Goodrich-At 6 p.m., April 22, the school board will grapple with about $900,000 in cuts to the 2013-14 budget. The proposed cuts come after district officials will dip into their fund equity for about $440,000 to balance the current budget, said District Superintendent Scott Bogner. ‘Our goal is to keep our fund balance at 10 […]
Look ‘who? moved in next door. A family of great horned owls, which includes a pair of owlets, has found a home in a wooded area just south of Goodrich. Locally, the top of the food chain predators are becoming very common, say biologists. Julie Oakes, Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist from southeastern […]
If Black Bart was bad’Blacker Bart must be really bad. Right? Well, Steve Mitchell, Goodrich High School theater director thinks so and anticipates that local audiences will find the spring play rounds up some serious laughter. ‘I like to do new things, too,? he said. ‘In years past I’ve pushed the envelope and have been […]
Atlas Twp.- On Monday night the township board discussed the future use of the community meeting room on the second floor of the Goodrich Library. ‘We don’t really have an area that lends itself to a meeting room in the township,? said Shirley Kautman-Jones, township supervisor. The building had undergone some renovations and several groups […]
Brandon Twp.- Larry Warner’s final written statement to Brandon High School was simple, ‘After 33 years I believe I have accrued enough credits to finally graduate from Brandon.? While his last words were rather brief, his career and contributions to the school where monumental. Warner, 54, announced on Monday he’ll retire at the end of […]
Goodrich-In a special meeting on April 9 at the village offices, a board of determination made up of Richfield Township Supervisor Joseph Madore, Mundy Township Supervisor David Guigear and Argentine Township Supervisor Robert Cole voted 3-0 to move forward with a Wheelock and Watkins drain project. The Wheelock and Watkins drain is an agricultural drain, […]
Goodrich-By a 5-0 vote on Monday night the village council OK’d the purchase of a new tractor. The 2013 John Deere tractor will cost the village about $93,000. ‘We received about $31,000 for the sale of the seven parcels in the Fairview Hills subdivision in March,? said Rick Horton, village council president. ‘In addition we’ll […]
Goodrich-Gordon Smith needed gas. In the fall of 1962, local resident Emery Bennett was working at his Gulf Gas Station near the intersection of Hegel Road and M-15 when Smith pulled in for a fill-up. ‘I noticed the credit card Smith used had a Lions Club of Michigan logo on it,? said Bennett. ‘So Smith, […]
Goodrich- A mid-September storm that dumped record rainfall of more 4.16 inches in the village area and 6.06 inches of rain in Ortonville swelled the mill pond and nearly covered the Hegel Road bridge. The report issued by Pete Morey, village street administrator and councilmember, was presented Monday night at the village meeting. The village […]
By David Fleet Editor The width of a razor blade. That’s the thickness of a crack a Michigan State Police Traffic Division Inspector found in the body of a Brandon School bus following a week-long review last June. Rick Jerrell, head mechanic for the district’s 36 school buses, said in addition to the small fissure, […]