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.
Main modern sense of to prohibit (late 14c.) is from Old Norse cognate banna to curse, prohibit, and probably in part from Old French ban, which meant outlawry, banishment, among other things (see banal) and was a borrowing from Germanic.