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Dakota High School and its feeder schools in Macomb Township will have a second sheriff's deputy to help ensure safety on the grounds starting in September.The county Board of Commissioners last week gave final approval to the deal to add the second officer upon request from the township and Chippewa Valley Schools.

Most singers would be a bit cowed by the prospect of taking the reins of a multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning band that's had not one but two iconic frontmen before.Not Jeff Gutt. "Not at all," Gutt, the 42-year-old Marine City native who's now part of Stone Temple Pilots, says by phone from Los Angeles.

Musician Ted Nugent has endorsed Republican John James for U.S. Senate. Nugent, who performed Friday at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, brought James on stage calling him his "blood brother" while encouraging concert goers to vote for James.

DETROIT -- Radiohead doesn't come to Detroit very often -- just twice during the past 21 years, and not in the city proper since August of 1997. But the British group certainly knows how to leave a lasting impression.Related: See more photos from the concertThe quintet, with an extra percussionist on board for its WASTE Tour, maintained that standard on Sunday, July 22, at Little Caesars Arena.

Summer is all about celebrations in Sterling Heights, as the city marks its 50th birthday, the re-opening of Dodge Park and Sterlingfest. Dodge Park had a grand re-opening on June 28, which also marked the city's 50th anniversary. However the annual Sterlingfest event will honor these important milestones as well, and aims to serve as a home coming invitation according to Sterling Heights Director of Community Relations Bridget Kozlowski.

Political silly season.That's the name times like this one get from political pundits, journalists and pollsters.It's a serious time as voters decide who will lead their communities, state and even nation. But some of what goes on to help them make those decisions is just flat out silly.

Superstars Smash Mouth and a founding member of Styx are set to headline the key music portion of Sterlingfest this July. Sterlingfest will be held July 26, 27 and 28 in Dodge Park and the surrounding city campus of Sterling Heights. Sterlingfest hours are 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Although the festival boasts a series of attractions from an art fair to a midway, musical acts remain one of the most popular aspects according to Sterling Heights Director of Community Relations Bridget Kozlowski.

Attorneys for and against Grosse Pointe towing titan Gasper Fiore presented widely divergent portrayals of him in legal briefs prior to his upcoming sentencing.Federal prosecutors depict Fiore as a long-time briber going back 10 years to Kwame Kilpatrick's tenure as mayor of Detroit to maintain or increase towing deals in the city.

Shelby Hanselman is happy to be a Michigander."I definitely see myself staying in Michigan," Hanselman said. "Where exactly, I don't know, but it will be somewhere in the state."Hanselman graduated from Lakeview High School in 2016 and is currently among the students at Oakland University between the ages of 20 and 29.

The cost of Macomb County government's downtown Mount Clemens renovation project has increased by nearly 14 percent, $9 million, due to several additions.The series of projects, which started in 2015, was originally supposed to cost $65 million but has jumped to $74 million due to extra projects and a six-month delay.