Brandon Twp.-Oakland County Sheriff detectives from the Brandon Township Substation arrested two area teens last week in connection with an August crime spree where five cars were vandalized, causing $9,000 in damage. Detective Dale Brown said township residents Max Gerber and Tom Shahin, both 19-years-old, were arraigned in 52-2 District Court, each on three counts […]
Jean Kish, Goodrich School District Food Service Director says their story is all too frequent. ‘Both parents are laid off from work, neither one is sure when they may be called back,? said Kish. ?’We need some help with lunches for our children,? they say. It’s just a sign of times.? With an enrollment of […]
Brandon Twp.- With a diverse background encompassing the equine industry and business’Linda Murphy is right at home even when she’s at work. Murphy stepped in as the new Ortonville Tractor Supply Company store manager earlier this year, bringing a laundry list of experience and education to fit the demands of the area business. ‘Tractor Supply […]
High school physics assignment: combine duct tape, cardboard ‘immerse in water. Report on buoyancy and distance traveled across 100 meter pool with two student crew rowing. Well, that’s the plan, anyway, that Brandon High School physics teacher Lesley Hildebrand gave to her students who launched 18 cardboard boats into the high school swimming pool last […]
On Oct. 27, Goodrich School District officials reported confirmed cases of H1N1 flu virus at Oaktree Elementary School. Parents were notified of the cases and it was recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention that students do not return to school until 24 hours after the fever has subsided without the use of […]
A certification needed to legally operate district school buses may by the latest casualty of Michigan’s budget woes. The Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Division is responsible for inspecting and certifying the safety of more than 17,000 school buses each year. The funding for the program is part of the K-12 school aid budget. The […]
In June 1944 Gerald Marsh, then an 18-year-old private, was wading through the blood-tinged waters of the English Channel onto Utah Beach’a key landing site for the American troops in Normandy. Marsh, an Ortonville native, was called to duty on July 16, 1943, shipped to Europe in February 1944 and assigned to the Fifth Armored […]
While several school districts statewide have closed because of excessive absences due to the flu, both Brandon and Goodrich School districts have remained open’so far. On Monday, the Goodrich District reported 265 students absent, about 12 percent of the population. ‘Our magic number is 546 students out or 25 percent of the population,? said John […]
Two suspects wanted for a series of daytime burglaries in southwest Lapeer County, in addition to Brandon, Hadley and Metamora townships, were arrested following a traffic stop in Oxford Township. At about 3:30 p.m. Sgt. Joseph Vandermeulen, from the MSP Lapeer Post, stopped a gold-colored Honda near Baldwin and Oakwood roads. Troopers arrested Steven James […]
Brandon Twp. ? It’s been a couple months since the government-sponsored ‘Cash for Clunkers? program helped jam area car dealers? showrooms, however, the surge of business has continued for at least one area dealer Joe Carrier, general manager of Randy Wise Ford, 989 S. Ortonville Road, had customers waiting to buy new cars in his […]