By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp.— During the regular Monday Night meeting, Brian Smilnak, project architect for the Brandon Schools bond, provided an update to the board of education. The three project packages will be going out for bid on Dec. 5, then will come back to the committee for review after the holidays, […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp. —The Brandon High School welding students won an award from the US Air Force by making a fireplace. “The Air Force had put out a flier that said to create a project that is Air Force related,” said BHS teacher Sarah Walker. “Could be anything, a drawing, a […]
RENN, WALTER A. of Lapeer, Michigan; died on November 19, 2022. He was 67. Walter was born on April 6, 1955 in Bad Axe, Michigan to the late Adolph and Helene (nee: Moskat) Renn. Walt leaves his loving partner, Cindi Harris, to hold dear his memory. He is survived by one sister, Ruth Zabel; one […]
Snow in downtown Ortonville. The first measurable snow fell Tuesday across Southeastern Michigan. Photo: Patrick McAbee
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Ortonville — The Ortonville Downtown Development Authority is encouraging people to shop small for Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26. “The holiday shopping season makes up a large percentage of sales for small businesses during the year,” said DDA Director Matt Jenkins. “So to be able to generate some excitement […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp. —During the regular Monday night meeting, the Brandon Township board of trustees approved the purchase of Electric Extrication Rescue Tools, also known as E-tools for the Brandon Fire Department. “This is something we’ve been discussing for about three years,” said Brandon Fire Chief Dave Kwapis. “Part of the […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp. —During the regular Monday night meeting, the Brandon Township board approved an agreement for a preliminary sewer master plan with a 7-0 vote. “We’re at the point in the process of our potential sewer now where we need to determine how we hook our residents, schools and everyone […]
OCEF Thank You Thank you to all of the local schools, churches, businesses, and individuals for the very generous donations made to OCEF for Thanksgiving. Along with the food donations, many monetary and Bueches gift card donations were also received. Ortonville is a very giving and helpful community. All of the donations and volunteers who […]
BURKETT, GERTRUDE VALENTINE “TRUDY” of West Branch, Michigan; died on‘ November 15, 2022. She was 97. Gertrude was born on February 14, 1925 in Hamtramck, Michigan to the late John Joseph and Emma Florence (nee: Jach) Krencicki. She is survived by two sons, Jerome F. Burkett, Jr. and Peter (Jane) Burkett; four daughters, Denise (Michael) Duggan, […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer The results are in. On Nov. 8, voters cast their votes for school board members at both Goodrich and Brandon, village council members in Ortonville and Goodrich, state senate and house seats, county commissioner seats, and more. As of press time, these are the results. For the Goodrich school board, […]