Goodrich native Richard D. Horton learned to operate tractors and heavy trucks’fairly routine for a young man working on a farm during the 1930s. However, those skills learned as a teen would pay big dividends for thousands of Allied prisoners of war held deep behind German lines near the end of World War II. Born […]
Brandon Twp.- After just a few days? business, new restaurant owners Deb and Larry Goldman are already getting to know some regular customers. ‘Homestyle country cooking for breakfast and lunch brings them back,? said Deb, who with Larry opened Deb’s Grill & Coney, 5500 Oakhill Road, last month. ‘They are already starting to roll in […]
Brandon Twp.- There’s been a serious accident. A Brandon school bus rests on its side–many students are injured, some fatalities, multiple causalities. Brandon Fire Department along with Groveland, Independence and Oakland township fire departments participated on Sunday morning near the Brandon School District bus garage in a mock mass casualty scenario. Inside the school bus […]
Brandon Twp.- County officials say that by mid-2007 all 910 square miles of Oakland County will have wireless internet access including the less populated northern sections of the county. Scott Oppmann, Wire Oakland program manager and application services manager for Oakland County Information technology said the signal for the wireless connection will be a key […]
Goodrich- On Wednesday a closed session meeting to discuss the grievances between the school union and a committee of the school board including Michael Tripp, Michael Thorp and James Bertrand was conducted. The Michigan Education Association had placed district teachers on the critical list as a result of the school board imposing a 14-day cut […]
Lansing- After voting on Sept. 27 to close state police posts in Grand Haven, Groveland Township and Iron River the state police responded Tuesday morning with a re-deployment plan prior to the Nov. 28 closing date. Senators and representatives from the areas impacted by the post closings met with Michigan State Police Lt. Col. Peter […]
Atlas Twp.- Two area boys where safe at about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, after wandering away from their Gale Road home at about noon. The boys, Mark and Daniel Wood, ages 9 and 11, were reported missing at about 3:15 p.m. as deputies from the Genesee County Sheriff Department, Michigan State Police, and the FBI, […]
Petitions aimed at recalling four Goodrich councilmembers are a go. That’s the word from the Genesee County Clerk’s office following a clarity hearing on Thursday morning at the Genesee County Courthouse with Judge Jennie Barkey, Genesee County Clerk Michael Carr and Treasurer Daniel Kildee presiding. The number of signatures now needed would be 25 percent […]
A New York native born in 1858, the daughter of Irish immigrants, Mary Lyon began teaching in rural Genesee schools in the mid-1870s. About 1895 she moved to the southern Genesee County area and taught at the one-room Atlas Village School south the intersection of Perry and Gale roads. Lyon’s contribution to the education of […]
A recent effort to cut $349 million from the current state budget earlier this year, also included chopping $1.7 million from the Michigan State Police budget. The move prompted the layoffs of 100 troopers statewide and three from the Groveland Township Post. However, the cut may not have immediate impact in MSP coverage in the […]