By David Fleet Editor On Saturday, an ORV park test event was conducted to determine if noise was going to be a problem once the site was up and running in 2020. So to check out the decibel debate the Department of Natural Resources rented the park to the motorcycle group the Bent Wheel Club. […]
By David Fleet Editor Apparently many people have suggestions to name the new state park. In fact, more than 750 have heeded the request of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources last month to name the state’s newest state park located in a former sand and gravel mining operation in Groveland and Holly townships off […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-On Aug. 15, the Chase Bank branch, 7301 State Road is being consolidated and closing. Chase will continue to operate branches in nearby Grand Blanc, 8238 S. Saginaw St., Ortonville, 761 Ortonville Road and Davison, 1121 S. State Road, Davison. “Like any good retailer, we constantly evaluate our branch network to […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer The Stamp Out Hunger food drive collected 10,720 pounds of food for the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund (OCEF). “This is our 27th year, and there was not even a cart of food before, and I knew people didn’t know about it,” said Ortonville mail carrier Rachelle Welch. “Three years ago […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Oxford-based Odd Job Disposal has gone out of business, leaving many residents shocked and without a waste hauler. “I knew when my garbage didn’t get picked up,” said Brandon resident Sylvia Runyon, who has had Odd Job for almost 40 years. “I called the next day and it was a […]
From left Gavin Rochester, Eli Crenshaw, Dylon Carr, Jeremiah Maki and Darrin Linenger. Students set their salmon free on April 20. Photos provided. By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Somewhere in the Great Lakes there’s a salmon that’s attended Peggy Miller-Zelinko’s science class. This spring marked the sixth consecutive year Miller-Zelinko raised classroom salmon from eggs […]
By David Fleet Editor Michigan’s newest state park located in Holly and Groveland townships may soon be called The Mines of Oakland. In the spirit of the property’s history and its unique plan for legal public off-road vehicle recreation, the local municipalities and their representatives agreed on the name following a request by Michigan Department […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Both the Ortonville village council and the Brandon Township board of trustees have voted unanimously to donate $750 each to the Ortonville VFW post 582 to reimburse them for the cost of the signs for the Purple Heart Trail on M-15. “It’s the Purple Heart Trail Memorial Highway, and it […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- On Monday night, the township board voted 7-0 to send two ordinance revisions to the Planning Commission for review. At issue is an ordinance first put in place in October of 2018, when residents were concerned that another AFC would open on Sleepy Hollow. The current home on […]
By David Fleet Editor Some Genesee County children will be a little happier and drier thanks to the efforts of Reid and Oaktree elementary students. Reid and Oaktree elementary joined 28 area schools and participated in the Dimes for Diapers program during April. The event, which started about 10 years ago and is coordinated by […]