Ortonville- Officials may have another option in their quest for sewers for the village. The Genesee County Division of Water and Waste Services will meet with local Oakland County representatives at 10 a.m., April 19, at the Brandon Township offices, 395 Mill St., to discuss the Kearsley Creek interceptor. The meeting is open to the […]
The Brandon School Board voted 5 to 1 on Monday night to not renew Community Education Director June Wuopio’s contract. Trustee Karyn Milligan was absent and Trustee D’Anna Keeble voted no. The vote comes after the board approved a resolution to consider non-renewal of both the athletic director’s contract and the community education director’s position […]
Ortonville- At his heaviest, Tim Dibble weighed 467 pounds. He worried about breaking chairs, was unable to sit in restaurant booths, was uncomfortable in movie theater seats and bought seat extensions for plane rides. His weight even determined the car he bought. Emotionally, his feelings were hurt by jokes and comments people made about his […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials continue to investigate the possibility of partnering with Genesee County for sewers. Representatives from communities including the townships of Atlas, Brandon, Davison and Grand Blanc, as well as the villages of Goodrich and Ortonville, met with representatives of the Genesee County Water and Waste Services and the Oakland County Drain Commissioner’s […]
Brandon Twp.-Renee Doyle was in an already fragile emotional state when her sister called to tell her she had just received a call that their brother had been in a critical vehicle accident on April 15. The siblings? father had died earlier that week and now it seemed another tragedy had struck the family. Doyle […]
Groveland Twp.- ‘Necessity is the mother of invention? is a term that has double meaning in the case of Jeff Walker. Walker was on a camping trip with his baseball team in 1992 in northern Michigan when the group wanted to cook steaks on the open fire, but had nothing to put them on. From […]
When Ray Delasko first moved into his home in the Independence Oaks County Park 31 years ago, an unwanted resident moved into his dog house. The intruder, a racoon, was soon found going through cereal boxes in the house that Delasko, the new park supervisor, shared with his wife Joyce and young son. Delasko put […]
Ortonville-Sunset Excavating of Livonia was the low bidder to replace the South Street culvert over Duck Creek. The company was selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation with a construction bid of $189,214.70. The village will pick up 20 percent of this cost, or about $37,800, with a federal grant paying the remaining 80 percent. […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials hope to score a homerun soon for the planned 47-acre park at the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. Park committee members Tom Stowell and Fred Waybrant have been working for months on plans for the park that was purchased in the fall of 2004, as well as ways to raise […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials hope to score a homerun soon for the planned 47-acre park at the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. Park committee members Tom Stowell and Fred Waybrant have been working for months on plans for the park that was purchased in the fall of 2004, as well as ways to raise […]