Brandon Twp.- Thieves often prey on senior citizens, but a new program aims to help elders in this community from becoming victims. Identity theft prevention will be the topic of discussion during a presentation at 10:45 a.m., Feb. 11, at the ITEC Center, 605 S. Ortonville Road (adjacent to the Brandon Middle School). Stephanie Anthony, […]
Brandon Twp.- Are you in a healthy or unhealthy relationship? Learn the signs of each as well as how to improve your relationship and break out of a bad one during ‘Healthy Relationships,? set for 7 p.m., Feb. 9, at the library, 304 South St. The program, offered by the Oakland County Health Division, is […]
BREAKING NEWS ET Rover goes home; dumps pipeline plans Atlas Twp.- ET Rover has cancelled a plan to put a natural gas pipeline through the township. Less than a week after spokeswoman Vicki Granado said Rover planned to file a formal application for their pipeline route that would take it through both Atlas and Groveland […]
Brandon Twp.-Lianna Riley and Courtney Rose are just two of the many Brandon High School students who will support making dreams a reality for Michigan children this month. They hope you will join them in their efforts. BHS Charity Week is Feb. 9-13, hosted by the Brandon Student Council, and this year’s chosen beneficiary is […]
Brandon Twp.- As township and Village of Ortonville officials prepare to approve a joint recreation master plan, they are seeking the input of the community. A simple, 7-question recreation survey can be completed by residents by going online to brandontownship.us. ‘We’ve had 84 responses to the survey and would like to see a few more,? […]
Brandon Twp.- In the last two weeks, the president gave the ‘State of the Union? address, the governor gave the ‘State of the State? address, and here in the township, Superintendent Matt Outlaw gave his first ‘State of the District? address. Outlaw has been at the helm only six months, but a requirement of his […]
Groveland Twp.- The remains of a man found in a wooded area in the township have been positively identified as those of Timothy Robert Burch, a Brandon Township man who was missing for nearly three months. According to police reports, two squirrel hunters found the remains at about 2 p.m. on September 26 in an […]
Former Ortonville Clerk/Treasurer Mary Clark was sentenced Sept. 21 to 12 months of probation and 100 hours of community service by 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio. Clark pleaded no contest in May to charges of willful neglect of duty by a public officer. Clark’s defense attorney, Josh West, said she will be be enrolled […]
Ortonville- Police and medics were called to the Citgo gas station, 495 S. Ortonville Road, last week after a 24-year-old man overdosed on heroin in the parking lot. ‘Heroin is becoming more and more prevalent throughout the county and we are seeing more and more of it up here in Brandon,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s […]
Jacob Young, the Brandon High School senior who posted online threats to kill everyone in a shooting rampage at school, will face trial in the Sixth Circuit Court. Judge Kelley Kostin of the 52-2 District Court ordered the case bound over to the higher court with Young facing the same charges on which she arraigned […]