A list of possible convicted criminals released to schools last month has seven Brandon Schools employees on it, a Brandon official reported last week. The public release of a list naming local school employees with convictions has been delayed following a Feb. 10 circuit court ruling on the matter. The information was blocked because of […]
Ortonville- Consolidation of services, property tax reform and changes in education were just some of the issues discussed on Tuesday afternoon as Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard M. ‘Dick? DeVos, Jr. visited with area officials at township offices. DeVos, 50, an Ada, Mich. resident and former president of Alticor, Inc. (Amway Corp.), will run unopposed in […]
The newly-formed Brandon Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members received certificates of training completion on Feb. 16. Ron Lapp, Brandon Township supervisor and Bob McArthur, Brandon fire chief presented the documents to 13 members of the team. The CERT will operate under the supervision of the Brandon Fire Department and is recognized by the U.S. […]
The Goodrich School Board voted 4 to 3 on Wednesday night to continue their participation in the Genesee Intermediate School District collaborative schools of choice program rather than change to the section 105 state program. Trustees Bertrand, Tetmeyer and Engelman voted for the change to the state program. Trustees Jackson, Thorp, and Zirnhelt along with […]
The Goodrich School Board voted 7-0 on Wednesday night to offer a contract to John Fazer the current superintendent at Holton Public Schools. The board and Fazer will begin contract negotiations in the near future. Frazer was selected over Mark Kleinhans, the current superintendent at the Montrose School District, to replace current Goodrich Superintendent Larry […]
Atlas Twp.-At approximately 3 p.m., Monday a 17-year-old Lapeer male driving a pickup truck south on M-15 near Green Road attempted to stop for a vehicle in front of him and swerved into the path of a northbound sport utility vehicle driven by a 52-year-old township woman. The driver of the pickup truck along with […]
Groveland Twp.-Two local men were arrested following an early morning brawl at the Groveland Manor Mobile Home community. The fight which included mostly family members that spilled out in the street, involved at least eight individuals’some of the participants used sticks, a shovel and a pint liquor bottle in the fray. Five individuals received minor […]
For three generations and more than a half century the Mooney family men have been cutting hair in Oakland County. Last month the latest in the long line of family clippers illuminated the ol? barber pole at 125 N. Ortonville Road. Ryan Mooney, 20, a 2007 Brandon High School graduate, joined his father Skip, 49, […]
Brandon Twp.-The Brandon School Board approved a resolution to consider non-renewal of both the athletic director’s contract and community education director’s contract at the Monday meeting. A final vote will be on the agenda at the April school board meeting. If the board approves the measue, June Wuopio, community education director and Larry Lamphere, athletic […]
Brandon Twp.-A township teen was in court Tuesday on arson charges stemming from a 2004 township house fire. The teen who was 15 years old at the time of the fire appeared before Oakland County Circuit Judge Daniel O’Brien. The name of the defendant is withheld since he is a minor. After a short deliberation […]