Can’t sell your home? Leasing an option

Few good options. That’s what former Goodrich resident Ken Wood figured when his local mortgage business was no longer lucrative and he needed to relocate to Cleveland for a new career. ‘I didn’t even try to sell my house,? said Wood, a 1985 Goodrich High School graduate. ‘I’d be in a world of hurt trying […]

Area Marine returns after second deployment to Iraq

Goodrich- Marine Sgt. Ryan Lopez is home’for a second time. After enlisting in June 2005, the Goodrich High School graduate served more than a year in Ramadiyah, Iraq and completed his first tour of duty in March 2007 with a leave home. Then, in mid-April, he returned to Camp Pendleton, Calif., before deployment to Fallujah, […]

Voters to decide on police millage renewal

Atlas Twp.-On the Nov. 4 ballot township residents will be asked to renew 1 mill to provide police protection. A resident with a $200,000 home will continue to pay $100 per year for the service from the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department. The estimated revenue the township will collect if the millage is renewed is about […]

Local tops at first annual Brooksie Way Half Marathon race

On weekend mornings Jennifer Brothers typically makes time for a long run. However, last Sunday morning the 2007 Goodrich High School graduate and current Michigan State University sophomore ran with a little more purpose in the first annual Brooksie Way Half Marathon and 5K race in Rochester Hills. ‘I run a lot, but not a […]

Chamber Business Expo 2008

Less will get you more this year as the Greater Ortonville Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the seventh annual Business Expo 2008. ‘Times are tough out there for any business right now,? said Lisa Dwyer, Expo chairperson. ‘The pricing for the Expo has been lowered from the 2007 Expo and we are going to be […]

Woman pleads in home baseball bat assault

A Brandon Township man and woman suspected of assaulting a man in his home with a baseball bat on the night of May 3 were in 52-2 District Court on Monday. Shelly Klanke pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon before Judge Dana Fortinberry. She will be sentenced on Nov. 4 […]

DNR:’Plenty of deer’as archery season opens

Atlas Twp.-Just before dark Sunday night, Coltan Hadsell, 11, made a great connection. The township youth shot his first deer from a tree stand while hunting on the family’s township property during the Youth and 100 percent Disabled Veteran Firearm Deer season Sept. 27-28. Hadsell, a sixth grade student at Goodrich Middle School, was hunting […]

Goodrich enrollment up, Brandon down after Wednesday statewide student count

Goodrich School District enrollment jumped to 2,211, an increase of 43 students compared to the 2007 count, while the Brandon School District lost 92 students following Wednesday’s count day. Higher or lower enrollment means an increase or loss in revenue for the schools. The Brandon School District will realize a loss of $673,072 base on […]

A new home for an old truck

Ortonville-It’s been more than 50 years since the Ortonville Fire Department’s 1928 Ford Model A fire truck raced off to a blaze. While the firefighting days for the historical truck may be past, the memory of the first motorized fire truck owned by the Ortonville Fire Department will be immortalized. The 1928 Ford Model A […]

Storms spark wet weekend

Overhead utility cables and large trees are typically a bad combination Village resident Robert Phillips is thankful today the inch thick wires which carry cable television and telephone service past his Granger Road house were strong enough to support the weight of a 20 foot box elder that fell during last weekend’s storms. At about […]