The only thing Kathryn Remm wants for Christmas, besides maybe her grandma’s rhubarb pie, is to spend time with her family. She will get her wish with just the third or fourth Christmas she’s had at home in the last 17 years. ‘I’m usually overseas,? said Remm, a chief equipment operator in the Navy and […]
Ortonville-This week, Walter Strzelecki will remember two dates from the World War II era that are etched forever in his mind. The first, Sept. 6, 1942, is the day he thought his life was ending. The second, May 5, 1945, is the day it began anew. The time Strzelecki spent between as an American wrongly […]
Ortonville- Fred Morden is ready to take on fresh challenges as the newly assigned Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance caseworker. ‘It’s a tough situation because (this position) really needs a full-time person, but because of the economy, the county can’t do it,? said Morden. ‘We’ll do what we can… The board of directors is really active […]
Ortonville- Angela Davidson is struggling. The single mother of five children was laid off from her job in September and her vehicle broke down the same day. She receives unemployment and gets a food stamp allowance, but no other state aid and no child support. She can’t make all her bills and is frustrated with […]
Brandon Twp.- Site plans for an apartment complex off M-15 have expired, another possible fatality of a tanking economy. Township Building Director Tim Palulian said a site plan for the multiple-unit complex to be located north of Solley’s Appliance expired at the beginning of the month. Another site plan, approval for Silverman Development to extract […]
Randy Davisson can cross another goal off his bucket list. The former Ortonville resident, 71, set a record when he and West Branch resident Bill Zettel drove three horses abreast, pulling an Amish wagon with them on it, in the Michigan Double-Cross. The ride took place for 21 consecutive days, from Sept. 6-26, and covered […]
Brandon Twp.- Terry Beltramo had less than a smooth start as the new township treasurer? he arrived for his first day on the job on Nov. 20, only to discover all the files in his new office had been mysteriously deleted. ‘The Excel worksheets that we needed, all the balances for the township and county, […]
Brandon Twp.- The real estate market may not be booming right now, but at least one business is still looking to buy property. Genisys Credit Union, formerly T & C Federal Credit Union is considering the purchase of a vacant piece of property on M-15, south of Brandon High School. Also being considered are at […]
Groveland Twp.- Unique gifts from around the world will be for sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 6 at Bueche’s Food World, 400 Ortonville Road. Faith White, a Goodrich resident and assistant pastor at Goodrich Assembly of God, worked as a missionary with Work and Witness from 1997-2004, traveling to Peru, Argentina, Kiev in the […]
A man who was found driving nude at Brandon High School in June was not entrapped by police officers, a judge has ruled. During a hearing on Nov. 13, 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin denied a motion that Brandon Township resident John Hilton Carr, 66, was entrapped by officers when he was found nude […]