Ortonville- Persons 21 and older are invited to a bonfire to benefit Jonny Masters and his family, at 7 p.m., today, July 28, at 336 South St. In September 2005, at the age of 10, Jonny was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a genetic brain disease that has destroyed white matter in his brain and left […]
Ortonville- Some local businesses reprimanded for violations of a village sign ordinance will receive a reprieve. The village council agreed to a 90-day grace period for 10 businesses whom they had recently sent letters to requesting removal of offending signs that vary in size from small sandwich boards to large banners. The move came after […]
Ortonville- More than 250 street machines are expected during the fifth annual Downtown Development Authority’s Street Machine Super Show, Aug. 5 in the village. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and awards will be presented at 2:30 p.m. in 14 categories, including 1900-1949 original; 1950-1981 original; street machines 1969 and older; 1970 and up; motorcyles; trucks […]
Some Elizabeth Street residents, whose homes are adjacent to where work is being done, said several rules for construction are already being violated. Those complaints include inability to access the road and their driveways, as well as work being done outside of the permitted hours of operation (in particular, weekend work). Other concerns included pollution […]
Ortonville- Ortonville High School was torn down in 1964. Still, the memories remain. Marilyn (Potter) Featherston and Shirley (Ruple) Pletcher recall taking their shoes off and climbing up the long fire chute at the two-story brick building with a basement, located at the corner of Schoolhouse and Ball streets in the village. They would take […]
Ortonville- ‘Night at the Movies,? planned for 7-11 p.m., Aug. 11, has a new location. The fifth annual free family event, sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority/Main Street, is set to take place at the ballfields at Cedar and Ball streets in the village. The Dreamworks film ‘Over the Hedge? will be shown. ‘We’re partnering […]
A Brandon Township man has been found competent and criminally responsible, but mentally ill, in the April stabbing of his ex-girlfriend. Robert Logan, 38, has waived a preliminary exam, and will be arraigned Aug. 6 in front of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge John J. McDonald on charges of assault with intent to do great […]
Brandon Twp.- The official opening of the Brandon Township Community Park will happen next spring, not this fall. Parks and Recreation Director Fred Waybrant had hoped to have play begin soon on four multi-purpose fields at the new park located at Oakwood and Hadley roads. However, a recent heat wave and a lack of ordinances […]
Ortonville- What a long, strange trip it has been for Ken Dockery. On his bike ride across America, he has participated in an Indian Pow-wow, met an Alaskan gold prospector in a Wal-Mart parking lot, climbed to the top of Mt. Hood and crossed the Continental Divide (both on bicycle) and found treasures along the […]
Tom and Jodi Hammond planned to visit their cabin in the Upper Peninsula last week and do some landscaping while on a side trip from an annual family camping vacation. What they didn’t plan on was a wildfire. As of Wednesday, the fire suspected to have been started by a lightning strike Aug. 2 in […]