Ortonville- Jim Lane doesn’t want to bear the cost of sewers any more than many of the people who have publicly objected to a proposed village wastewater treatment system due to the financial burden. Still, if he could, he would vote yes Nov. 3 to support bringing such a system to the village. ‘I don’t […]
Ortonville- Mary Ann Quisenberry survived a battle with cancer a few years ago, but the healthy, vibrant 81-year-old met a foe she couldn’t beat in late August? a mosquito. Quisenberry died Sept. 14, after more than two weeks in the hospital and nearly three weeks after she first began exhibiting flu symptoms. The Oakland County […]
Brandon Twp.- Viral meningitis caused a one-day postponement of the Blackhawks? varsity football game against Swartz Creek. The Blackhawks would fall at home to the Dragons by one point, 22-21, the afternoon of Sept. 26. The game had previously been scheduled for Sept. 25, but was called off by Brandon School District officials when they […]
Brandon Twp.- Taxpayers will get some relief on their December tax bills. The township board approved the 2015 millage rates by a 4-2 vote at a special Sept. 24 meeting. Clerk Candee Allen, Treasurer Terri Darnall, and trustees Dana DePalma and Jayson Rumball voted yes. Supervisor Kathy Thurman and Trustee Bill DeWitt voted no. Trustee […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- There are no easy answers, simple fixes, or solutions that won’t affect students after the school board approved an amended budget that reduces the district’s rainy day fund balance to 9 percent and makes cuts imminent. ‘Without cuts, the fund balance will be eroded completely,? said Jamie Cowan, […]
Rhonda Hervey is half a world away from her husband Mark this Valentine’s Day, but she has a new appreciation for the sacrifice he is making for them as he works and lives in Qatar, a wealthy Arab emirate located on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. ‘I have a new level of understanding of […]
Brian Dunaway is half the man he used to be. Dunaway knew he was big’he was wearing size 6XL shirts and size 60 pants’but when he stepped on a freight scale at a GM plant a few years ago, he was stunned to see exactly how heavy he was. He weighed 513 pounds. ‘I didn’t […]
Brandon Twp.- Township officials have again contracted with Bedrock Express, LTD to provide recycling and large refuse collection for residents from April through December. Recyclable collection begins April 1, with residents able to take materials to the gravel pit located at 14415 CMI Drive in Groveland Township, near Grange Hall Road, just east of I-75. […]
Brandon Twp.- A plan to provide transportation for students only to their home schools next year was halted Monday. During the Feb. 8 board meeting, parents, local daycare providers, and a district bus driver were among those who voiced their opposition to a finance committee recommendation to stop transportation for in-district transfers. The move would […]
Goodrich- Eight-years-old might seem a little young to run a marathon, but Drew Wischman and Amber Villalpando are well on their way. The Oaktree Elementary third-graders are among 30 members of the new Mini Martian Marathon Running Club, comprised of mostly third through eighth grade students that run laps from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. every Monday […]