Madison Heights News

They shine and they sparkle, warming our hearts with their glow. They tangle and they burn out, frazzling our nerves with their not-so-user-friendliness. Ah, Christmas lights - so pretty to look at, so overwhelming to shop for and so frustrating to put up.

Many unfurled American flags. Some visited soldiers' graves. Others recalled efforts from long-ago battlefields.

Police are looking for a man who robbed a bank at 14 Mile and Haggerty roads. Officers were called to the National City bank at about 4 p.m. Monday.

Several school districts and cities heavily reliant on commercial and industrial taxes could fail financially over the next two years, says Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson.

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.

A 20-year-old woman from Madison Heights who'd been choked to unconsciousness and left for dead in the trunk of a car abandoned in Detroit managed to kick her way out and identify the suspect, police said.

The top 5 regional final games. : DETROIT SOUTHEASTERN AT STERLING HEIGHTS STEVENSON LB Will Gholston and Southeastern defense try to stop passing of Stevenson QB Jason Fracassa.

Fifteen Michigan residents have been indicted in an international drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg said Thursday.

Roseville resident Betty Ulrich spent 25 years working with computers and software for the city of Madison Heights - so what better way to spend retirement than to help other seniors get acquainted with the information superhighway? "People get nervous when they don't know much about computers, and they think they're going to do something wrong," ...

Tamiflu is free at Meijer - it's good to have when travelling. When I told my physician's office I was travelling to Mexico, and worried about the H1N1 virus, they gave me a prescription for Tamiflu.

A Ferndale man with a lengthy criminal record was arrested after breaking into the home of a 72-year-old man with an amputated leg and stealing his wallet.

Federal authorities say a Detroit television reporter tried to use underhanded means to gain access to a Madison Heights veterinarian clinic where an FBI dog was being treated for mortal wounds resulting from a shootout with the leader of an Islamic fundamentalist group.

Everyone wanted to know about the dog carried from a mysterious chopper in Madison Heights on Wednesday afternoon.

Sterling Heights police said today that officers are looking for a man wearing a black-and-white skeleton mask who is suspected of robbing two 7-Eleven stores, one in Sterling Heights, the other in Madison Heights.

A double-feature will be presented to the Birmingham-Bloomfield Democratic Party Club at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Jane Lynch is hilarious on two network TV shows, "Two and a Half Men" and "Glee." Where is she from? When did she start acting? Is she married? Russell Cook, Madison Heights, Mich.

Right now, residents in the I-696 and Woodward area have to drive to Madison Heights or Birmingham to see first-run movies.

This week's photo of Senate Finance Chairman Democrat Max Baucus and Republican Sen.

The home improvement retailer Hanson's Window and Construction Inc. is expanding into a new headquarters and showroom building in Troy.

A Senior Wellness Weekend is to be held Saturday at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and Sunday at the Jewish Community Center.