Brandon Twp.-Ryan Sidock slips on a pair of rubber surgical gloves then a pair of thick rubber work gloves. Dressed blue work pants, a long sleeve work shirt he carefully drops the end of a heavy 3 inch wide-20 foot long hose down into the dark abyss of a 1,000 gallon commerical septic tank. As […]
Ortonville- It was the 98th celebration of Independence Day’an invitation to attend a gathering at the once grand Ortonville Hotel. It’s been more than 130 years since invitations to the Fourth of July Ball on Friday evening July 3, 1874 were purchased. An original invitation to the event was recently obtained by a resident. Brandon […]
Brandon Twp.-It has been a tradition of winter since buses first rambled the wintery roads of rural communities. In the early morning hours students and parents gather by televisions, radios and computers screens waiting for the magic words that sends kids back to bed, parents scrambling for babysitters and bus drivers a day off. Snow […]
Ortonville- The true extent of Robert Davis? heroic efforts in the Vietnam War will remain unknown. He has now gained a place of honor at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly following his death on Dec. 10. He was 63. Born in 1942, Davis a native of Nitro W.V. graduated from Nitro High School […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-At a cost of $135,000 the Brandon School Board Ok’d Sunshine Water Systems of Linden to provide and install a filtration systems on school drinking water supplies. The system filters out arsenic at the point of entry’with large tanks filtering water near the point at which pipes enter a structure’s […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-At a cost of $135,000 the Brandon School Board Ok’d Sunshine Water Systems of Linden to provide and install a filtration systems on school drinking water supplies. The system filters out arsenic at the point of entry’with large tanks filtering water near the point at which pipes enter a structure’s […]
Atlas Twp.- The cause of an early morning head-on collision along M-15 just north of Cooliedge Road that killed a 53-year-old township man and seriously injured a 51-year-old Forest Township woman remains under investigation say police. At about 7 a.m., Jan. 5, Gary Morea, 53, was northbound in a van when it collided with a […]
Goodrich- The cost to obtain information from the school through the Freedom of Information Act just increased following a decision by the school board late last year. The board established a fee of $16.13 per hour and 6 cents per copy for all FOIA requests after reviewing its public records policy. ‘We are watching our […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- An area credit union has opened a new location just in time for the holidays. On Tuesday, T&C Federal Credit Union, 250 N. Ortonville Road, Suite B in the Oak Plaza opened joining nine area T&C Federal Credit Union locations. ‘The Ortonville area was the next largest concentration of […]
Brandon Twp.- A vote on a district bond extension netting about $73 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades and a new elementary school could come as early as May 2, say school officials. ‘Following voters? approval of the bond extension it’s going to take three to five years to complete all the upgrades and […]