Two deployments to Iraq. Meeting terrorists face-to-face. Homeless children. Families begging for food. For 31-year-old Army veteran Michael Brennan, the vivid experiences of war not only shaped his life, but etched a desire to give back long after the battles had ended. Like many American service members, Brennan’s military experience began when terrorists attacked the […]
Goodrich-Levi’s tale as a police dog began on Monday night. Levi, a Belgian Malinois, along with his handler, Genesee County Paramedic Deputy Justin Hunt, attended the village council meeting to thank the council for the donation which brought the canine into service. In June, the council OK’d $10,732 held over in the village Drug Abuse […]
Goodrich- The Genesee County Sheriff Department and school officials are investigating a verbal exchange which escalated into a physical altercation necessitating intervention by local law enforcement personnel during a fifth grade girls basketball game with Bendle Schools on Oct. 31. Sheriff deputies were called to the high school gymnasium toward the end of the Saturday […]
Groveland Twp.-In late September, township firefighters were called to assist Michigan State Police as they searched a heavily wooded area near Grange Hall and Jossman roads for a missing person. ‘The terrain was difficult where an individual could hide anywhere,? said Ron Bray, township fire department engineer/paramedic. ‘State police were about to start a search […]
Become a resident of ‘Our Town? later this month when Goodrich High School theatre brings the Thornton Wilder American classic to the stage. In his 15th year as GHS drama director, Steve Mitchell mirrors the recently produced off-Broadway production by placing the audience on stage, in seating just inches away from actors. The intimate, contemporary […]
Atlas Twp.-By 2017, a township pathway will border the west side of Gale Road from Goodrich High School to Atlas’the culmination of years of planning and cooperation between area leaders and residents. Those efforts were recognized on Oct. 23 by the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission who awarded the citizen-led group Walk, Bike, Run Atlas […]
Goodrich- By a 7-0 vote on Monday night the school board of trustees accepted an audit from Lewis & Knopf for the 2014-15 fiscal year ending June 30. The audit was presented by Antia Abrol, principal. The district ended the 2014-15 fiscal year with a fund balance of 9.60 percent or $1,799,546, up from 7.33 […]
Goodrich- A new senior housing project may be coming to the village. Local officials were expected to meet on Thursday to discuss phase one of 50 one or two bedroom apartments for individuals 55-years-old and up. The proposed housing will be on six acres purchased about five years ago from the Goodrich United Methodist Church […]
East Lansing-In their first full year as a varsity sport, the Goodrich Girls Golf team finished the 2015 season as runners-up to the state champions for Division 3 following competition Oct. 17 at Forest Akers West Golf Course at Michigan State University. ‘We started as a club sport halfway through the 2014 season,? said Jason […]
Groveland Twp.- Renaissance officials say changes will be made to help avoid Dixie Highway traffic gridlocks next year. Township officials are concerned after the Renaissance Festival weekends of Sept. 19-20 and 26-27, where traffic on Dixie Highway was bumper-to-bumper for miles in both directions for several hours. Traffic stretched from the Renaissance entrance north to […]