July 23, 2022 Voter’s Guide

Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, The Citizen e-mailed questions to candidates in Atlas, Brandon and Groveland township. The partisan primary election is Aug. 2. Candidates were limited to 30-word responses. Key (D) Democrat and (R) Republican. 66th District State Representative (Brandon Township & Ortonville) Name & years in the district : Emily C. Busch, (D) I have […]

Brandon Schools non-homestead millage on November ballot

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp.— During the regular Monday night meeting, the board of education voted unanimously to move forward with millage language for a non-homestead restoration millage for the November 2022 election. “That millage, what it would do, is it would allow us to restore,” said Janice Ziesel, executive director of business […]

Purple Heart Ceremony

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer At 6:30 p.m., on Aug. 1, the Brandon Township Public Library, 304 South St. will host a Purple Heart Ceremony, in partnership with the Ortonville VFW Post 582. “I feel so honored to get to host the Purple Heart Ceremony at the library this year,” said Fran Hotchkiss, library outreach […]

Brandon Athletic Director steps down

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp.—Brandon Schools will be looking for a new athletic director following the resignation of Chris Deines, who has taken a position as athletic director in Corunna to be closer to home. “Mr. Deines informed me that he had an opportunity as an Athletic Director in Corunna Schools that is […]

Brandon Nieporte

Brandon William Nieporte – age 32 of Goodrich, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Though he left this world far too soon, he left this world a better place. He is survived by his father, Dean Nieporte; his mother, Kathleen Smith; his stepfather, Brook Smith; his brothers, Brent Nieporte (Carli), Blake Nieporte (Austin); […]

July 16, 2022 Voter’s Guide

Voters go to the polls on Aug. 2 in a partisan primary election for the November ballot. Key in the upcoming election are not only new candidates but new districts following the redistricting in the state house, senate and congressional seats. In today’s edition of The Citizen are the candidates for the State House of […]

Go Fourth

Go Fourth

The fireworks launched from Brandon Middle School of the Food Trucks and Fireworks event put on by the Friends of AMOS and the Ortonville DDA on July 3. Photo: Patrick McAbee

Septemberfest 2022 expands to a four day event

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Ortonville —Septemberfest is growing this year. For the first time, the event with run for four days total, with vendors in downtown Ortonville on Saturday and Saturday. “The big changes are that we are corroborating with the DDA and the Lions Club to make it an actual four day event, […]

OCEF Back-to-school drive ramps up: donations needed

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp. — The school year may have recently ended, but the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund is ramping up for their annual Back-To-School distribution. “This gives them (the students) a chance to go into school with a good attitude with all their supplies,” said Audrey Moon, project coordinator. “It helps […]

‘Writing Under the sea’

By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Ortonville — At 6 p.m., July 20, the Brandon Township Public Library will host a creative writing program, Writing Under the Sea. Participants will be doing some free writing exercises with ocean-themed prompts. “I have a presentation with a mix of written and picture-based prompts, and as a group we’ll […]

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