Ultimate Fitness earns gold

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Bonnie Moriarty has been interested in fitness since she was a kid, and at almost 50 she decided to compete in the Ultimate Fitness Events, bringing home five gold and one silver medal. “My dad got me into it,” she said. “I’m fifth of eight kids and growing up, sometimes […]

New in Brandon Township:C-More Self Storage

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-C-More Self Storage is now open for business. “Your belongings will be stored safely on our fully gated premises with 24-hour HD Infrared camera surveillance,” said Dawn Horner, co-owner. “C-More Self Storage is built on 13 acres of property and provides climate control units, outside enclosed storage units and […]

Ortonville councilman resigns

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- During the Monday night meeting, the council voted 6-0 to accept the resignation of councilman Mark Robinson, effective immediately. “I received an email from Mark Robinson indicating that he was resigning from the council, although I don’t believe it provided a date, I assumed it to be immediate with […]

‘Hometown heros’

On Nov. 20, John-Riley Hoffman, former Ortonville resident graduated from Marine boot camp at Parris Island, SC. Riley is the son Dennis Hoffman & Andrea Del Vecchio and the grandson of Ortonville resident and VFW Comander Dennis Hoffman. Camp duty station and will miss the holidays. “We’re proud of John-Riley and his service to our […]

Crime Watch Nov. 28, 2020

Intoxicated driver reported At midnight, Nov. 22, Brandon deputies responded to the area of Ortonville Road and Mill Street for a suspected intoxicated driver. A caller advised deputies that a driver was swerving all over the road and unable to maintain speed. A traffic stop was made by a deputy near Rattlee Lake Road. The […]

Goodrich Schools move to all virtual

By David Fleet Editor On Nov. 16 Governor Whitmer announced that, due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases and the burden this has placed on our hospitals, front line workers, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has moved the state back into a “modified” Phase 3 for at minimum of the next […]

Hegel Road closed for county drain improvements

The Genesee County Road Commission said that the Genesee County Drain Commissioner will close Hegel Road between Gale Road and Ridge Road in Atlas Township and Village of Goodrich on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 to make improvements to the Goodrich Drain. The closure will last approximately three days and is scheduled to reopen by 5 […]

Wreaths Across Ortonville

By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.-For the third year, a day to remember veterans nationwide will be a little closer to home thanks to a group of scouts. At 10 a.m., Dec. 12 the Ortonville VFW 586 along with Troop 76460 will gather at the Ortonville Cemetery for Wreaths Across Ortonville. The Troop is collecting […]

Classrooms come home—virtual teaching

By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- It’s lunchtime in Mrs. Kelly Alford’s third grade classroom. From noon to 1 p.m. each school day, it’s sandwiches, juice boxes and the spirited chatter of about 30 active 8 and 9-year-old students dominates the combined social hour, recess and lunch. For almost three decades Alford interacted with students faced […]

Planning commission appointments, safety grant awarded

By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-On Monday night, via virtual meeting, the township board of trustees voted 4-0 appointing June Amman and Greg Thurk to the township planning commission. Both new members are engineers and have lived in the community for more than 20 years. Treasure Ann Marie Moore was absent with notice. The two […]