Brandon Twp.-A tip on the Report All Poaching (RAP) Hotline proved costly for four area hunters. Lt. David Malloch, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, law enforcement district supervisor for Southeastern Michigan, said four men were arrested after conservation officers witnessed the hunters shooting waterfowl over a baited township lake. ‘We had received complaints about illegal […]
Atlas Twp.-On Wednesday morning, Ray Porter was one happy apple grower. The core of his happiness stems from Genesee County voters approving by 16 percent?22,151 yes to 18,610 no votes? a four-year, 0.04 mill property tax for the MSU Extension-Genesee County. The millage will cost taxpayers with a $100,000 home about $2 per year supporting […]
Goodrich Village officials say they sure could use $1 million for a new dam spillway. Similarly, for years the Village of Ortonville residents have pined for a sewer system; that’s if they could find a cool $16 million to spend on the project. Local administrators are optimistic that when the federal government doles out the […]
Goodrich-The school board will have a new look this summer. After serving one term on the school board, Trustee Jeff Engleman will not seek one of the two four-year terms on the May 5 ballot. The school board terms begin on July 1. Incumbent Board President Michael Tripp will seek reelection to the board. Tripp, […]
Brandon Twp.-James C. Vantine, Sr. tilled the soil, worked the cattle and raised a family on a section of township property first deeded during President Martin Van Buren’s term about 1840. Born in 1913’James, Sr. was part of more than 140 years, and now five generations, of the Vantine family farming east of Ortonville near […]
Atlas Twp.- Township residents will be heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide on two millage proposals. A proposed 0.04-mill property tax for the MSU Extension-Genesee County would cost taxpayers with a $100,000 home about $2 per year and support Agriculture 4-H, master gardener, and nutrition programs. The millage would fund 4-H Youth Development […]
Atlas Twp.- Patriots William Rich and his father, Jonathan, fought in the 1775 Battle of Lexington before fighting in skirmishes in New York and Massachusetts. They are buried near a small settlement in New York bearing their namesake? Rich’s Corner. ‘The Riches are family,? said Dawn Bastian, township resident and Genesee Chapter of the American […]
Goodrich-By a 7-0 vote on Monday night the school board voted to accepted a donation of $15,746 from Randy Wise Ford of Ortonville for the purchase of a scoreboard at the Roy U. Stacey Athletic Complex. The donation offer was made earlier this year; however, the school board vote was postponed until the district policy […]
Four schools’one team. When the puck drops later this month on the 2013-14 high school hockey season, Goodrich High School players will be lacing up their skates with a few new teammates. Last year the LakeVille Falcons joined with new skaters from North Branch and Dryden, schools that have never had a high school hockey […]
Atlas Twp.- After the indefinite closure of the Green Road bridge over the Kearsley Creek, about a mile east of M-15 following a Dec.13 inspection, a second township bridge is under scrutiny. Steve Wright, engineer for Flint-based WadeTrim, who inspected the township bridges last month, reported the majority of the beams on the Henderson Road […]