So far, Nate Odinga has kept his day job as a Brandon High School English teacher. Yet his employment status, along with bank account, may change significantly next week following a stint on the game show, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?? which first aired at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 9 on WDIV-Channel 4. Odinga’s second […]
On Dec. 2, Brandon Township resident Michael Boadway pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and felonious assult following a May 3 incident following a township home invasion. He appeared before Sixth Circuit Court Judge Leo Bowman and was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 days in jail along with two years probation. Terms of […]
Brandon Twp.-Twelve strikes in a row. Alice Churchill was just one strike away from a perfect game. ‘The bowling alley just went silent,? said Churchill, recalling the event back in the 1990s. ‘That’s when a bowling attendant said he’d pay me $300 if I’d roll just one more strike.? Her bid for a 13th strike […]
Brandon Twp.-It’s what Army Pvt. Arlyn Wise missed that makes his World War II story so unique. A Herron, Mich. native, Wise worked on the family farm just west of Alpena. ‘At 18-years-old, I decided I’d quit high school and apply for a military deferment to help Dad on the farm,? said Wise. Still in […]
Brandon Twp.-Students in Dave Green’s middle school science class have a few extra classmates’about 200 to be exact. Thanks to a $1,000 grant from Clinton Valley Trout Unlimited, Green and students received salmon eggs on Nov.13 from Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, Van Buren County. The project is part of the Salmon in […]
Atlas Twp.-Mark and Mel Trowbridge purchased 55 acres of farmland just south of Goodrich about five years ago, thinking they would use the land to make money someday. ‘I don’t have 200 or 300 acres to raise corn or wheat on,? said Mark, a retired Delphi Engineer. So about two years ago the Trowbridge Farms […]
Brandon Twp.- Mathew Mersino does not walk with a cane. However, if the day arrives when the 90-year-old World War II Army private may need the services of a cane, he’ll be all set. Last month, the honorary veteran organization 40 et 8 Voiture 1536 of Lapeer, along with the Michigan Wood Carvers Association, presented […]
Goodrich-An area landowner is appealing village action regarding a possible violation of the local weed ordinance. Tom Gordon owns a five acre parcel with 650 feet frontage on Hegel Road about a quarter mile west of Ridge Road. A small section of the property along Hegel Road was planted with clover as ground cover to […]
Baghdad- From the halls of Goodrich High School to Fort Benning Ga. to landing without lights at Baghdad International Airport on a C-130 Hercules’the past month has provided some changes for Lt. Col. David St. Aubin. St. Aubin, 47, a U.S. Army Reservist and GHS principal since 2005, was called to active duty earlier this […]
Mark Donahue of Flint-based CDC Calkins Donahue Construction Company works to repair the roof on the Masonic Temple in downtown Goodrich on Monday. About 75 percent of the 76-by-26 roof on the 128-year-old building was peeled off during the weekend storms and fell two stories to Hegel Road below. On Dec. 28, the National Weather […]