After returning home to the U.S. from a month-long stay in Sierra Leone, Matt Yettaw attaches cost to items in a new way. ‘There is a price on everything now,? says the 2011 Brandon High School graduate. ‘If I spend $35-$40 on dinner at a restaurant, I think, ‘What does that equal for Sierra Leone […]
Students around Michigan go ‘back to school? this week, but that doesn’t necessarily mean children are leaving their homes. Oakland Schools is providing a free online program to children in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade who learn best in a non-traditional classroom. This is the inaugural year for the Virtual Learning Academy Consortium, which provides […]
Brandon Twp.- Supporters of a proposed township nature preserve took one step backwards Monday night. The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund declined an $800,000 grant sought by the township to purchase 80 acres of property for a nature preserve said board trustee Tom Stowell. ‘I don’t want anyone to think we’ve given up and the […]
If you have not yet received the flu vaccine due to a shortage and want to possibly prevent the flu, hurry now to one of the three Oakland County Health Division locations, where the ban has been lifted against giving the vaccine to healthy individuals. George Miller, manager of the OCHD, said the Center for […]
Ortonville- Storms came before and after CreekFest 2008, but none spoiled the annual event, which went off without a hitch last Saturday. ‘I thought it went really well,? said DDA Executive Director Molly LaLone. The Downtown Development Authority sponsored the affair, the purpose of which is to educate the public about the presence of waterways […]
Richard Tye was having a party at his house on Sherman Court around 5 p.m. on Sunday when his wife yelled for the nine kids that were in their pool to get out. Tye and his son, Chris, watched as black clouds rolled in. ‘Trees were spinning and the clouds were swirling,? said Chris. ‘We […]
Brandon Twp.- Controversy and protests over China’s human rights policies have made headlines recently as the country prepares to host the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Some have even called for a boycott of the games. But Roger McCarville, who campaigns for the rights of the disabled and will travel to Beijing to broadcast the Paralympic […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Groveland Twp.- Art Guimond never gave much thought to being a father as a young man. He and his wife, Janice, were married for 13 years without children. Now, at 58, he has six children, ranging in age from 19 to 11. Guimond was 40 and a teacher and Janice […]
Ortonville- The Village Skate Park will remain open. Despite recent news that a grant to fix problems at the park has been denied, the village council heard good news at their Monday meeting. Bob Roerink, recently hired to monitor the Skate Park from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and noon-8 p.m. on Saturdays, said he has not […]
An Ortonville man will serve a year in jail after fleeing from a Brandon deputy during an attempted traffic stop in January. Martin Lee Bruner, 42, was sentenced June 9 to 365 days in jail, with credit for 132 days served, on charges of fleeing and eluding third degree and driving while license suspended, second […]