A family member says Rodney Ferguson knew how to survive in the outdoors, making his disappearance along with two friends in Saginaw Bay even more bizarre. Ferguson, 37, of Ortonville and his brother Brian Ferguson, 42 of Prichard W.V. along with Mark Adkins, Sr. 41 from Imlay City were onboard a 17-foot Tracker Bass boat […]
Brandon Twp.-On Friday morning Brandon Middle School Science teacher Dave Green moved his classroom outdoors to the mirky waters of Duck Creek near the M-15 bridge. Donning waders and nets about 20 Brandon Middle School students slopped through muddy waters seeking the biological, chemical and physical characteristics of the local waterway. ‘The health of the […]
More than 60 percent of voters in the Brandon School District approved a bond extension that will net about $73.4 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades, and construction of a new elementary school and activities complex. The bond extension will not increase the 8.24 mills residents pay per year in school taxes, instead, it […]
More than 60 percent of voters in the Brandon School District approved a bond extension that will net about $73.4 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades, and construction of a new elementary school and activities complex. The bond extension will not increase the 8.24 mills residents pay per year in school taxes, instead, it […]
Brandon Twp.- Bald Eagle Lake has a new and uninvited visitor. ‘The reports are very sporadic but I found zebra mussels on my old wood dock and a neighbor discovered them attached to his boat hoist,? said Rob Rohde, a Bald Eagle Lake resident for the past 30 years and vice president of the Lake […]
Brandon Twp.- More than 400 township residents lined the road leading to Brandon High School on Saturday morning during the annual spring clean up. Towing rusted cars, lawn tractors and trailers of used tires, area residents arrived with a variety of debris collected from they countryside. The annual Spring Cleanup project year cost residents about […]
On Wednesday morning Alex King was happy. The Goodrich High School Freshman bagged his first wild turkey in the Genesee County area. King is just one of a host of turkey hunters that venture out in late April and May statewide in search of that big gobbler. Al Stewart, the upland game bird specialist for […]
Brandon Twp.- Sales in the early stages of two township developments has been mixed, but warmer temperature and model homes should turn that around say company officials. Tim Stapleton, Centex Homes division president for Michigan says sales have been slow in Long Lake Village, the 70 acre development west of M-15 and north of Seymore […]
Brandon Firefighter Sgt. Steve Pappas was among the members of the Oakland County Technical Rescue team that responded to 5700 Rochester Road in Addison Township on April 23 as part of a trench rescue. Pappas, a 16 year veteran with the department was one of the first to arrive on a construction area where two […]
Weather reports from the afternoon of May 25, 1896 included some strong winds during the day, but nothing unusual for late spring in northern Oakland County. However as evening approached and area farmers returned home from their day in the fields the placid countryside turned deadly. A tornado ripped through northern Oakland County starting near […]