Goodrich-An aging school bus fleet may soon have some upgrades. On Monday night the school board moved forward with a plan to add three late model buses per year over the next three years. At a cost of about $80,000 per unit the district will purchase 2011 buses returned from leases with about 30,000-40,000 miles. […]
Goodrich-A century ago this summer, water from the Kearsley Creek was first dammed and a mill was built to produce locally ground wheat for area farmers. A hundred years later the mill is long gone, but Goodrich Dam still holds back the Kearsley Creek, forming the mill pond. However, its usefulness and soundness have deteriorated […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-1 on Jan. 14 to extend identity protection to a handful of those associated with the village that may have had their Social Security numbers breached. The council agreed to retain TrustedID for the protection at a rate of $84.12 per person for a year. In the event all 13 individuals […]
Brandon Twp.- It’s a 10 foot-by-10 foot building in the woods just outside the Village of Ortonville. But about 50 years ago the small shed located near an elevated area of the township played a critical role in the safety of the community. Larry Westphal, owner of the property near Oakwood Road, said the small […]
Goodrich- It ain’t over yet. A persistent flu season that has filled emergency rooms, closed schools and caused at least two deaths in Genesee County has strained the stock of the flu vaccine in some locations. Jason Chon, CEO of PharmD Co./ Health Mart, 8191 S. State Road, Goodrich had run out of the medication, […]
Since Thomas Jefferson’s second inauguration on March 4, 1805, it has become tradition for the president to parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. This year the public ceremony will have a local connection. Anita Schmidt, 57, a younger sister of Brandon Township resident Rose Marie Paetsch, will be part of […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-1 on Monday night for the continuation and renewal of a Michigan Department of Natural Resources permit to spray the mill pond with chemicals for excessive weed growth. The cost of the permit is $400 and the cost of the two applications to spray the Mill Pond are $3,900 for the […]
Goodrich-By a 5-0 vote on Monday night, the village council accepted an audit report from Lewis & Knopf for the year ending June 30, 2012. Steve Kidd, CPA for Lewis & Knopf, delivered the report to the council. According to the audit, the village general fund increased by $56,835 during the year, with the increase […]
Many of the more than 60 new vehicles at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit Jan.-19-27 may be a little out of the price range for most people. But Joe Greene, manager of Randy Wise Ford, 968 Ortonville Road, said check out the affordable new Fords at Cobo Hall and stop by […]
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, Pvt. Theodore Wood, a Union soldier, penned a letter home. Wood described his life over about three years of the Civil War that included marching hundreds of miles, sleeping on the ground and his encounter with African-Americans. A glimpse of Wood’s military duties and endeavors were recently […]