Petition filed for village vote recount

Goodrich-A village councilmember has requested a recount following the Nov. 4 election in Precinct 4. The request is due to a possible tabulator malfunction or a possible ballot printing error, according to a petition filed by Councilmember Patricia Wartella to the Office of the County Clerk on Nov. 7. The Board of Canvassers will meet […]

A community Thanksgiving dinner

At noon, Nov. 14, area seniors dined on turkey and the trimmings in the annual Senior Citizens? Thanksgiving Day Dinner at Brandon Middle School. Denise VandenBossche, event coordinator, said a volunteer staff of 40, including area girl scouts, boy scouts, local high school athletes and honor students served more than 200 dinners. The meal was […]

Township man killed in weather related accident

A Groveland Township man died as the result of a one car accident on Monday night. Also in the car was Casey Blays, 18, of Holly, who was rushed to Genesys Health Park. He died on Tuesday afternoon. Michigan State troopers from Groveland Township responded at about 8:30 p.m. to East Holly Road in Holly […]

Barn service will continue

Groveland Twp.-This Christmas, the star over the live nativity won’t be quite as high, the century old wooden rafters won’t creak when the wind blows and the essence of animal dung may not linger as in years past’yet the spirit of the season reflected in the live nativity will continue. Despite a devastating fire that […]

Lady Blackhawks take aim at season

Brandon Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Bryan Ray will begin his 11th year at the helm of the Lady Blackhawks team, who will try to improve on a 7-9 Flint Metro League record (8-11 overall) during the 2007-08 season. The 13-member team, who lost in the first round of the state playoffs to Grand Blanc, will […]

School board mulls bus driver outsourcing

Goodrich-On Wednesday night the school finance committee gathered to discuss the results of outsourcing transportation recommendations. Earlier this year the school officials advertised for outsourcing the 15 bus drivers for the district to help contend, in part, with nearly a $900,000 budget deficit. ‘We have not eliminated the deficit,? said District Superintendent Scott Bogner. ‘So […]

Blackhawk boys track 2013

The Brandon Blackhawks boys track team completed the 2013 season tied for fifth in the Flint Metro League. Head Coach Mark Mills, Assistant Coach Tony Ceccacci and Coach Eric Donders lead the team which included several school records. ‘We’re a young team with 35 boys on the roster,? said Donders. ‘However, they worked hard all […]

Spotters, chasers key in storm warning, prediction process

While radar played a large role in predicting the six tornadoes that touched down in southeast Michigan on May 28, including the F2 with winds of 130 mph in Atlas Township ‘meteorologists also depend on a network of spotters that keep an eye on the sky during threatening weather. Dan Thompson, meteorologist for the National […]

Ortonville company lands $1.6M deal for missile engines

Ortonville- On Wednesday U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich) announced that Ortonville based Technical Directions Inc. was selected to provide the turbojet engine-generator for the Loiter Attack Missile to be used in U.S. Army’s future combat systems. The $1.6 million deal is part of the Department of Defense appropriations bill and was approved by the House […]

Old camp now Star Bluff

Groveland Twp.-For many summers Girl Scouts gathered at Camp Narrin located on the banks of Narrin Lake just off Grange Hall Road and west of Bird Road. Now sounds of youth have been replaced by the roar of heavy construction equipment as earlier this spring work started on development of the 200 acre Star Bluff […]