By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- On Monday night the township board of trustees approved the appointment of Supervisor Kathy Thurman, Clerk Candee Allen and Trustee Bob Marshall to a subcommittee to research the possible purchase of Belle Ann elementary school. The board has been discussing the purchase since October, and Belle Ann has […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer A suspect in the murder of deputy Eric Overall was bound over in court on March 12 by Judge Joseph Fabrizio of 52-2 District Court. Christopher Berak, who was charged with the first degree murder of Deputy Overall on Thanksgiving, as well as murder of a police officer, was in […]
Noah, 7 and Addison Wills, 9, read to Hunter at the Brandon Township Public Library last week. The therapy dog visited the library during Reading Month. Photo by Patrick McAbee. By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer March is reading month, and there’s a new four legged audience at the Brandon Township Library that loves to hear […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp. At 12:11 p.m., March 5, Brandon firefighters along with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies from the Brandon Substation responded to a man stuck in a shallow trench in the 1000 block of N. Hadley Road. Upon arrival the fire department found a 65 year old Almont man trapped […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Dorothy isn’t in Kansas anymore. From March 16-18, Brandon High School presents the Wizard of Oz. “We wanted something upbeat and funny. Something very family friendly. There are a lot of principal characters,” said director Kristen Kelsey. This version of the Wizard of Oz is a bit different from the […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-District wide enrollment dipped from 2,591 in October 2016 to 2,465 in 2017—down 126 students, according to a data from the student count day. The high school, elementary schools and Schools of Choice students decreased the most, while the middle school dropped slightly according to the report. Count day has […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Ortonville- He’s the Mayor of Lapeer and now the village manager. Bill Sprague, who served as the village manager from November 2009 to April of 2010 started on Monday after the position had been vacant since last summer. A retired Delphi employee, he left the village position to work in […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-The high school will be provided free security guard services courtesy of vendor DM Burr for two months. “Brandon is doing a district-wide review of many facets of our security preparedness,” said Dr. Matt Outlaw, district superintendent . “This has included a review of our procedures, our execution of […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Wrtier Ortonville- The village council approved to apply for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recreation passport grant. It was approved unanimously. “The village will be applying on it’s own this year for the DNR recreation passport grant to renovate the concession building located at Sherman Park,” said village president […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich– On Feb. 14, the school district joined others statewide in the spring student count day. District wide, enrollment dipped from 2,061 in February 2017 to 2,060 in 2018—down one student. While the high school, Oaktree and Reid elementary schools all posted gains in enrollment, the middle school, which include grades […]