By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp. -Margaret Story discovered a rather unique piece of military history on Monday. The township homeowner said she catching up on some fall yard work on Monday afternoon and entered a small shed behind her home. “There was small tin can with some bubble wrap inside sitting in the shed,” […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- Voters in precinct 6 in the village will not cast their ballots at the Old Town Hall on Tuesday. Instead, get out and vote at the Edna Burton Senior Center, 345 Ball St. After decades of voting at the Old Town Hall at the corner of Church and Mill […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich -On Oct. 24 school board voted 7-0 to terminate Thrun Law as counsel for the district’s ballot language. The board then selected Detroit-based Miller-Canfield as new counsel. The change comes after a technical error by Thrun Law in the ballot language on the March 8, 2016 non-homestead tax levy renewal […]
By David Fleet Editor On Oct. 21 Genesee County Sheriff Department announced that a Clarkston man was charged following an Oct. 7 attack on a woman on the cross country trail located behind Oaktree Elementary School, 7500 Gale Road in Atlas Township. He was also charged in an attack on a woman jogging at […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– took very different paths when they graduated from Brandon High School nearly a quarter of a century apart— he in 2000, she in 1976. Quisenberry went on to graduate from West Point, then entered the U.S. Army, serving as an infantry officer for the Airborne Rangers from 2004-2012, […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.– On Oct.10 the township board of trustees approved an audit presented by Ken Palka, from the accounting firm of Pfeffer, Hanniford and Palka. Palka reported on the township finances following the completion of the yearly audit. The board approved the audit ending March 31, 2016. The township ended the […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– A driver who was distracted by his cell phone rear-ended a police vehicle at 50 mph last weekend in the township. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputy, 29, suffered a concussion and was also treated for head, neck, back, shoulder and knee injuries at the hospital, from which […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– When Vicky Berney’s husband broke his back and was out of work for months, with no income as they waited for a workman’s comp case to be settled, she wondered how she was going to feed their four children, as well as a nephew in their custody. She […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.– A 37-year-old Ortonville woman is facing an embezzlement charge after stealing from Dollar General, where she was employed. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office report, a deputy from the Brandon substation responded at 4:25 p.m., Oct. 17 to the Dollar General store, 1351 S. Ortonville Road, where […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-Student enrollment in the school district jumped by 21 students following the statewide student count day Oct. 5. The fall count day is worth 90 percent of state aid to school districts which is about $7,500 per student. On Feb. 8, the spring count day, the district will receive the other […]