting next month.

Macomb County voters made history Tuesday adopting a charter that restructures the county's government under a full-time executive.

A prisoner who tried to escape from the Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center and threatened a sheriff's deputy with a syringe was fatally shot Thursday.

If you are looking for a location for your Reception, check out Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Macomb, MI.

Macomb County will lay off six more employees and trimmed $4.9 million from its projected deficit in the upcoming 2010 budget, after its Board of Commissioners' Budget Committee on Wednesday approved another round of cuts.

A proposal to reorganize Macomb County government under a county executive and a smaller board of commissioners appeared on its way to comfortable victory in early election returns Tuesday night.

Macomb County voters took a historic step toward a new form of government, most incumbent mayors held onto their seats and school millage requests fared well across Metro Detroit in suburban elections Tuesday.

Warren police say two people didn't alert authorities and continued to do drugs for two days as a woman's body lay on the floor of a home in the Detroit suburb.

A group of political, business and education leaders is headed to China in hopes of bringing jobs and investment to the financially struggling county.