Brandon Twp.- A township family is extremely fortunate to be alive after their home filled with carbon monoxide while they were sleeping. ‘This family is very, very lucky,? said Fire Chief David Kwapis. ‘The outcome could have been disastrous.? Firefighters were called to the home in the 1700 block of Hurd Road at about 5:48 […]
Goodrich- The Goodrich High School auditorium was filled with about 750 teenagers on Tuesday, but was remarkably quiet as students viewed on a giant screen the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The silence was periodically broken as students applauded and cheered, beginning around noon, when, as music played, a broadcaster announced that although Obama had […]
A 58-year-old Ortonville man died Wednesday after his motorcycle struck a car on M-15 in Brandon Township. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reports, Donald Ruks was traveling northbound on Ortonville Road south of Wolfe Road at about 3:05 p.m., Oct. 2 on a 1999 Honda Valkyrie motorcycle when a 21-year-old Ortonville woman driving a […]
Art takes many forms. For artist John Bradshaw, his work occurs not on the more obvious surfaces of canvas, paper, bronze, wood or clay’but on pumpkins. His chosen medium is seasonal and his art lasts only weeks, but it fulfills his need to have a creative outlet and as he creates faces on pumpkins, he […]
The crowds were massive, but the experience, unforgettable. Brandon Township resident John Dickie and his daughter, Alexis, a junior at Brandon High School, attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. ‘It was overwhelming, the number of people there,? John Dickie said. ‘It was an exhausting day and really cold out, […]
Jan and Ed Piorkowski are not your everyday baseball fans. The couple has held partial season tickets to the Detroit Tigers every year since the 90s and have been fans for decades. But they aren’t content to just watch their team at home. The Piorkowskis took their love of the game one step further when […]
America’s Master Handyman Glenn Haege broadcast his radio show live from Ortonville for the first time last Saturday. Haege’s Handyman Show can be heard on 147 stations in 46 states and on Sept. 28, he was broadcasting from Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road. Locally, the Handyman Show with Glenn Haege can be heard from […]
Even after three decades, Mary Wilcox still loves going to work every day. The founder of the Ortonville Montessori Center recently celebrated 30 years of educating students in this community. ‘It doesn’t feel like it has been 30 years,? she said. ‘Kids stopped and talked to me at Septemberfest and they grew up, but their […]
After years of intermittent discussion, officials from the village of Ortonville and Brandon Township are once again broaching the subject of sewers. Village Manager Ed Coy and Township Supervisor Kathy Thurman recently decided to create a joint sewer committee, the purpose of which will be to research and plan a joint sewer district and watewater […]
Brandon Twp.- A retired teacher and off-duty firefighter gave new meaning to roadside assistance on Monday. Kathy Brissette was on her way to the bank shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sept. 23 when she realized she had taken a wrong turn on to Hadley Road. As she was about to turn around, she saw a little […]