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🌱 How license plate cameras helped crack a Sterling Heights Hall Road shooting

Be sure to catch Preplanning Seminar with Resurrection Cemetery on the Sterling Heights Patch calendar

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Hello Sterling Heights! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How license plate cameras helped crack a Sterling Heights Hall Road shooting
  • How a $35M expansion could reshape Sterling Heights' defense economy
  • Can Sterling Heights football finally snap its 31-game losing streak?

Also on today's calendar: Preplanning Seminar with Resurrection Cemetery and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Friday: Some sun, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
  • Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. UPDATE: Flock camera helped Sterling Heights track down shooting suspect, police say (macombdaily.com) — A recent non-fatal shooting on Hall Road in Sterling Heights led to a major police response and temporary eastbound lane closures as officers searched for a suspect. Using Flock license plate reader technology, Sterling Heights and neighboring departments arrested a 33-year-old man now jailed on attempted murder and firearm charges, while investigators continue seeking tips from the public.
   

2. General Dynamics Land Systems opens $35M expansion at Sterling Heights headquarters (wxyz.com) — General Dynamics Land Systems has opened a $35 million expansion at its world headquarters in Sterling Heights, boosting secure workspace for advanced Army programs and future tank development. State and county leaders say the project underscores Macomb County's growing defense footprint, bringing billions in investment and supporting thousands of related jobs across the region.
   

3. MAC Gold Division football team capsules (macombdaily.com) — Sterling Heights High's football team enters 2026 on a 31-game losing streak but with more players returning and a renewed push for togetherness, toughness, and leadership. In a stacked MAC Gold field led by Warren Fitzgerald and Marysville, the Stallions hope to become one of Macomb County's most improved teams and finally break through this fall.
   

4. Jim Daniels: Three Poems (culturaldaily.com) — One of these poems drops you into a snowy February night along 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights, where a tense escape from a reunion plays out against familiar local streets. Together, the three pieces explore working-class family life, factory work, and small suburban homes in metro Detroit with vivid, emotionally honest detail.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday August 20
  • MSN Crusader Day
    L'Anse Creuse Middle School - North MSN
    8:30 am
  • Happy Hour with Utica Shelby Kiwanis
    Kiwanis Club Tap and Barrel, 50055 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, Michigan, 48317
    5:00 pm
    • Friday August 21
  • Stories and Snacks
    North Macomb Branch Library North Branch - Creative/Story Room
    10:00 am
  • Medicare/Medicaid Assistance
    North Macomb Branch Library North Branch - Group Study Room A
    10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I received this email today from Microsoft.
    Not sure what to do about this and don't what to get a bill from Microsoft. Did anyone receive an email from Microsoft? Your Services Agreement… (Nextdoor Vintners & Vineyards)
  • We have at least 3 stray cats in our backyard.
    I'm interested in capturing these cats humanely and bring them to a shelter. Do shelters provide capture/cage devices for this? Or should I look… (Nextdoor Magnolia Park)
  • AtWork Group posted a job opening for 3rd shift Machine Operator Plastics in Sterling Heights. Apply here.
  • BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial in Sterling Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sterling Heights here.

Ok Sterling Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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