Groveland Twp.- On Monday night 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, 2014. The township ended the year with $318,926 […]
As the Oct. 1 deer archery season and the Nov. 15 firearm season approaches, local hunters will not be counting points on their bucks. In 2013 regulations required hunters in the northern lower peninsula counties of Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Osceola and Wexford to count horns for the […]
Groveland Twp.- Soon about 600 American flags will have a suitable home. On Tuesday morning Ortonville Cemetery Association members, Oakland County Vocational School students, and township officals gathered for the groundbreaking of a building to house the American flags displayed each Memorial Day to honor veterans. The 12-by-16 foot wood-framed building at the cemetery was […]
For a few weeks each year Jeff Stonerock lives as a Yooper. That’s because for the past 20 years Jeff and his family, who own about 550 acres in Iron County in the Upper Peninsula’s western region, make the 500 mile trek from their home in Goodrich to stay in the U.P. The 11 hour […]
It’s been 72 years since Isabel Rossman received her Goodrich High School diploma. At 99-years-old, Isabel was the ‘Senior Martian? and perhaps the last known member of the Goodrich Class of 1932, sharing memories of teachers, school and friends during the Martian Reunion on Sunday. ‘Mom still has fond memories of Goodrich growing up here […]
Goodrich- Matt Flotemersch has worn many jerseys in more than 12 years of soccer. During the fall the 16 year-old GHS junior proudly sports the number ?5? Martian jersey’a symbol of pride for the accomplished varsity player. But on Sept. 19, Flotemersch, along with his teammates, shed the traditional Martian blue and gold for pink, […]
On Saturday Goodrich and Brandon students, along with others statewide, had an opportunity to participate in the 15th Annual Kettering Kickoff Robotics Competition and the grand opening of the FIRST Community Center at Kettering University in Flint. ‘The center is a unique place for high school students to get involved firsthand in Science Technology Engineering […]
A Goodrich classroom incident that drew local and national attention may have reached its conclusion. The family representing the 10-year-old student with Asperger’s Syndrome who became lodged in a desk chair while Oaktree Elementary fifth grade teacher Nicole McVey recorded the incident, voluntarily dismissed the pending litigation last month without prejudice to all of the […]
Groveland Twp.- In some small way John Dargel rescued a dog. ‘It was pretty sad when I found the Whippet in a field near Holly in the fall of 2013,? said Dargel, a township resident and retired auto-body specialist. ‘Honestly, I felt bad for the old car.? What Dargel rescued was a product of the […]
Despite a pending lawsuit from 19 plaintiffs seeking compensation after they were allegedly damaged by village drains, sewers, and the millpond in the village’the Genesee County Drain Commissioner’s Office, one of seven defendants in the case, plans on moving forward with work on a major infrastructure upgrade project. In addition to the Genesee County Drain […]