Randy Davisson can cross another goal off his bucket list. The former Ortonville resident, 71, set a record when he and West Branch resident Bill Zettel drove three horses abreast, pulling an Amish wagon with them on it, in the Michigan Double-Cross. The ride took place for 21 consecutive days, from Sept. 6-26, and covered […]
Alex Fuller has been participating in 4-H and the Oakland County Fair for a decade now and every year, she tries to do new things. Even after 10 years, it isn’t hard to find new events to compete in, or new attractions to enjoy at the fair, and this year will be no exception? with […]
Brandon Twp.- Terry Beltramo had less than a smooth start as the new township treasurer? he arrived for his first day on the job on Nov. 20, only to discover all the files in his new office had been mysteriously deleted. ‘The Excel worksheets that we needed, all the balances for the township and county, […]
Brandon Twp.- The real estate market may not be booming right now, but at least one business is still looking to buy property. Genisys Credit Union, formerly T & C Federal Credit Union is considering the purchase of a vacant piece of property on M-15, south of Brandon High School. Also being considered are at […]
On June 19, at 7:35 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to Perry Lake Road at Granger Road after a vehicle drove through the stop sign and crashed into the ditch. A witness at the scene had been jogging eastbound on Granger Road at Perry Lake Road and stated if she had been 20 feet further, […]
Groveland Twp.- Unique gifts from around the world will be for sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 6 at Bueche’s Food World, 400 Ortonville Road. Faith White, a Goodrich resident and assistant pastor at Goodrich Assembly of God, worked as a missionary with Work and Witness from 1997-2004, traveling to Peru, Argentina, Kiev in the […]
Ortonville- The village continues to be in sound financial condition, with a ‘healthy? fund balance. During their meeting June 24, village council members unanimously approved a municipal budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 with revenues and expenditures of $570,651. The motion to approve the budget also included a 2 percent performance-based compensation […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board unanimously approved the 2013-2014 budget during a special meeting June 26 with little comment. Trustee LeAnne Schmidt asked only if the budget was the same one presented during the June 10 public budget hearing which carried the burden of a $621,790 operating deficit. Jan Meek, executive director of business operations, […]
Matt Milligan hopes one day to be a professor of Asian studies at a prestigious university such as Harvard or Princeton. But his first teaching position will be far from the wealth and privilege of these schools on the East Coast of the United States. The 2003 Brandon High School graduate is traveling to the […]
A man who was found driving nude at Brandon High School in June was not entrapped by police officers, a judge has ruled. During a hearing on Nov. 13, 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin denied a motion that Brandon Township resident John Hilton Carr, 66, was entrapped by officers when he was found nude […]