It’s a hit

It’s a hit

Mack Lintz of Flushing makes contact on April 27 at Ortonville Baseball fields during an U8 Coach Pitch game. Photo by Patrick McAbee.

Council OKs standard pay for all meetings

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- During the Monday night regular meeting, the village council voted 5-0 to pay the village council members the standard pay for all regular, special, closed, public hearing, study session, committee, sub-committee meetings attended. The motion also stated that trustees can opt out of payment for any of the listed […]

Signs will remain

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville-During the Monday night meeting, the village council voted 5-0 to postpone the second 90 day review of two temporary signs until their June 28 meeting and allow the signs to remain as is until then. “They still need to have some kind of a better, more permanent look and […]

Crime Watch May 1, 2021

Trespassing At 6:18 p.m., April 19, Brandon deputies responded to a report of trespassing in the 5000 block of Oakhill Road. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with the complainant. He stated that a truck drove to the back of his easement and went off to the left into the property of the power lines and […]

Linda Angove

Linda Ruth (Metzger) Angove passed away April 20, 2021 at home in Roanoke, Virginia with her family by her side. She was born in Detroit on April 4, 1947 and grew up in Ortonville. She is survived by her husband, David Angove and her 2 sons, James and Matthew Angove. She is also survived by […]

Jason Stahl

STAHL, JASON MICHAEL of Ortonville, Michigan; died April 22, 2021. He was 43. He was born October 22, 1977 in Trenton, Michigan to Mark and Claudia (nee: Wallace) Stahl, they both survive Jason.  He married Crystal Davidson in Lapeer, Michigan on February 14, 2001. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Crystal; three daughters, […]

Kenneth Faust

FAUST, KENNETH BERNARD of Lewiston, Michigan formerly of Ortonville; Died April 22, 2021. He was 93. Kenneth was born on April 22, 1928 in Adair, Oklahoma to the late Carl and Martha (nee: Middlestadt) Faust. He is survived by four children Michael (Victoria) Faust, Thomas (Marsha) Faust, Beverly Britt and Richard (Shelley) Faust; 12 grandchildren and […]

Catherine Seffens

SEFFENS, CATHERINE RENEE of Ortonville, Michigan, died on April 25, 2021.  She was 65. Catherine was born November 9, 1955 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Edwin L. and Janet C (nee: Burt) Manley. She married Michael Seffens on August 13, 1976 in Clarkston, Michigan.  She is survived by her loving husband, Michael; three daughters, Carly […]

Brandon school bond loan refunding resolution

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer During the regular meeting on Monday night, the Brandon board of Education unanimously approved a school bond loan refunding resolution. “We had some information a couple weeks ago that was to our benefit to explore not only refunding the school bond loan fund, but to refund a portion of the […]

Brandon Schools:Kids Read Now

By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer This summer, K-2 students in the Brandon School District will be getting books for free from Kids Read Now. “This is a research based program in which our students here in Brandon, each student will receive eight books at not only their reading level, but their interest level mailed out […]