Brandon Twp.-Along with thousands of plants and flowers, Wojo’s Greenhouse is growing this spring. The township greenhouse business will now operate the outdoor garden center at Jacobsen’s Garden Center, 559 S. Lapeer Road, Lake Orion. However, Jacobsen’s Flowers, which operates within the Lake Orion center, will continue to be owned and operated by the Jacobsen […]
Groveland Twp.- As part of a cooperative agreement inked last year for Groveland Township Fire Department to assist with the management of the Village of Holly Fire Department, township residents? 9-1-1 calls will now be routed through the Holly Police Department. For the past several years, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has routed the 9-1-1 […]
Goodrich High School’s FIRST Robotics Team 70, ‘More Martians,? took home top honors as one of the winning alliance teams at Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition in Flint, a two- day contest on March 6 and 7. ‘More Martians? teamed up with Rochester Adams and Midland high schools to win the event. ‘More Martians? […]
Goodrich-The school board was presented with five candidates for superintendent at a special meeting on Monday night. Carl Hartman from the Michigan Association of School Boards provided the candidates to replace current Superintendent Larry Allen, 63, who announced his intention to step down last month. Hartman said all candidates are currently employed superintendents and in […]
Ortonville resident William Ludwick, recently established a freshwater sport fishing world record as certified by the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. On July 25, Ludwick, 44, was fishing on Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota when he hooked a 51-inch, 50-pound muskellunge on a 9-foot, 10-weight fly rod using 20-pound Tippet line. The old […]
Atlas Twp.-Former Township Supervisor Paul Amman says the recent fracas which erupted over a damaged township computer hard drive is simply a diversion. Former Township Supervisor Paul Amman responded to a request for $600 in restitution for a township computer hard drive that was removed and allegedly damaged by a township trustee prior to newly […]
It was Charline Helmle’s turn in the makeshift barber chair’the room went silent. ‘Too quiet,? she said, waiting for her son Kyle to run the clippers over her scalp. ‘I sat down in the chair and said, ‘I’m not going to cry’everyone needs to cheer or just make a lot of noise. I don’t want […]
Groveland Twp.- It’s early Tuesday morning and Groves Party Shoppe owner Frank is trying to deal with a gaping 10-foot hole in the ceiling of the store he’s owned for more than 20 years. Insulation, ceiling tiles and sawdust are scattered over the white tile floor’a cold breeze comes in through the roof. ‘I’ve been […]
Goodrich- Wanted: a calm, confident superintendent with a proven track record and a sense of humor. And oh, yeah, sell your house and move to the district. The characteristics suggested by school board members for the new district superintendent at Monday night’s board meeting may be just a little difficult to find due to a […]
Brandon High School Senior Dustin DeShais became only the second player in Blackhawk history to score 1,000 points in a career, earlier this month. ‘The varsity coach called me up to play when I was a sophomore’I didn’t expect to play much. Then by the third game I started,? said DeShais, 17. ‘It was a […]