By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.- Change is in the wind for at least one area home and business. Dave and Judi Pearce, owners of Amazing Wings Therapeutic Riding Center at Hawk Nest Ranch, 9500 S. State Road, are moving forward with a plan to utilize wind energy to power their home and barn, combined […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.- About 30 paid-on-call township firefighters will receive a 2.7 percent cost-of-living index adjustment despite the adjustment being nixed last year as part of the union contract. The board voted 5-0 to approve the adjustment, however, several trustees questioned whether the cost-of-living pay should have been authorized. Township Fire Chief […]
Kevin Rush, a former Atlas Township resident and a Flint area attorney for more than 21 years, announced his candidacy to replace 67th District Court Judge Richard Hughes of the Burton Division, who will retire this year. Hughes will turn 70 this year and under state must retire due to his age. Rush, a township […]
School property valued at more than $1.1 million has been for sale more than six months with no buyer in sight. ‘We’ve had some interested parties on both sites but no offers,? said Rich Mahoney, of Real Estate One Professionals of Brandon Township, who is listing the properties for the school district. About six individuals […]
Atlas Twp.-A tough employment environment coupled with an uncertain economy has prompted township officials to create a home occupation business ordinance. By a vote of 5-0, the township board approved the plan developed by the township planning commission. Specifically, the ordinance will include allowing two employees that do not live in a home to work […]
Township veteran Don Kengerski describes the chaos of a battlefield in early 1952 near the cities of Chorwon, Kumwha and Pyongyang, designated as the Iron Triangle near the border of North and South Korea. ‘You never get to know anyone very well,? said Kengerski, a Minnesota native and now a township resident, who entered the […]
On National Signing Day Groveland Township resident and Notre Dame Preparatory Senior Chad Powers, 17, signed a letter of intent to play football for Northwood University in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Powers, a 6 foot-1 inch?205 pound inside linebacker played football four years for NDP will enroll in a dual major in international […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-A fire ripped though a 155-year-old farmhouse on the afternoon of Feb. 5 in the 2000 block of Perry Lake Road. Brandon Fire Department, along with Groveland, Independence and Oxford township firefighters responded to the blaze. A neighbor called 9-1-1, and when firefighters arrived the house was engulfed in flames. […]
Area ice fisherman weary of catching small panfish all winter may want to check out what one area resident found on a frozen lake in northern Michigan. Jenny Olsen, a 1986 graduate of Brandon High School and Goodrich resident who hosts, produces and edits ‘Michigan Out-of-Doors? on PBS, made a trek to Black Lake located […]
Goodrich- Two area residents will vie for one seat on school board in the May 4 school election. Scott Statson, Jr.and Niki Wiederman will be on the ballot in the election replacing current school board trustee, Lynne Morisette, who was appointed to replace longtime Trustee Michael Thorp, who resigned on May 6, 2009 when he […]