Beijing- Each day Ortonville native Jane Kier Moore works, shops and enjoys entertainment’a lifestyle synonymous with most the United States. Yet for Kier Moore each day’s subtle differences, like CNN’s frequent blackouts due to government censoring reminds her that life in Communist China is far from the freedoms of home. Like thousands of other American […]
Goodrich- Sold. The village council accepted sealed bids totaling $31,052 for seven parcels of land in the Fairview Hills subdivision. Council members Richard Saroli, Mark Baldwin and Pete Morey voted for the sale. Council members Rick Horton and Doug McAbee were absent from the meeting. Proceeds from the parcels will be applied to the general […]
On March 13, the House Tax Policy Committee OK’d legislation that would give local townships the authority to decide how to best pay for police and fire protection. House Bill 4147, sponsored by State Rep. Joseph Graves (R-Argentine) gives township boards flexibility to choose how they would pay for local police and fire services. Under […]
Groveland Twp.- On Monday night by a 5-0 vote the township board of trustees OK’d the 2013-2014 budget. Township officials report about $200,000 in surplus revenue with about $2 million in the infrastructure fund, just over 200 percent based on a general budget of $987,520 and building fund of $26,000. The infrastructure fund is earmarked […]
In 1961 the Detroit Tigers finished the season with a record of 101-61, second in the American League, eight games behind the New York Yankees. First baseman Norm Cash led the team hitting .361, following by outfielder Al Kaline who hit .324. A box seat at Briggs Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, cost $3. […]
The Goodrich Girls Basketball team successfully defended its Class B State titled on Saturday The the Lady Martians capped off the 2012-13 season by defeating Flint Powers 51-34 at the Jack Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. Tania Davis had 20 points and Tyler Gleason tossed in 14 with 11 rebounds in […]
By David Fleet Editor East Lansing-The 2013 Goodrich girls basketball season ended the same way as the 2012 campaign concluded. With a state championship. The Goodrich Lady Martians successfully defended their Class B state title on Saturday, defeating Flint Powers Catholic Chargers 51-34 at the Jack Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. […]
A Brandon Township man and woman suspected of assaulting a man in his home with a baseball bat on the night of May 3 were in 52-2 District Court on Monday. Shelly Klanke pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon before Judge Dana Fortinberry. She will be sentenced on Nov. 4 […]
Atlas Twp.-Just before dark Sunday night, Coltan Hadsell, 11, made a great connection. The township youth shot his first deer from a tree stand while hunting on the family’s township property during the Youth and 100 percent Disabled Veteran Firearm Deer season Sept. 27-28. Hadsell, a sixth grade student at Goodrich Middle School, was hunting […]
Area leaders are remembering Bill Wright as a tireless public servant that loved his community. Leslie L. ‘Bill? Wright, Jr. of Ortonville died March 6. He was 91. Born in Lake Orion, Michigan to the late Leslie L. and Agnes Marie (nee: Kennedy) Wright, Sr. He married the former Edith Tyson, Sept. 14, 1946 in […]