Ortonville- In the 2008 presidential election, Michigan voters approved by 63 percent the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. The law went into effect Dec. 4, 2008. Four years later, as the next presidential election quickly approaches with a ballot full of new proposed laws, medical marijuana is still up in the air, hanging out to dry. […]
Passage of a non-homestead millage renewal by voters in the Brandon School District is critical for school operations. ‘This (the millage renewal) is very important to us’it brings in $1.6 million and if we don’t pass it, the state doesn’t make up that money, we just don’t have it,? said Superintendent Lorrie McMahon, who has […]
Do private landowners have the right to challenge whether a company has obtained proper permits to move forward with a project, or must the government entity that grants the permits be the one to file court action? That is what Judge Robert Cleland of Eastern Federal District Court must determine before deciding whether to continue […]
Brandon Twp.- Change in the use of school buildings in the district is coming. What remains unknown is what that change will look like in December, when a facilities review concludes. At the Oct. 15 school board meeting, Steve Gaynor of the Michigan Association of School Boards presented results from an online facilities review survey […]
Brandon Twp.- With Thanksgiving just four weeks away, the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund is asking for help in making sure all area residents have food to celebrate the holiday. OCEF, the non-profit organization that provides a food pantry to service Brandon School District residents who are facing hard times, is collecting donations of food and […]
During his deployment to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard this year, Spc. Logan Rascher marked the passage of time by finding the same star in the sky every night. His wish on the star was always the same’that his wife and son would be safe and healthy. At home in Michigan, Jenny Rascher was […]
Brandon Twp.- Fran Hotchkiss expects to be able to purchase at least 160 new books and 40-80 music cds with grant funds she recently won for the library. The head of youth services was notified earlier this month by the Metro-Detroit Book and Author Society that the library would be awarded $2,000 as the winner […]
Brandon Twp.- Fran Hotchkiss expects to be able to purchase at least 160 new books and 40-80 music cds with grant funds she recently won for the library. The head of youth services was notified earlier this month by the Metro-Detroit Book and Author Society that the library would be awarded $2,000 as the winner […]
From 6:30-7:30 p.m., Oct. 31, the Village of Ortonville will host trick-or-treating followed by the annual bonfire with cider and doughnuts at the DPW building, 159 Cedar St. In addition the following streets will be closed for the hour of Trick-or-Treating: Church from Mill Street to Oakwood Road, Cedar Street from Mill Street to Ball […]
Brandon Twp.- The school district has received a ‘clean? audit and the operating deficit is not quite as high as the previously projected $1.1 million. A representative from Lewis & Knopf presented audit results for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 at the board’s Oct. 15 meeting. The audit revealed the district had general […]