Lansing- After voting on Sept. 27 to close state police posts in Grand Haven, Groveland Township and Iron River the state police responded Tuesday morning with a re-deployment plan prior to the Nov. 28 closing date. Senators and representatives from the areas impacted by the post closings met with Michigan State Police Lt. Col. Peter […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-Police protection for the township is costing more each year prompting officials to consider some additional funding. ‘One mill is just not enough to cover the cost of the contract,? said Paul Amman, Atlas township supervisor. ‘We must decide whether to opt for a special assessment, drastically cut police protection […]
Goodrich-Water samples taken from the high school recently detected arsenic at a concentrated level exceeding standards or maximum contaminant levels set forth by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The report prompted school officials to provide bottled drinking water beginning Nov. 17 and continuing until the Christmas vacation starting on Dec. 22 says Kim Hart, […]
Groveland Twp.- After state transportation officials dumped a proposed traffic light at the intersection of Oakwood Road and M-15 earlier this year a recent study by the Michigan Department of Transportation may now reverse their decision. MDOT officials say a traffic study completed in August appears to include enough accident data leaving the intersection in […]
Groveland Twp.- After the road work near the entrance of XXX along Grange Hall Road east of Jossman Road was completed earlier this fall several township residents along with Bob DePalma, township supervisor expressed concern regarding the need for a guardrail Officials from the Road Commission for Oakland County along with engineers consulted with DePalma […]
Atlas Twp.-A revolutionary war soldier buried in the Horton cemetery had at least one direct descendant in Goodrich according to area newspaper records from Sept. 20, 1939. Patriot William Britton, a soldier in the American army from Dec. 1, 1777 to June 10, 1783, who came to Michigan in 1824 and died in 1844 was […]
John Calcott Horsley a London inventor produced the first Christmas card in 1843 as a favor for friend Henry Cole–now more than 150 years later the simple greeting card exchanged by the millions each holiday season has been etched in the lore of Christmas. Locally several residents have perserved a few of these old cards–recalling […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- Last year 9,000 area children were a little bit warmer thanks to those who were a bit colder. From dawn to dusk on Dec. 9, volunteers from Old Newsboys of Flint will brave winter weather to hawk their publication for area children near the intersection of Hegel Road and M-15. […]
Atlas Twp.-On the morning of Nov. 12, Mike King, 39, was enjoying a cup of coffee on the deck of his township home when he noticed several deer in the field behind his home.. ‘I could see one of the deer was a buck,? said King, a deer hunter for the past 27 years. ‘I […]
By David Fleet Editor In the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 1944, Roy Stacey, a U.S. Army Tech. fourth grade with the134th AAA gun battalion on duty in Bullingen, Belgium was awoken by the sound of enemy shells passing over his head. ‘At midnight on the 16th we got word to move out. We […]