Portillo's, the Chicago-based eatery that's famous for hot dogs and a milkshake that's blended with a whole slice of chocolate cake — is renaming a Sterling Heights landmark for one day to celebrate the eatery's new location in the city.
The Sterling Heights monument "The Halo" is quite literally the butt of many jokes, with residents referring to the monument as "The Golden Butthole of Macomb County," or a variation of that name, based on a satirical Facebook page, the Free Press reported.
However, the monument will have a new temporary name, inspired by Portillo's savory side dish of deep-fried onions, called "the Golden Onion Ring."
Photo provided by the Macomb County Office of Public Works
Sewer lining work to begin along interceptor
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STERLING HEIGHTS — Four years after a Macomb County sewer collapsed and created a large sinkhole in Fraser, new work is beginning in the Sterling Heights area to make sure that such an event doesn’t recur.
In December, the Macomb County Public Works Office announced that a contractor is working on a $28 million sewer project related to the Macomb Interceptor sewer. The current work is located in Sterling Heights’ portion of the ITC Corridor, west of Schoenherr Road.
According to the county, the MIDD Interceptor flushes away the waste of over 500,000 county residents from Sterling Heights, Chesterfield Township, Clinton Township, Fraser, Harrison Township, Lenox Township, Macomb Township, New Haven, Shelby Township, Utica and Washington Township.