Brandon Twp.- Since buying WOW Tan May 1, new owner Kathy Zardus has made significant changes in the business, with more to come. The salon located at 950 Ortonville Road has been renamed The Beach House and besides the new sign out front, the interior has an all new look, too. Inside, the walls of […]
Atlas Twp.- Mary Tison has found, and wrote, a happy ending to what was a horror story. ‘A Cancer Journey: Walking with God,? was published in March, detailing Tison’s battle with cancer following her diagnosis in December 1999. She would endure a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, a mastectomy, more radiation that resulted in second and third-degree […]
Brandon Twp.- An investigation into the death of Carol Christie appears to be raising more questions than answers. According to police reports, at about 8:27 p.m. on May 11, Brandon deputies were dispatched to a group home in the 7000 block of Oakhill Road. CPR was in progress on 66-year-old Christie, a severely mentally and […]
Nuns have been around for hundreds of years. But changes in society have changed the sisterhood, say two local nuns. Sister Mary Martin of the Dominican Nuns of Mt. Thabor Monastery in Groveland Township and Sister Joan May, administrator for St. Mark Catholic Church in Goodrich live very different lives. Martin is a cloistered nun, […]
Brandon Twp.- An 18-year-old Brandon Township woman was in critical condition at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital following an accident in which the car she was driving was hit by a tow truck. The woman was driving a red Neon when she turned left onto M-15 from the Sunoco/Taco Bell, 1152 Ortonville Road, around 12:53 p.m., […]
Brandon Twp.- Robbie Williams, who inspired many local citizens as he battled Fanconi Anemia, died of complications from the disease June 24 at the University of Michigan Children’s Hospital. He was 8-years-old. A number of fundraisers last year enabled Robbie’s family to stay with him in Ohio as he received and recovered from a bone […]
Ortonville- The village is similar to other municipalities in that it is squeezed between rising costs and flat revenues, says Village Manager Ed Coy. This is apparent when looking at the village municipal budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 that the council adopted 5-0 at the June 26 meeting. Councilmembers Harold Batten […]
Ortonville- The village council voted unanimously to close the Village Skate Park at their June 26 meeting. Several neighbors of the park, located in a residential area at Ball and Cedar streets, were present at the meeting to voice complaints that included kids using foul language, drugs and alcohol, urinating on their lawns, tipping over […]
The last thing in the world Yvonne Verschueren wanted to be was a teacher. But that is exactly what she became and after nearly 37 years, the Brandon teacher has retired from the profession with no regrets. When Verschueren began attending Oakland University in the 1960s, she says the career options were few for women, […]
Groveland Twp.- Beth Bakotic began riding horses at K Farms when she was about 10-years-old. Now, 17 years later, she owns it. Bakotic and Brian Lynch bought the facility, which they have renamed Amber Way, on May 16. ‘It was a dream, but I never thought it would happen,? says Bakotic. ‘I never imagined in […]