By David Fleet Editor Brandon Blackhawk Head Football Coach Brad Zube stellar resume features a 37-12 record in five years, five consecutive playoff appearances and a recent top 9 AP state high school ranking. Zube’s peers recently recognized his accomplishments by naming him— 2020 Flint Metro League Stars Division Coach of the Year. “The Coach […]
By David Fleet Editor A new look for local boards and councils in Oakland County as newcomers ruled the day in the Village of Ortonville, Brandon Township and the Brandon School Board. For Ortonville Village Council Incumbent President Tonja Brice gathered 484 votes and defeated President-pro-tem challenger Dan Eschmann with 207 votes to retain her […]
By David Fleet Editor On Tuesday, Village of Goodrich newcomers Melissa Schluentz, Keith Walworth and Sherry Ann Moore were elected and will comprise the new majority on the five council board. Council incumbents opted not to seek re-election. Shirley Kautman-Jones (R) was elected as Atlas Township Supervisor with 3,678 votes or 66 percent over Democrat […]
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.