Atlas Twp.-Weather conditions for Goodrich March 13, 2010: Water temperature 33 degrees, air temperature 40 degrees, wind gusts 35 mph, with light freezing rain. A brutal day to take a swim’a great day for a plunge. About 70 individuals were present at the third annual Polar Bear Plunge’held at the Washburn Road home and pond […]
Mike Hemmingsen, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Davison Transportation Service Center manager said a major section of M-15 between I-69 to the Oakland County line south of Goodrich will be resurfaced with one-and a half inches asphalt starting in May, with the projected completed in late June. The M-15 road surface in the Village of […]
Groveland Twp.- Life will be just a little more green for some township residents thanks to a grant awarded earlier this year. Governor Jennifer Granholm announced in late January that the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth (DELEG) has awarded $17.4 million in grants to 125 cities, villages, townships, and counties throughout Michigan […]
January home sales in Genesee and Oakland counties increased by more than 21 percent while home sale prices nudged slightly higher according to a report issued by Realcomp last week. The higher home values are a possible change in a three year downward spiral said Jeff Dawley, of Goodrich based Atlas Real Estate. ‘Our inventory […]
Six different wolves on trail cameras. Seven different dead deer killed by wolves. That’s the report from Jeff Stonerock after returning from a week-long deer hunting trip to his family’s 550 acres in Iron County in the Upper Peninsula’s western region. For the past 20 years Stonerock and his family have made the 11 hour, […]
The Goodrich Girls Volleyball team came up short on Nov. 20 in their drive for a state championship when they were defeated by Ann Arbor’s Father Gabriel Richard High School in the Michigan High School Athletic Association state semi-finals at Battle Creek. ‘We just never gained control over the match from the very beginning,? said […]
The Goodrich Girls Volleyball team 39-9-1, continued their march a Michigan High School Athletic Association state title by defeating Marysville at Imlay City on Nov. 13 in three sets, 25-14, 25-16, 27-25, winning the regional championship for the first time in school history. ‘This was the best that we have played all season,? said Head […]
Atlas Twp.-Bruce Easton lives five minutes from Genesys Regional Medical Center in the township’s southwest corner. His 81-year old mother-in-law lives next door to him. ‘I was working in Sterling Heights and had just left when my wife called crying that her mother was in pain and having problems,? said Easton. ‘She called 9-1-1 at […]
Atlas Twp.-Late last month three new deputies were transferred to patrol in the township, replacing existing personnel. James Gage, Genesee County undersheriff, said on Feb. 20, eight-year veteran Deputy Casey Seely, six-year veteran Deputy Chris McNamara and Deputy Kevin Sprague, a five-year veteran with experience in the county marine division, were assigned to area patrols. […]
Groveland Twp.-By a 5-0 vote on Monday night, the township board of trustees approved a new budget which includes about $124,000 less, due to declines in revenue sharing from the state and a drop in property taxes. The township board OK’d a $999,665 budget, with a fund equity in reserve of 70 percent or about […]