BGYA Youth Recognition’April 19

Austin Hahn believes teenagers often get a bad rap, with adults looking down on them or suspecting them of causing trouble. So Hahn fights against the prejudice by doing good works. In the past year alone, he has volunteered for the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund’s food pantry; helped with various activities at Seymour Lake United […]

Village Skate Park issue rekindles as summer nears

Ortonville- A Village Skate Park committee formed last summer has been disbanded without resolving park issues, and a new committee has been proposed to come up with a final solution. During their March 24 meeting, the village council voted 5-2 to approach the Brandon Township board about having some boardmembers join a committee that also […]

Economic Choices

A struggling economy is taking its toll on local residents. Cindy Bell, of Goodrich, is shopping on a recent afternoon at Bueche’s Food World. She notes grocery prices are rising. ‘Eggs are twice as much,? says the mother of three. ‘I don’t know how the chickens know that gas has gone up. Everything has gone […]

Mushroom mania crops up in Brandon Township

On March 17, at about 1:30 a.m., a Brandon deputy was dispatched to the area of Ortonville Road and Seymour Lake Road to look for a white Grand Prix, the driver of which was hallucinating after taking mushrooms. Dispatch advised the driver did not know where he was and refused to stop. The vehicle was […]

K-9 team continues success

Bodi strikes again. On March 19, Brandon Deputy Mike Garrison and his partner, K-9 Bodi, were dispatched to assist the Narcotics Enforcement Team with a vehicle stop on Hatchery Road near Airport Road in Waterford. Bodi alerted on a door seam and a roach was found in the second seat driver’s side ashtray. On the […]

Costa Rican-BHS exchange student returns for Easter

Ortonville- Isabela Llanso, 10, experienced snow for the first time last week, as well as Easter American-style. Isabela and her mother, Alejandra Monge, Costa Rican residents, were in the area for a few days to visit Kay and Lou Williams of Brandon Township and their daughter, Lisa LemMon of Goodrich. Monge was an exchange student […]

Plenty to run for locally

For area residents that may be considering a run at local government ‘now may be the time. All seats on all township boards are up for grabs this election year. Candidates seeking to run for the Atlas, Brandon and Groveland township boards must file petitions by 4 p.m., May 15 at the respective township offices […]

Clearwater Campground, Brandon Township reach settlement

Brandon Twp.- After more than a year of a public battle, the Clearwater Campground Association and the township have reached a settlement which may allow some campground residents to stay in their homes year-round. During their April 2 meeting, the township board unanimously approved an agreement with the Clearwater Campground Association which allows campground residents […]

EXTRA, EXTRA, read all about it!

Brandon Twp.- Teacher Sharon Voyer holds an iPad and sounds out a letter, then asks Kaylee Weir to do the same and touch the correct word on the screen. The little girl concentrates and tentatively reaches out to a word that lights up, showing she is right. A smile lights up the first grade student’s […]

Privatization bids: $200K savings, more hours

Brandon Twp.- The school board will discuss privatization of custodial services at the next finance committee meeting, planned for 6:30 p.m., April 10, at the central district office, 1025 S. Ortonville Road. The district has received six bids from companies offering to provide custodial services. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon said of those bids, four companies offered […]