Goodrich – There is a newly renovated pub in town’upstairs at the Goodrich Country Club. For $1, the public is invited to the grand opening at 7 p.m., Nov. 2, 10080 Hegel Road. With the new sports bar atmosphere, customers can drop in to watch football or basketball, as well as other sporting events. Manager […]
Finding a four-leafed clover is believed to be lucky. The Ortonville Community Emergency Fund has found some good fortune as they prepare for the annual ‘Sharin? o? the green.? For the fourth year in a row, an anonymous donor has challenged the community to participate in ‘Sharin? o? the green,? offering to match community donations […]
Brandon Twp.- Applause erupted and cheers were heard, if not the sighs of relief, as Richard Schoonover announced that he and the rest of the AdvancED Quality Assurance Review team would be recommending accreditation for the Brandon School District. Schoonover, lead evaluator for the team, made the announcement Feb. 8 to a room at the […]
An Ortonville man who turned his car upside down in a swamp next to M-15 in December was driving with a blood alcohol content of .20 percent, two-and-a-half times the legal limit, and hasn’t had a valid driver’s license in nearly 20 years. Douglas George Bowman, 49, was arraigned Feb. 3 on one count of […]
Brandon Twp.- Jim Cartwright says he and his wife, Jessie, will not move from their home in the Clearwater Campground, regardless of what a judge rules on March 16. ‘I’m not leaving? they’d have to carry me out,? said Cartwright this week. ‘I’m 85, my wife is 84, I’m a World War II vet. I […]
A former church youth leader who exposed himself to children at a Brandon Township campground will serve one year in jail and five years of probation under terms of his plea agreement. Curtis Burkhardt, 44, pleaded no contest to a charge of indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person on Feb. 8 in front of […]
Mary Stayton knew when she retired as clerk for the Brandon Alternative High School program that she would miss working with kids. The mom of four children and grandmother of nine grandsons loves children. So two years ago, the Goodrich resident and secretary for Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance joined the Mentors Plus program. She was […]
Ortonville- The village council began taking bids on replacement of sidewalks after their Oct. 8 meeting. Council President Ken Quisenberry hopes to approve a contractor at the next meeting and said the village will not reimburse Wally Bory, owner of Bory, Inc., who had previously won a bid in July under the previous council to […]
About 50 volunteers packed more than 200 ‘Miracle? boxes on Oct. 9 at Wojo’s Greenhouse to send to U.S. troops serving overseas. The boxes contained a variety of items including socks, breakfast items, beef jerky, drinks, ‘pocket foods? and a ‘whole lot of love,? said Louise Downs, a Hadley Township resident known as the ‘Desert […]
Ortonville- D’Anne Van Hooser will be giving some very special, unique Christmas gifts to family members this year? 16 rugs made out of fabric her late mother, a seamstress, owned. The rugs were made at the Old Mill on a 1915 loom by local residents Marilyn Featherston, Laurie Dallape, and June King. Van Hooser said […]