Whitetails are getting a ‘brake? from area drivers. That’s the word issued last week by the Southeast Michigan Council of Government Michigan Deer Crash Coalition indicated that Oakland County had 1,683 car deer crashes 237 fewer than last year. Statewide car deer crashes have also declined. Similarly, in Atlas, Brandon and Groveland townships whitetail contact […]
Hadley Twp.-A township resident is itching for some answers following an apparent Dumpster-vehicle accident last weekend. It is unknown if the driver was injured in the mishap. Larry Atkins, owner of Poison Ivy Control of Michigan, reported to the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Department that during the nighttime hours of Sept. 28, a motorist on southbound […]
Abandoned vehicles, dilapidated metal swing sets and copper pipes? a few materials that at one time were scattered over the urban and rural landscapes, now destined for the landfill. However, that one time trash is now a treasure for recyclers and the businesses that collect the materials. While the new industry has boomed over the […]
Brandon Twp.- A new park, sewers and keeping miles of gravel roads smooth, are just a few of the goals Township Supervisor Ron Lapp has outlined for the upcoming year. ‘By fall, families should be playing in the new township park near Oakwood and Hadley roads,? said Lapp. ‘Although building projects have dropped in the […]
The Marine motto ‘Semper Fi? adorns the cap of Don LaCross as the 85-year old Goodrich resident sorts through an aged scrapbook of a war on an isolated atoll in the South Pacific. The scrapbook contains photos of shot down Japanese ‘Zeros? (planes), South Pacific natives, and young Marines’many LaCross still knows by name. ‘That’s […]
Goodrich-The school district reported a one student enrollment increase over 2012 following the Oct. 2 statewide count day. According to school officials, the 2012 audited count was 2,106.4 students. This year the unaudited count number is 2107.16. Fall count day determines 90 percent of per-pupil funding for 2013-14 academic year. A winter count day in […]
A unique bear bait was just the meal ticket for a local hunter’s success. Groveland Township Jason Bradley shot a 150-pound black bear in Alger County on Oct. 2 near Munising and the Lake Superior shore. ‘Much of the season was in 70-degree weather so it was pretty slow the first few days,? said Bradley, […]
Atlas Twp.- Fred Forys admits his wife Beth of 41 years is growing tired of the chatter and beeps of two pagers and three radios that often dominates the conversation of the family home. ‘I need a jump on the calls,? said Fred Forys, township fire chief. ‘If we are going to assist other departments […]
Atlas Twp.-The storm clouds have cleared, debris has been removed and a township family has a new start. Less than five months after an F2 tornado leveled the Mahaffy family’s Gale Road home, a new residence is nearing completion’a remarkable ending to a devastating story. On May 28, according to a report from the National […]
Atlas Twp.-On Saturday, members of the Genesee Daughters of the American Revolution, along with Sons of the American Revolution, gathered at the Horton Cemetery to honor patriots John and William Britton. ‘There are 12 Revolutionary War Patriots buried in Genesee County,? said Carol Powers, DAR chaplain and regent. ‘We have three buried in the township.? […]