By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- Deputy Casey Seeley recalls his first home varsity football game as a School Resource Officer. “I remember the response from students—they greeted me and many called me by name,” he said. “I had worked plenty of football games as a deputy before that, but not as an SRO. It was […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-On Monday night the village council voted 4-0 to postpone repairs on the village dam. Council member Tim Barraco was absent with notice. Last month, at the request of the Village DPW, Wade Trim visited the mill pond dam to observe a potential issue with the operating gates and dam structure. […]
Rudi John Deschner of Goodrich, died Monday, February 3, 2020 at Select Hospital-McLaren. He was 87. Rudi was born in Flint on June 16, 1932 and moved to Goodrich as a teenager and graduated 1950. He married Kathryn Larime on June 5, 1954, remaining together nearly 66 years. Living in Germany during US Army service, […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- At 5 p.m., March 7, Bridgewood Church, 10291 Green Road will open a local campus. In December 2018, the Victory World Outreach announced they will merge with Clarkston-based Bridgewood Church, 6765 Rattlalee Road, remodeled the 18,000 square foot facility and now will reopen the church under new leadership. Curt Demoff […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-Wai Choi says Hong Kong is complicated right now. “It’s one county with two systems,” said Choi, a former Hong Kong resident, who now along with his wife Malinda have owned China Fare, 1764 S Ortonville Road, Ortonville for about 19 years. “Mainland China’s communist influence on Hong Kong, and […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- On Wednesday night at a special township meeting the board of trustees voted 5-0 to OK a plan to advert a fire department funding shortfall and keep the department run by the township. In December, the township board of trustees examined the structure of the fire department, the long […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- On Monday night Jennifer Riggs, school board member announced she will resign her position as of Jan. 28. “I would like to thank the community for all of their support,” said Riggs. “It was an honor to serve the students, staff and families of the Goodrich area school. I urge […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- On Monday night the school board of trustees voted 7-0 to place a bond project on the May 3, 2020 ballot in the school district for $20,930,000. “We have pared the needs down to about a $20 million project,” said Wayne Wright, interim district superintendent. “We’ve looked at the needs […]
By David FleetEditor On Jan. 23-24 two area high school teams earned top spots in the Frankenmuth Snowfest High School Snow Sculpting competition. Hometeam II—a Goodrich area homeschool group sent two teams of four students to the annual cold weather event in Frankenmth to challenge 20 teams statewide The high school competition is one of […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- From battling juvenile arthritis to recruiting organ donors to intense ballet studies—Joslynn Ridley is a high school senior on a mission. At 6 p.m., Jan. 31 and Feb. 18, at the Goodrich High School Varsity Basketball games, Ridley will use her senior capstone project and medical-science interests to gather registrations […]