Michigan State Troopers from Groveland Township responded to a report of fraud from a resident on Grange Hall Road. The 85-year-old victim said that on Feb.11 he received a call from a female identifying herself as his granddaughter. The female told the man she was in a Windsor Ontario hospital following a traffic accident. The […]
Atlas Twp.-A township official asked the board for $600 in restitution after a computer hard drive was allegedly removed prior to the supervisor taking office on Nov. 20. Shirley Kautman-Jones, township supervisor, presented the issue during the board of trustees meeting on Monday night. ‘On my first day in office, the ‘IT? (information technology) person […]
Groveland Twp.-At about 8 a.m., Feb. 9, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) along with OCSO uniform deputies and OCSO K-9 Unit executed a search warrant at 941 Thayer Road. Confiscated in the raid was 439.0 grams of marijuana (about 1 pound), a loaded Beretta, .22 cal. handgun, loaded Colt .38 caliber […]
The Goodrich school district posted enrollment increases while Brandon declined following the Feb. 11 statewide student count. Goodrich student enrollment increased by 54 students to 2,214 while Brandon slipped to 3,422, a decline of 98 in comparison to the February 2007 student count. A change in enrollment means more or less revenue for the schools, […]
Atlas Twp.- A trio of 70-year-old township bridges over the Kearsley Creek east of M-15, coupled with a significant lack of funding, has township officials seeking alternatives. After the indefinite closure of the Green Road bridge over the Kearsley Creek, a Henderson Road bridge with beams in only fair condition and the Kipp Road bridge […]
Goodrich- For the high school students who comprise the 2009 FIRST Robotics team, Apollo 11 and the first walk on the moon is just a mere chapter in history class. Marking the achievement of the first lunar landing and walk on the moon in 1969 the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition subject this year will be […]
Goodrich Village officials say they sure could use $1 million for a new dam spillway. Similarly, for years the Village of Ortonville residents have pined for a sewer system; that’s if they could find a cool $16 million to spend on the project. Local administrators are optimistic that when the federal government doles out the […]
Goodrich-The school board will have a new look this summer. After serving one term on the school board, Trustee Jeff Engleman will not seek one of the two four-year terms on the May 5 ballot. The school board terms begin on July 1. Incumbent Board President Michael Tripp will seek reelection to the board. Tripp, […]
Brandon Twp.-James C. Vantine, Sr. tilled the soil, worked the cattle and raised a family on a section of township property first deeded during President Martin Van Buren’s term about 1840. Born in 1913’James, Sr. was part of more than 140 years, and now five generations, of the Vantine family farming east of Ortonville near […]
Atlas Twp.- After the indefinite closure of the Green Road bridge over the Kearsley Creek, about a mile east of M-15 following a Dec.13 inspection, a second township bridge is under scrutiny. Steve Wright, engineer for Flint-based WadeTrim, who inspected the township bridges last month, reported the majority of the beams on the Henderson Road […]