By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The Ortonville Community Emergency Fund Food Pantry is handling their Thanksgiving Food Drive differently this year. “As we continue to face the challenges 2020 has brought to our beautiful world, OCEF has been working to make the necessary changes regarding our holiday distribution to protect not only our families, but […]
Annabelle Roelandt, 1, and her father Christopher Roelandt of Hadley carve up a pumpkin for Halloween. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-On Oct. 19 the township board of trustees voted 5-0 to fund six new electric wells to supply water for fire suppression. The cost will be $30,000 each and will be purchased at a rate of one well per year. “The (well) topic came up to the board a few […]
By David Fleet Editor As of Wednesday, in Michigan more than 3.1 million citizens had requested absentee ballots and more than 2 million citizens have voted and returned them. “We are too close to Election Day, and the right to vote is too important, to rely on the Postal Service to deliver absentee ballots on […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- During a special meeting on Wednesday night, the village council discussed the findings of an IT committee investigation into minutes on Documents on Demand and emails sent from and to the past village clerk. “So as you recall, council tasked IT to go ahead and research the Personnel Committee […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- During the Monday night meeting, the council approved with a 7-0 vote to pay an invoice from IGD Solutions for email archiving. It was discovered during a current investigation into staff emails that the emails were archived for about two weeks, and the extra $40 per month for October […]
The Goodrich Mill Pond. Photo by Patrick McAbee.
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.-On Monday night the township board of trustees voted 5-0 for a new contract with the Genesee County Sheriff Department, which was set to expire Dec. 31, 2020. The new two year contract is less than a 2 percent increase over the previous year, said Tere Onica, township supervisor. The […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp.– Brian Essenmacher a CPA for Yeo & Yeo, presented the annual financial statements and auditor’s report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 at Monday’s township board of trustee meeting. The township board of trustees, who convened in person, voted 5-0 to accept the audit. According to the […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-On Monday at the school board meeting, Paul Bryant and Kasey Eason of Plante Moran presented the school district’s annual financial statements and auditor’s report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. The board voted 7-0 to approve the audit. According to the audit for the fiscal year […]