Brandon Twp.- Police are investigating whether an 8th grade boy found bloody and unconscious in a Brandon Middle School restroom was attacked by a fellow student. ‘We are investigating this as an assault,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Pete Burkett, commander of the Brandon substation. ‘We have a suspect who is being questioned. We […]
Brandon Twp.- Employees at the township offices will have their wages restored to 2008 levels. At their Dec. 5 meeting, the township board unanimously approved a motion to reinstate full-time employees? wages to the levels they were in 2008, prior to a 5 percent wage cut. The cut will be reversed effective Jan. 1. The […]
Brandon Twp.- The library board will gauge support of a millage increase by forming a campaign committee. At the board’s Nov. 28 meeting, Director Paula Gauthier said the board stopped short of declaring they would go to voters next year asking them to return to a 2.0 operating millage rate previously approved. That rate has […]
Groveland Twp.- Father Shafique Hadyat will celebrate Christmas this year at Mt. Thabor Monastery here in the township. He will be part of the majority in the United States this year in celebrating the holiday. Usually, he is among the minority? in his homeland of Pakistan, 98 percent of his countrymen are Muslim. Christians, he […]
Ortonville- The village has received a ‘clean? audit. Steven Kidd, an auditor from Lewis & Knopf, addressed the council during its Nov. 28 meeting, saying that all village funds have positive balances. ‘The records coming in are good,? said Kidd. ‘You planned to break even (on revenues and expenditures), but you are positive $39,602. All […]
Ortonville- Bow hunting will continue to be permitted within the village. During the Nov. 28 village council meeting, Council President Wayne Wills read a decree stating that following a poll of council members, it was decided that the weapons ordinance will remain unchanged. The current ordinance forbids the discharge of firearms within the village limits, […]
Brandon Twp.- Ken Bliss mixes supernatural elements in the future along with the age-old battle of good versus evil in his debut novel. The former Ortonville resident and 1984 Goodrich High School graduate will sign copies of his book, ‘Eric’s War: The Cougar and the Lamb? from noon-3 p.m., Dec. 10, at the township library, […]
Kathleen Russell’s philosophy on holiday charity is disarmingly simple. ‘If we can do Christmas for our family, we can do Christmas for someone else’s family,? says the Groveland Township resident, who is married to Jim and has three children, Shana DeVoe, 20, Noah DeVoe, 19, and Reeves DeVoe, 15. ‘We’re in a fortunate situation. Christmas […]
Heidi Barckholtz did what she thought she was supposed to do. She bought a house. She faithfully made her mortgage payments. Now the Ortonville resident and working mother of two children is underwater on her house by $100,000. ‘I have to sell it and I am taking the credit hit, all because of the bad […]
Brandon Twp.- Down. Up. Up. Down. Since June, the school district’s fund balance has experienced ups and downs, but the bottom line is that right now the fund balance is nearly the same as what was approved in the budget five months ago. ‘The operating deficit is slightly higher? $262,000 more than we thought, but […]