While schools and municipalities are reeling from the impact after massive state budget cuts, area libraries may soon be contending with less revenue of their own. Gretchen Couraud, executive director of the Michigan Library Association, said the recently adopted state budget that would cut library funding from $10 million to $6 million could be catastrophic […]
At least three area runners were among more than 18,000 who competed in the 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit on Sunday where, according to news reports, three half-marathoners died during the race. As of press time, no results from the autopsies were made public on the three runners. Detroit Police spokesman John Roach […]
July 18, 2005 A worse-than-usual winter, escalating fuel prices, and increased labor costs have area road officials contending with serious budget shortfalls. Earlier this month officials from Brandon and Groveland townships–along with Village of Ortonville officials–were notified by the Road Commission for Oakland County that routine maintenance work along state roads including M-15 and I-75 […]
Goodrich – On Monday morning several residents were evacuated near Hegel Road about one-half mile east of M-15 due to a natural gas release. Mary Gust, a spokesperson for Consumers Energy said excess pressure building in the gas line triggered the valve in a regulator station. “It operated as it was designed to do,” said […]
Brandon Twp. – The Brandon School elected officers during the school board meeting on Monday. Beth Nuccio president, Chris Yuchasz vice president, Karyn Milligan seretary and Ken Quisenberry treasurer.
A certification needed to legally operate district school buses may by the latest casualty of Michigan’s budget woes. The Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Division is responsible for inspecting and certifying the safety of more than 17,000 school buses each year. The funding for the program is part of the K-12 school aid budget. The […]
In June 1944 Gerald Marsh, then an 18-year-old private, was wading through the blood-tinged waters of the English Channel onto Utah Beach’a key landing site for the American troops in Normandy. Marsh, an Ortonville native, was called to duty on July 16, 1943, shipped to Europe in February 1944 and assigned to the Fifth Armored […]
While several school districts statewide have closed because of excessive absences due to the flu, both Brandon and Goodrich School districts have remained open’so far. On Monday, the Goodrich District reported 265 students absent, about 12 percent of the population. ‘Our magic number is 546 students out or 25 percent of the population,? said John […]
Two suspects wanted for a series of daytime burglaries in southwest Lapeer County, in addition to Brandon, Hadley and Metamora townships, were arrested following a traffic stop in Oxford Township. At about 3:30 p.m. Sgt. Joseph Vandermeulen, from the MSP Lapeer Post, stopped a gold-colored Honda near Baldwin and Oakwood roads. Troopers arrested Steven James […]
Brandon Twp. ? It’s been a couple months since the government-sponsored ‘Cash for Clunkers? program helped jam area car dealers? showrooms, however, the surge of business has continued for at least one area dealer Joe Carrier, general manager of Randy Wise Ford, 989 S. Ortonville Road, had customers waiting to buy new cars in his […]