Brandon Twp.- Snowy, rough rural roads can be a challenging workplace for law enforcement. While difficult to endure, the arctic conditions provide automobile manufacturers an opportunity to test their products. Brandon and Commerce townships were selected last year to test a 2014 Dodge Durango SUV patrol vehicle for one year. The on-the-road evaluation is necessary […]
Atlas Twp.-By a 3-0 vote on Tuesday night the township board of trustees OK’d a new contract with the Genesee County Sheriff Department. Township Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones, Clerk Tere Onica and Trustee Patrick Major voted yes. Township Treasurer Ann Marie Moore and Trustee Barry June were absent. The new three-year contract, effective Jan. 1, 2014 […]
Atlas Twp.-Springtime storms are a few months away, but township officials are already taking a look at outdoor warning services. Currently, the township has only one warning siren located on Hegel Road west of Ridge Road. In November, Jeffrey DuPilka, president of Allendale-based West Shore Services, reviewed the outdoor warning coverage area for the township. […]
Little G’s Pizza & Deli owner, William Moonan, 46, was sentenced on Jan. 27 by Genesee County 7th Circuit Judge Judith Fullerton to 100 days in the county jail, with restitution of $13,892, court costs and 60 months probation. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 23, 2013 to two counts of using a financial transaction device […]
Atlas Twp- An outsourcing proposal that could possibly save Goodrich taxpayers $100,000 has sparked some inklings of changing the village government. Again. At the township meeting on Monday night, Trustee Barry June proposed combining both Goodrich and township staff’eliminating duplicated services from clerical workers to bookkeeping to management. ‘My thought is to protect the village […]
Brandon Twp.-Along with thousands of plants and flowers, Wojo’s Greenhouse is growing this spring. The township greenhouse business will now operate the outdoor garden center at Jacobsen’s Garden Center, 559 S. Lapeer Road, Lake Orion. However, Jacobsen’s Flowers, which operates within the Lake Orion center, will continue to be owned and operated by the Jacobsen […]
Mt. Morris-On Tuesday night, just seven games into his15th season at the helm of the Lady Martians, Head Coach Jason Gray notched 300 wins and only 41 losses. The Lady Martians, currently ranked No.1 in the state for Class B by the Associated Press, rolled to a convincing 71-20 win over the Mt. Morris Panthers, […]
Goodrich-A preliminary engineering report to help rectify significant flooding in the village has been submitted by the Genesee County Drian Commission. On Monday night the village council discussed the next step in the process that could impact more than 100 residents within the village. Within 30 days a comprehensive list of suggestions from the council […]
Goodrich-In a special meeting on Monday night the school board voted 5-1 to dismiss Oaktree Teacher Nicole McVey. Board President David Cramer, Vice-President Jeff Gardner, Treasurer Chip Schultz, Secretary Niki Wiederman, and Trustee Linda Jackson voted yes. Trustee Tim Zirnhelt voted no. According to the resolution signed on Monday, McVey’s administrative leave is continued pending […]
Groveland Twp.- As part of a cooperative agreement inked last year for Groveland Township Fire Department to assist with the management of the Village of Holly Fire Department, township residents? 9-1-1 calls will now be routed through the Holly Police Department. For the past several years, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has routed the 9-1-1 […]