In the fall of 1990, Oxford Bank came to Ortonville. Now, 20 years later, the Oxford Bank-Ortonville, 345 S. Ortonville Road, continues to serve the area. Linda Moskal, bank officer and Ortonville branch manager for more than 13 years, is proud to celebrate the milestone. ‘Oxford Bank is a hometown community bank and I believe […]
Rob Schroeder is in the business of finding what others have been hunting. For the past 11 years Schroeder, an Atlas Township resident, has assisted deer hunters statewide to find their harvest with his trained-to-track German shepherd. ‘I find about 70 percent of the deer that we set out to recover,? said Schroeder. ‘It does […]
At a special Goodrich School Board meeting on June 9, 2003, Vice President Chris Maciag announced his resignation effective July 1. That same day, more than 500 Goodrich voters (about 11 percent) went to the polls and choose Kenneth Rappuhn with 356 votes and Timothy Zirnhelt, 258 votes to serve on the Goodrich School Board. […]
Groveland Twp.-While many communities struggle with a loss of state shared revenues in a sagging economy’Groveland Township continues to linger in black ink. On Sept. 18, Ken Palka, from the accounting firm of Pfeffer, Hanniford and Palka, reported on the township finances following the completion of the yearly audit. Palka, who reported the clean audit, […]
A mix of record low intrest rates and uncertianties in the job market has produced several dramatic fluxuations in the Northern Oakland County real estate market. Local existing home sales have declined during the past 30 months while prices have remained relatively constant according to a report released from the North Oakland County Board of […]
Over the past 30 years, Jim Hebb has completed some very successful hunts? from Alaskan moose to snow geese in the western states to trophy whitetails in Michigan. However, a recent excursion not only featured a rather unique hunting location, it also included establishing a new hunting partner’his ll-year-old daughter Brooke. Brooke was absent the […]
In a vehicle, driving from Oscoda near Lake Huron to Empire near Lake Michigan would take about five hours’with a couple of stops along the way. However, for Atlas Township residents Tere and Nick Onica the trek across the northern section of the state was accomplished at a little slower pace this past summer’one foot […]
Ninety minutes. That’s how much time Groveland Township resident David Rheaume waited for assistance after shooting what may be one of the top five black bears ever taken in Michigan. While his anticipation to claim the trophy was difficult, it later proved to be the right move. On Sept. 10, the first day of the […]
Atlas Twp.- Jim and Lynn Lusty began preparing for their oldest daughters’open house in about February. Angela, 17, the eldest of four girls had graduated from Powers Catholic High School on June 1, and along with her family, were planning for the major post graduation gathering on the spacious grounds at their rural Atlas Township […]
Atlas Twp.’Ruth and Harold Steinhoff figured if they raised 14 children, then downtown Flint was not the place. So, after purchasing the 120 acre Stonehill Farm on Horton Road west of Goodrich in the 1940s, Ruth and Harold moved the troops from the city to the county in 1957. Life changed in a lot of […]