A Groveland Township hunter was sentenced this month for violations that occurred last fall. First Lt. David Malloch, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer, reported that on Nov. 16, the second day of the firearm deer hunting season, a Groveland Township resident reported gunshots prior to sunrise. Conservation Officer Brandon Kieft, accompanied by a […]
Goodrich-Village officials and residents took a closer look at going green on Tuesday night during a special meeting. Effective Solutions for Healthier Watersheds owner and hydrogeologist Tammie Heazlit, along with John DeLisle, an ecologist and owner of Natural Community Services, introduced residents along with council members to utilizing green infrastructure to remedy a bevy of […]
Goodrich-Macker Wilson is facing some uncertainties. However, the 18-year-old high school senior appears to remain calm and confident about his future. And he should. Wilson scored somewhere in the top 15,000 of the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or PSAT/NSQT. Not a bad score considering the National Merit Corporation reports an estimated 3.6 million […]
Goodrich-For more than 30 years Marla Millar has been an inspired interior designer’reflecting a multitude of diverse tastes and styles. On April 1 Millar’s three decades of expertise became available at Yellow Dog Marketplace, 7285 State Road. ‘You’ll find one of the most diverse and unique collections of antiques, vintage and salvage in the area,? […]
Like other students, Cessily Fahr, 17, is conscious of the recent acts of school violence that have occurred in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wisconsin. ‘None of the shootings have personally affected me,? says Fahr, a Brandon High School senior. ‘But they have really opened my eyes and helped me realize that it’s always possible.? Living in […]
About six years ago, Brandon Township resident Robert Roop’s father reported a nuisance black bear devastating his bird feeder near his home in the Cadillac area. ‘I finally had a chance to hunt up there,? said Roop. ‘I won the permit on my seventh try’it was my fourth bear, two from Canada and one from […]
Ortonville- For the second time this year, elevated E. coli levels in the Kearsley Creek have local officials concerned for the safety of residents and seeking answers regarding the source of the contamination. According to a bacteriological analysis of the Kearsley Creek, performed by the Oakland County Health Division, on Sept. 15 near the Mill […]
The school board was expected to vote on Thursday to terminate a purchase agreement for a 170-acre parcel in Groveland Township for future school site expansion. Brandon School Board President Greg Allar said funding for the purchase, an estimated $2 million, would have come from the bond extension funds that includes a line-item for school […]
Welfare recipients who are suspected of substance abuse may be subject to a drug test if some state lawmakers have their way. On Sept. 22, by a 82-25 vote, the House passed a bill requiring welfare recipients to submit to a drug test if the Department of Human Services employee has reasonable suspicion of substance […]
Groveland Twp.-Jim Bradford and Mark Austin claim their blood runs ‘green.? On Saturday the area pair will represent their devotion to ‘John Deere green? as members of the local Yesteryear Farm Tractor Club, joining more than 200 other tractor clubs from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana for the first annual Mackinac Bridge Antique Tractor Crossing. The […]