By David Fleet Editor Ortonville — It was just days 35 before D-day, June 6, 1944 when Herb Leon turned 20 years old. On that day Pvt. Leon almost didn’t make it to Omaha Beach. “I was in water up to my chin when I stepped off the ramp,” recalled Herb, 98, a Groveland Township […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp. — Area shuffleboard fans can now slide over to the township park for some competition. On May 28, Samuel Harvey, a Brandon High School junior and Boy Scout from Troop 139 completed his Eagle Scout project of installing a shuffleboard court at the Brandon Township Community Park, 1414 Hadley […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp. — Seth Tison, an Atlas Township resident is on his way to Dallas with The Oakland University Grizzlies Rocket League varsity Esports program. The Golden Grizzlies team won a spot in the Rocket League World Championship at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center earlier this year and are only one of seven teams that […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — Horticulture students will now stay a little cooler and be afforded a little more working space thanks to a new Eagle Scout. Sam Schaefer, 17, a Class of 22 GHS graduate and Goodrich Scout Troop 340 member completed his Eagle Scout project earlier this month by constructing two-4-by-8 feet […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp. — Whether for eggs or meat, chickens are only as good as what they eat. Township resident Mitch Willis now provides organic feed, bedding and soil amendments that not only enhances the nutritional value for consumption, but also the overall health of the animal. Willis, first opened a Groveland […]
By David Fleet Editor Hadley Twp. — The brothers lived together, grew up together, attended school together — pretty standard for siblings. Now after high school when they’re serving together. Township residents Jim and Sue Tottingham four sons along with a pseudo son are today each actively serving in the Army, Marines and Navy. His youngest son, Owen, is currently a junior at Brandon High School is […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp — The free Steps and Stories program for Sashabaw Meadows and Clarkston Lakes manufactured home communities is back for the summer of 2022. The program, sponsored by the Ortonville Order of the Eastern Stars and Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance, is also in partnership with the Brandon Township Public […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Abi Hodson is promoting robotics in a big way. Hodson, 18, lives in Brandon and is a senior at the Michigan Connections Academey, and since she was in middle school, she has been on a robotics team in Flint. “All through middle and high school, I as on the high […]
By David Fleet Editor Ortonville — Local trout are surviving but numbers are low. Jason Gostiaux, Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist for the Southern Lake Huron Management Unit recently completed a study of the Kearsley Creek. A team from the DNR recently completed a fish count over about 1,000 feet of the Kearsley Creek south from […]
By David Fleet Editor Lynne Wummel seeks adventure. So after hiking 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail in 2017 to biking across nine states from Virginia to Oregon on the TransAmerican Trail in 2018, Wummel a 2016 Brandon graduate was prepared for the next quest to hike the Pacific Crest Trail covering 2,600 miles from […]