State finds extra cash for roads

At least two local communities will have more money to rectify serious road issues after a brutal winter. The Village of Goodrich will receive $7,299 while Ortonville will get $6,007’their share of $100 million for emergency pothole repair and spring maintenance, the first step in finding a long-term solution to Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges […]

Fire guts township mobile home

At about 10 p.m., March 15, the Groveland Township Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire in the 16000 block of Victoria Lane in Oak Hill Estates mobile home community near Dixie Highway and Oak Hill Road. When township firefighters arrived, flames were coming out the windows. ‘The floor was burned through the home,? […]

iPod Touch now used by paramedics

Groveland Twp.-A local medical facility is providing some new assistance for cardiac patients. The Genesys Health Foundation has provided Groveland Township paramedics, along with Flint-based Swartz and Patriot ambulance service, with Apple iPod Touches to assist in speeding vital cardiac patient information to Genesys Regional Medical Center. The iPod utilizes a mobile operating system similar […]

Groveland gas line project finally complete

Groveland Twp.-One buck. After 15 years, the township-wide natural gas pipeline came to a conclusion on Monday night at the board of trustees meeting when $1 was handed over to Consumers Energy, completing a project that now makes natural gas available on nearly every road. ‘It’s the end of a long process that brought natural […]

China-Goodrich connection

On Saturday morning, Limeng Liu analyzed the progress of the Goodrich High School Martian Robot while it battled at Flint’s Kettering University during FIRST Robotics District Competition March 7-8. ‘Our robot is way ahead of others’we’re the best,? he said. ‘The robotic team has been like a big family to me. Everyone cares for each […]

‘Godspell?

The liturgical season of Lent will come alive later this month with the musical ‘Godspell.? A musical by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak, ‘Godspell? opened in 1971 and is a series of parables, mostly based on the Gospel of Matthew; however, three of the featured parables are recorded only in the Gospel […]

Township house fire

At 4:45 a.m., March 10, the Groveland Township Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 3000 block of Auten Road between Croup and Jossman roads. A neighbor called the in fire when he could see the flames lighting up the sky. ‘It was a working fire with flames coming out of the upper […]

Former Ukrainian youth respond to Russian invasion

Atlas Twp.- For many, the recent escalation of conflicts in the Ukraine may seem a world away. But for five Goodrich School District students, it’s much closer to home. Former Ukrainian citizens Kristen, 14, Annie,16, Lisa, 16, Emily, 19, and Max, 19’the children of township residents Vicki and Paul Jankowski, have watched closely the recent […]

Village drain project prompts alternative solutions to issue

Goodrich-A long time area business is seeking alternatives to a costly village drain project. At 7 p.m., March 12 the Goodrich Country Club, 10080 Hegel Road, will host Tammie Heazlit of Lotus H20 Environmental to discuss options to a pending upgrade to the Wheelock & Watkins Drain. An agricultural drain built in about 1897, the […]

Atlas Township bike path meeting, survey committee

Atlas Twp.-The future of a township bike path is moving forward. Plans for bike/walking paths were spearheaded by township resident Paulette Johnson during the Oct. 21 township meeting and have now expanded with monthly meetings. At 6:30 p.m., the first Tuesday of each month, at the Atlas Township Hall, 7386 S. Gale Road, the public […]