Atlas Twp.-The Henderson Road bridge over the Kearsley Creek, located north of Kipp Road, is now one of five in Genesee County that may be closed within the next five years if additional funding is not received for repairs. Genesee County Road Commission Manager-Director John Daly made the announcement on April 3 and reported the […]
Goodrich- Upgrades to a dilapidated century-old drain which had slowed to a trickle may soon start flowing once again. Jim Gerth, director of surface water management for the Genesee County Drain Office, said look for work to resume in the month of April now that the snow is gone. ‘Survey crews should be in the […]
Ed Gromek recalls the summer of 1969. ‘I remember the smell from the first step off the airplane’it was a rotting, sweet stench magnified by hot muggy air,? recalled Gromek, of his first hours in Vietnam as a soldier. ‘It was an extreme cultural shock coming from the United States. The smell was always there’it […]
Groveland Twp.-Lou Peiffer was distraught. His wife Patricia, 73, had collapsed in the bathroom of their township home due to an aneurysm. ‘I was frantic,? said Peiffer, 77, a township resident for more than 20 years. ‘I was trying to do CPR while waiting for EMS to arrive’I did not want to leave my wife […]
If it crawls, creeps or slithers’we want to know about it. That’s the message from Brittany Bird, natural resource planner for Oakland County Parks, on the eve of the most comprehensive study ever launched for the more than 6,000 acres of public land in the Oakland County Parks system. The Herpetological Resource Management, LLC, Environmental […]
Atlas Twp.-Groveland Township EMS has returned to Genesee County. Following a hour and half of heated dialogue at a special township meeting March 25 in which several Genesee County Township supervisors, area fire chiefs, and law enforcement bantered with Genesee County Medical Control Authority (GCMCA) officials over their protocol banning Oakland County-based Groveland Township EMS […]
Atlas Twp.-Tom Wimble arrived at his Green Road home just after dark. ‘I was home for about a half-hour before I realized my truck tire was flat,? said Wimble, a construction worker. ‘So I removed the tire and the next day took it to Belle Tire for repair. I figured they could just patch the […]
David Custer, 34, a 1998 Goodrich High School graduate, will be the face of a new local newscast at 10 p.m. on WNEM-TV5. Custer, a University of Michigan-Flint graduate, is launching an hour-long newscast after successfully producing a 10 p.m. newscast for more than a decade for FOX66. Custer has been well-received by mid-Michigan viewers […]
Erika Lustig loves a great adventure. Whether it’s a hiking trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon or four days in the Porcupine Mountains’the Goodrich High School senior thrives on a good challenge. Yet Lustig’s outdoor quests fall short compared to her exceptional academic achievements. For starters Lustig scored 35 of 36 on the […]
Brandon Twp.-Oakland County Sheriff detectives from the Brandon Township Substation arrested two area teens last week in connection with an August crime spree where five cars were vandalized, causing $9,000 in damage. Detective Dale Brown said township residents Max Gerber and Tom Shahin, both 19-years-old, were arraigned in 52-2 District Court, each on three counts […]