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.
This new habitat led to another name for the Tuatha de Danaan when they became known as the Sidhe. Sidhe literally means a mound or a thrust, and since the Danaan people were associated with mounds, barrows and tumuli, they became known as the People of the Sidhe. Their association with the wind came from a belief in Danaan presence in a whirlwind, sidhe gaoithe, literally, a thrust of wind..