On July 19, Michigan State Troopers from Groveland Township responded to a foreclosed home on Jossman Road. The former owner met the troopers at the home and reported that items in the house totalling about $5,000 were stolen from the vacant home. The previous owners said the home was foreclosed on about a year ago […]
Brandon Twp.- The township, with tri-party funding, will spend $128,000 for gravel on local roads this year. Supervisor Ron Lapp said the Road Commission for Oakland County has approved $128,000 for gravel work on township roads, of which Brandon officials will pay $42,688, with the road commission and county board of commissioners picking up the […]
Waldon Middle School teacher Jon Gray recently made good on a promise he made to his students: If they raised $250 during the school’s Pennies for Patients drive, to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, he would shave his head. The students raised $299, and Gray kept his promise during the eighth-grade lunch hour on […]
Brandon Twp.- Dozens of community members filled more than a hundred boxes with holiday cheer Nov. 12 in the Belle Ann Elementary gymnasium, although at first glance, it wasn’t quite clear which holiday was being celebrated. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, handmade cards with turkeys drawn on the front and canned food including cranberries, […]
A 2009 Goodrich High School graduate, Chloe Slade, was recently selected to the 2012 Syracuse University Homecoming Court. The king and queen were voted from some of the more than 15,000 students who attend the Division I school located in central New York. The five winners were announced on Nov. 9 at the homecoming pep […]
Groveland Twp.-On July 26, Michigan State troopers from Groveland Township responded to the Holly Recreation Area and arrested a 46-year-old Burton man on charges of breaking and entering, along with possession of marijuana. The charges come after a park ranger reported a suspicious vehicle parked by the gate house at the McGinnis Road entrance. When […]
I would like to say ‘Thank You? to all of the Lake Orion community members who joined us for our third annual ‘Empty Bowls? event on Feb. 2 A wonderful, relaxing time was had by all’and in the process, we raised $960 to give to the Food Bank of Oakland County to help feed the […]
Tuesday, Feb. 15, a suspicious vehicle was found at Eye Health Professionals on Indianwood Road. Failure to return a borrowed vehicle on Judah Road. *** Wednesday, Feb. 16, retail fraud arrest at Kohl’s on Baldwin Road. Criminal sexual conduct on Kimberly. Harassing phone calls on Franklin Wright Boulevard. Operating a vehicle while intoxicated arrest on […]
Brandon Twp.- Jeannie McCreery celebrated her 35th wedding anniversary with husband Mike the same day she took office as the new township clerk? Nov. 20, 2000. A dozen years later, she is preparing to celebrate her 47th wedding anniversary, and will leave office the same day. ‘I’ve come full circle,? said McCreery on Tuesday, a […]
Car show Ortonville- The Cruise to Ortonville classic car show is tomorrow, Aug. 3. Registration for the car show is from 8 a.m.-noon on Mill Street downtown. A $15 entry fee per vehicle includes a free lunch of hot dogs, chips and pop, a goody bag and free dash plaques for the first 150 registrants. […]