Sterling Heights has been awarded a $7.4 million federal grant to revamp a busy portion of Clinton River Road from Hayes Road to Canal Road, reconstructing the road, closing sidewalk gaps and ...

Sterling Heights city officials have indefinitely postponed a plan to rehabilitate the Hayes Road bridge over the Clinton River in order to work out details of adding extra safety measures.

Built in 1832 to bypass the rapids and falls along the river itself, the canal ceased operation in 1931, and the company that owned it donated it to the state for use as a park. A road parallels ...