Goodrich-It’s Tuesday afternoon and Troy Hutchison rests for just a moment in a small hallway chair at Reid Elementary School. He’s exhausted and for good reason. Over the past six hours, Hutchison, 55, has played in the snow, ate lunch and assisted with the education of about 200 active school children under the age of […]
Atlas Twp.-At the Jan. 25 board of trustees meeting, township attorney David Lattie presented the first draft of an ordinance to regulate drones and unmanned aircraft in the township. The board is expected to further discuss the ordinance at an upcoming meeting. According to the proposed ordinance, drones will be prohibited from flying under 250 […]
Atlas Twp.-A township man died early Tuesday morning following a head-on collision on M-15 at Bendix Drive. According to Genesee County Sheriff Capt. Robb Heath, at about 4:30 a.m., Feb. 9, a northbound pickup truck driven by a Lapeer County man lost control, colliding with a southbound pickup truck driven by William Leroy Warren, a […]
So far it’s sustainable. After locating an ambulance in Goodrich on Feb. 1’officials at Mobile Medical Response or MMR report that the volumes have been sufficient to keep a unit in the village to serve the township 24 hours a day, seven days per week. Mobile Medical Response is non-profit, established by St. Mary’s of […]
Lyndsey Ballard is on top of the world. Well, at least you can almost see it from there. Ballard, 34, a 1999 Brandon High School graduate, is the wife of Master Sgt. Ryan Ballard, 354th Fighter Wing inspection general self-inspection program manager stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The base is located about 26 […]
On Jan. 22 Brandon High School officials announced that Brad Zube will take over as varsity football coach. Zube, who met with players for the first time on Friday, replaces head coach Tim Pizzala who announced after last season that he would step down following nine seasons at the helm of the Blackhawks. Zube, 37 […]
Goodrich-By a 7-0 vote on Monday night the school board OK’d a resolution to refund the 2006 bonds. On Nov. 23, 2015, the Board of Education adopted an authorizing resolution by a 7-0 vote to refund the 2006 bonds. A notice of sale was published on Jan. 11 with bids due on Jan 25. The […]
If a vehicle can be raced, chances are Michael Clancy, Jr. will win. Any age, on any wheels, 13-year-old Clancy, Jr. is comfortable’from a quad all-terrain vehicle at 2-years-old, a dirt bike by age 4, and quarter midgets at 5 years of age. Now the Brandon Township native and Brandon Middle School seventh grade student […]
A Goodrich school official and the Secretary of State have ended up in court. Michelle Imbrunone, superintendent of Goodrich School District, was one of the 18 plaintiffs named in the lawsuit filed on Jan. 26 in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Michigan charging that a ‘gag order? provision in Public Act 269 […]
From 4-8 p.m., Feb. 24, Brandon School District and the Ortonville Chamber of Commerce will host the Community & Education Exploration Night at Brandon High School, 1025 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville. Tonia Seling, Expo coordinator and owner of Paramount Signs & GraphiX, 910 Ortonville Road, said the Ortonville Chamber has organized the business expo in […]