Ortonville-Robert Wilk makes a living with the dead. Wilk is the funeral director and owner of Sherman-Wilk Funeral Home, 135 South St. in Ortonville. It was ‘just curiosity? that led Wilk, 59, to his profession. While other students considered jobs as teachers or engineers, Wilk had another occupation in mind. ‘I was in high school, […]
Goodrich-Concerns regarding school tornado policy were voiced at Monday’s meeting of the Goodrich Area Schools Board of Education. Parents and board members alike expressed anxiety about reports of students going to restaurants, movies and malls instead of seeking shelter after a March 20 early dismissal. The cancelation came in response to a Goodrich school district […]
Life as a yo-yo expert has its ups and downs. But on the afternoon of March 18, a crowd of more than 50 gathered in the Goodrich/Atlas Lyceum to witness the ingenious Zeemo with his arsenal of yo-yo trickery. Zeemo, also known as Whitmore Lake resident Paul Kyprie, estimates he was 9 years old when […]
Atlas Twp.- The volley of words and letters between the Township and Village regarding additional funding for police protection took turn yet another turn during Monday’s trustees meeting. Township Supervisor Paul Amman again addressed the issue of establishing a police authority board and additional funding to ease a shortage of dollars to pay for police […]
Atlas Twp.-Medical reports from the township fire department not only arrived on time this month? they were early. Following February’s six-month probation for failure to correctly submit medical reports, executive director of the Genesee County Medical Control Authority, Bruce Trevithick said reports were filed ahead of schedule this month. The reports in question are documents […]
Atlas Twp.-Bill Parker, a firefighter with ATFD for more than four years, has been promoted to the position of training instructor. Prior to working at the ATFD, Parker worked for six years at a fire department in Villa Park, a suburb of Chicago. Parker, a Goodrich resident, said he is a firefighter one and firefighter […]
Atlas Twp.- Livestock is a key element in virtually any rural landscape and the township is no exception. Yet, as communities like Atlas Township grow the entanglment between recreational farm animals and urban growth have prompted township planners to consider changes to some existing ordinances. Such a debate has sparked discussion recently among residents and […]
Goodrich area schools? fine arts program, FAME, will be hosting its final event of the season on Friday. Blending American jazz and Irish folk music, Jazz from the Shamrock Shore features a harp, Irish flute, penny whistles, and Saxophones. ‘I can speak from wonderful experience how much fun they are,? said Donna Heiderer Co-Director of […]
A driver ticketed six months after her involvement in a fatal accident is challenging the tickets in court. Lapeer County resident Bethany Watteny, 43, struck and killed Goodrich High School graduate, Theodore Petrill, 26, last June. Watteny was west bound on Davison Road, east of Lake Nepessing Road, when the GM Envoy she was driving […]
Goodrich-With spring officially under way, golfers at Goodrich Country Club, are back in the swing of things. New golf course superintendent Bob McNab said the greens at made it through the winter with minimal damage. The few issues McNab encountered weren’t due to frigid temperatures or even the flooding much of Atlas Township saw earlier […]