By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- The days before computers may seem like a distant memory, but for students and staff in the district it was a reality for about 24 hours this week as technology failed. At around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, every computer in the district, roughly 1,600 of them, went down when […]
Brandon Twp.- If the school board approves a recommendation to provide busing to home schools only next year, it could devastate two local businesses. Jenny Smotherman, director of Stepping Stone Child Development Center, stands to lose a quarter of her business under the plan. ‘We have to have a latchkey program to stay in business, […]
The Brandon Board of Education has officially endorsed a yes vote for sewers in the upcoming election. During their Oct. 19 meeting, the board passed 5-0 a resolution in support of a sanitary sewer system in the Village of Ortonville. Board members Debbie Brady and Chris Yuchasz were absent. The Brandon School District Resolution to […]
Brandon Twp.-A 2 percent wage increase granted to most groups in the district has also been extended to the top. The school board approved by a 5-0 vote a 2-percent salary increase for Superintendent Matt Outlaw during their Oct. 19 meeting. Absent from the meeting were board members Debbie Brady and Chris Yuchasz. ‘In light […]
Brandon Twp.- Rich Walker figures a man who got stuck in the pizza oven vent at his Cracker Barrel store on Sunday is lucky he didn’t die trying to get a slice. ‘Cracker Barrel has such good pizza they’re jumping down the vents,? said Walker, owner of the store located at 5500 Oak Hill Road. […]
Brandon Twp.- Angela Ewald’s house on Michael Street is a fixer-upper. Under sunny skies on a recent Thursday morning, men are shoveling shingles from the roof. Inside, the house is a shell, stripped down to the studs already in many rooms, and Richard Ewald, Angela’s father, is busy demolishing moldy drywall. The house is in […]
A slow driver sped into dangerous territory on Tuesday in a road rage incident in which the Brandon Township man assaulted a woman and pulled a gun on two men who stopped to help. John David Lerke, 59, was arraigned Oct. 14 by 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio on five charges, including carrying a […]
Brandon Twp.- The community park, 1414 N. Hadley Road, is temporarily closed. As of Oct. 12, the park will remain shut for the next six weeks, with the exception of Oct. 25, when it will open for a fun run. The closure is needed for maintenance reasons. ‘Eight acres of phase one in the park, […]
Atlas Twp.- As a newborn, Brantlee Sanford’s days should be filled with cuddles, warm milk, regular diaper changes and plenty of sleep at home. However, since his birth on Sept. 13 at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Brantlee has not spent even one day at home. And while his parents, 2004 Goodrich High School graduate […]
Brandon Twp.- Felisha Anderson is only 31-years-old, but had recently worried that she was developing varicose veins in her leg. It turns out it was something much more serious? a blood clot that would result in her suffering a stroke. On the morning of Oct. 7, Anderson had wakened her daughters, Alyssa, 8, and Kaydince, […]