Ortonville-Last Saturday afternoon, bright sunshine replaced hours of torrential rains just in time to honor fallen soldier Pfc. Joe Miracle at Brandon Varsity Field. A 2003 Brandon High School graduate, Miracle died in the Watapor Valley of Kunar Province in Afghanistan on July 5 by a surprise attack of hostile enemy fire from insurgents. The […]
Ortonville- Jan Mayhew can still remember the odor. From the deck of the USNS Corpus Christi, anchored in Camron Bay’Mayhew, then a 22-year-old aircraft repair specialist, recalls watching the battles in the delta regions off the coast of Vietnam. ‘It was like watching fireworks from the ship’we never got hit, but each day the Navy […]
Statewide results from the first Merit Exam were released earlier this month and both Brandon and Goodrich school districts exceeded state requirements. According to the Michigan Department of Education, the Merit Exam, which is mandatory for all high school juniors, replaces the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) used in years past. A state law dictated […]
Goodrich Superintendent Kim Hart is employed. By a 7-0 vote on Monday night, the Whitmore Lake School District OK’d a three-year contract with Hart, who was placed on administrative leave by the Goodrich School Board July 26. Hart will earn $109,614 per year. John Mayleben, president of the Whitmore Lake School Board, said the contract […]
A Brandon Township man is being held without bond in connection with the death of a police officer last week in Independence Township. Ramon Felix Pineda, 25, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in 52-2 District Court before Judge Kelley Kostin on multiple charges including second degree murder, leaving the scene of an accident causing death, and […]
Friend, businessman and father’Jack Quigley will be remembered by the community and family for his tireless work efforts, neighborly spirit and compassion toward others. Quigley, of Ortonville, died Aug. 24. He was 78. Born in Flint, Quigley moved to the Clarkston area where he worked on a farm. At 14-years-old he hitchhiked to California to […]
Voters in the Village of Ortonville will go to the poll Tuesday, Sept. 11, to choose the next village president, and four council trustees. The poll will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Old Town Hall in downtown Ortonville. Several key issues are at stake in this year’s election, including the […]
Atlas Twp.-The board of trustees voted 5-0 on Monday night to pave the approach to seven township intersections. The Genesee County Road Commission will coordinate paving segments of seven road approaches at the intersections of Green and Ridge roads, Horton and Gale roads (west), Horton and Gale roads (east), Horton Road at M-15, Green and […]
Area fire departments require continuous training and preparation for a variety of emergency responses. However, one area fire department is now prepared to assist in honoring those fallen comrades. Sgt. Bob Bryant, a 19-year West Bloomfield Fire Department veteran and Atlas Township resident, is one of several firefighters that helped establish an honor guard that […]
On March 17 the number one-ranked Goodrich Lady Martians capped off an undefeated season by outlasting a stubborn Grand Rapids Catholic Central team, 60-53, winning the Class B girls basketball state championship game at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. Clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch helped Goodrich (28-0) win its […]