Some Brandon High School graduates are perhaps a little better off today thanks to the efforts of a local financial institution. After first opening a student run branch in 1991, the Clarkston Brandon Community Credit Union continues to be an advocate of teaching students financial literacy in all seven of the district’s schools. On Oct. […]
Somewhere on the floor of the South Pacific in the Leyte Gulf is Jack Bucholz? wedding ring. ‘I was married Dec.1, 1942,? said Bucholz, a Brandon Township resident. ‘I had to explain to my wife why my ring was in my locker and not on me when my ship sank,? he laughed. ‘Actually, I did […]
The Atlas Township Board of Trustees announced on Monday night that an agreement with Indiana-based Fortune-Wireless Corporation has been reached for the construction of a cell tower. Terms of the deal include a 25-year lease renewable every five years, along with payments of $1,500 per month with a 2 1/2 percent annual escalator. The 177-foot […]
On Oct., 12, about 11:30 a.m., the Atlas Township Fire Department, a Genesee County Sheriff’s Department deputy and paramedic responded to an injured hunter near Schumann Drive. Township Fire Chief Fred Forys said another hunter called 9-1-1 and led the team about a half-mile over rugged terrain to the location where a man in his […]
It’s been about eight months since longtime village manager Jakki Sidge vacated her office after a 3-2 vote on Feb.11, when the village council approved a motion requesting her resignation. At the Oct. 10 village meeting a somewhat new council voted 3-2 to bring Sidge back as village manager. Councilmembers Pete Morey, Rick Horton and […]
It’s been 11 years since the Brandon Blackhawks varsity football team made post season play. Soon that may change. With an impressive 5-2 record, the Blackhawks need to win just one of their next two home games’against Linden (4-3) or Holly (5-2) to qualify for the state playoffs. “We’re excited,” said Blackhawks Head Coach Tim […]
The 2011-12 student count day Oct. 5 was good news to Goodrich officials after earlier predictions of a 40-student decline. In the fall student count Goodrich has 2,145 students, nine more than the count of 2,136 in 2010. In the Goodrich District, Reid Elementary (K-2) suffered the greatest decline, going from 398 students in 2010 […]
Two area teens are suspected of shooting three deer illegally. At 2:15 a.m., on Oct. 4, a Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to Atlas Township observed a pickup truck exit a field near Horton and Joslin roads at a high rate of speed. The truck had no taillights on it. The deputy identified three dead […]
After years of hunting, area sportsman Jason Bradley can recall some rather unique experiences in the woods. Yet, the events of a mid-September bear hunt in some remote Upper Peninsula wilderness may be the most memorable so far. Black bear season opened on Sept.10 across northern regions of Michigan and for the past eight years […]
Goodrich-On Oct. 5, four candidates for village manager were interviewed during a special village council meeting. Village Councilman Richard Saroli said the field was narrowed down to four after about an hour-and-a-half of deliberations on Sept. 15. A total of 17 had applied for the position after longtime Village Manager Jakki Sidge vacated her office […]