Goodrich – It is a relationship of mutual respect between math teacher John Doerr and senior Adam Bishop at Goodrich High School. A math whiz, Bishop received two awards at the Oct. 24 annual fall awards ceremony at Goodrich High School’the Trig Star award by Wade-Trim, Inc. who sponsored the competition, and one for his […]
Goodrich – It is the house on the corner of 10168 West Hegel Road in the village often decked out for Halloween and most other holidays during the year. Ruthann Wybraniec’s house was built in the village around the early 1940s, and she has been decorating it for Halloween, Christmas and Easter with as many […]
Goodrich – Online auction has come to town. At Repocast, 7285 S. State Road, everything from large items such as boats, trucks and cars to slot machines or smaller merchandise can be bid on at 1800lastbid.com. The website also has pictures and detailed information about each item. Every Thursday is auction day. It’s similar to […]
Goodrich – The petition filed on Oct. 2 by village resident Greg Tankersley to recall the village council has been approved. The allegation made on the petition, ‘failure to balance the village budget when requested to do so,? was approved at the clarity hearing on Oct. 16 by Judge Robert Weiss and Genesee County Clerk […]
Goodrich – A homecoming prank that went bad has landed five high school students in a five-day home suspension and five-day on campus detention. The two-part disciplinary action comes after the students allegedly entered the high school just before midnight on Oct. 4. The suspects vandalized lockers, unrolled toilet paper and removed ceiling tiles from […]
Goodrich – The reconstruction of West Hegel Road will mean less noise and fewer bumps for area residents traveling the thoroughfare. Residents were invited to an open house village council meeting on Oct. 15 to look at and discuss the final engineering plans for the road reconstruction, prepared by Flint-based WadeTrim, 601 N. Saginaw St. […]
Goodrich – The search for a new district superintendent moved one step closer as the board of education officially screened out 11 applicants, narrowing the field to nine. Director Carl Hartman from the Michigan Association of School Boards conducted the screening process at the Oct. 15 school board meeting. Hartman was hired by the district’s […]
Goodrich – By a 4-to-1 vote the village council OK’d a 2.5 percent pay increase, retroactive to July 2 for village workers at the Oct. 8 council meeting. Councilmember Patty Wartella voted against the wage increase. Nine village employees will receive the raise including three department of public works workers, four office staff, the code […]
Ortonville- It was a clean sweep. Well, not quite. The village council voted 5-2 at their Oct. 8 meeting to sell their rusted and broken street sweeper machine ‘as is.? Councilmembers Dan Eschmann and Mary Kassuba, who wanted to fix the machine and then sell it, dissented. The council owes more than $9,000 on the […]
Groveland Twp. – Ray Everett has enjoyed an adventurous life, filled with the joy of giving. From playing Santa Claus, to LaRay the Clown, to helping others as a firefighter’Everett has provided kindness and laughter to others. Now he needs some help. Everett was diagnosed with an untreatable leukemia, a form of bone marrow cancer, […]