Atlas Twp.-One more piece of funding for the Gale Road trail will be coming to the township. The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund announced earlier this month it has recommended $300,000 in funding for construction of the one-mile long path along the Gale Road right-of-way. The township trail will parallel the west side of Gale […]
Brandon Twp.-When Robert Beaver arrived at Brandon High School on Tuesday morning an M-15 accident near the entrance delayed his arrival. ‘We are working to prevent such accidents,? said Beaver, referring to the auto mishap, to about 100 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students who gathered in the high school’s performing arts center. ‘We are […]
Goodrich-Anna Sorchynska will take countless American memories back to her hometown of Vinnytsya in west-central Ukraine, including dinner at Taco Bell, the atmosphere of downtown Detroit, and the absence of cigarette smoke. ‘When I leave my apartment building in downtown Vinnytsya, I smell cigarettes and the trees,? said Sorchynska, 15. ‘No one smokes here, or […]
Groveland Twp-The zoo has moved. After months of battles between township officials and Premier Animal Attractions’once home to as many 60 exotic animals, including a tamandua anteater, red kangaroo, African serval and tigers owned by Andrew and Rachelle Gehringer’the menagerie is heading north to a location zoned for a zoo. On Dec. 1, township officials […]
Atlas Twp.- A growing need for cellular communications has at least one company eyeing some township property. Skyway Towers, LLC has proposed to build a 180-foot Monopole Communications Tower in the 8000 block of East Baldwin Road. The company, which has more than 480 towers nationwide, was seeking comments regarding the potential effects from this […]
Brandon Twp.-A summertime favorite is now open through the winter. Frosty Boy of Ortonville, 955 S. Ortonville Road, is under new ownership and open year-round featuring soups, side dishes, sandwiches and Canadian poutine. Bryan Wojtkowicz, an area resident and Brandon High School graduate, purchased the local landmark earlier this year. Wojtkowicz kept the famous warm […]
Six different wolves on trail cameras. Seven different dead deer killed by wolves. That’s the report from Jeff Stonerock after returning from a week-long deer hunting trip to his family’s 550 acres in Iron County in the Upper Peninsula’s western region. For the past 20 years Stonerock and his family have made the 11 hour, […]
The Goodrich Girls Volleyball team came up short on Nov. 20 in their drive for a state championship when they were defeated by Ann Arbor’s Father Gabriel Richard High School in the Michigan High School Athletic Association state semi-finals at Battle Creek. ‘We just never gained control over the match from the very beginning,? said […]
The Goodrich Girls Volleyball team 39-9-1, continued their march a Michigan High School Athletic Association state title by defeating Marysville at Imlay City on Nov. 13 in three sets, 25-14, 25-16, 27-25, winning the regional championship for the first time in school history. ‘This was the best that we have played all season,? said Head […]
Atlas Twp.-Bruce Easton lives five minutes from Genesys Regional Medical Center in the township’s southwest corner. His 81-year old mother-in-law lives next door to him. ‘I was working in Sterling Heights and had just left when my wife called crying that her mother was in pain and having problems,? said Easton. ‘She called 9-1-1 at […]