Ortonville- A 50-year-old Clio man was killed in the village Thursday when a ladder he was attempting to move fell on a power line, electrocuting him. George Short was pronounced deceased March 1 at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc. His co-worker, Richard Ridley, 48, who was helping move the 24-foot aluminum extension ladder, […]
Ortonville- Buyer beware. That is the message Larry Roberts, the public safety aide of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, has for local residents after recently hearing from two citizens who called the Brandon substation and said men had come to their doors offering to lay asphalt at a bargain price. Roberts says the men go […]
Ortonville- It’s back to square one on the village sidewalks. The newly installed village council is scrapping plans to have engineering firm Rowe, Inc. evaluate sidewalks in the village at a cost of about $2,750. Instead, a sidewalk committee headed by Council Trustee Aileen Champion will walk the village and pick which street’s sidewalks should […]
Bow hunting permitted in the village By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- Bow hunting will be allowed to continue in the village, both on private property and a 48-acre parcel of land owned by the village where two tree stands were removed last year. At the village council’s Sept. 24 meeting, the council took no […]
Brandon Twp.- When Robert Wilson drives to work at EDS in Detroit, he sometimes takes feathered friends with him, in the trunk. The birds don’t stay with him, though. As he starts his workday, they start theirs. He lets them go from the roof of his work building and they fly about 50 miles back […]
A Brandon Township man has been arraigned on a felonious assault charge after he attacked another man with a baseball bat, and his girlfriend is also wanted in connection with the incident. Brian Michael Koop, 18, was arraigned on Sept. 20 in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin. Samantha Leighann Layman, 19, is […]
Ortonville- The Downtown Development Authority appears to be developing discontent among its members, with a second resignation letter turned in from a board member in as many weeks. In a letter to the DDA Board of Directors dated Sept. 16, DDA Secretary Sherry Regiani said she would resign effective Oct. 18. Her resignation letter came […]
Brandon Twp.- Michaelann Neadow is worried she is going to lose her state campground license. If that happens, says the owner of the Clearwater Campground, 1140 S. Ortonville Road, she is not the only one who will lose. Also suffering would be the owners of six lots within the campground who are part of a […]
Julie Graveldinger doesn’t know anyone, regardless of age, whose life has not been touched by cancer. What she does know is how to fight back against the disease and she invites the community to learn how at the Relay for Life of Brandon/Ortonville Kick-Off Party, planned for 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, at North Oaks […]
Brandon Twp.- Bullying of students in the district will not be tolerated. While the district had a strong anti-bullying policy in place, a new policy that conforms to state requirements is even more specific about the process that will be used to address reported incidents and communication with parents about the policy and incidents, said […]