The city lies in the I-696 and I-75 corridor and is served by two primary school districts, Lamphere and Madison, as well as a full-service municipal government. Today, Madison Heights' mayor is Edward Swanson. Madison Heights is part of Oakland County's Automation Alley.
In Irish folklore, a bean sidhe (literally woman of fairyland) was not a welcome guest. When she was seen combing her hair or heard wailing beneath a window, it was considered a sign that a family member was about to die.
SIDS Stand for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It is an under studied event where infants die for no apparent reason usually in there sleep in their crib. Sometimes the infant rolls over suffocating in other cases the child just mysteriously dies.