After more than three decades of law enforcement’Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Deputy David Rheaume says it’s time to hang up the badge and retire. ‘I have loved every minute of my work in the Ortonville area,? said Rheaume, 59. A 1973 Dryden High School graduate, Rheaume earned a degree in criminal justice from Michigan State […]
Groveland Twp.-The future of an exotic animal business that operated for almost a decade under the radar of township officials as well as many neighbors is uncertain. On Monday night Township Supervisor Bob DePalma updated the community on Premier Animal Attractions, the 22-acre home to exotic animals such as tamandua anteater, red kangaroo, African serval […]
The annual stocking of brown trout in Kearsley Creek will include a few more fish this spring. About 6,000 brown trout are expected to be released into the Kearsley Creek in mid-May at three sites including the Oakwood Road bridge, Kipp Road bridge, and east branch of the Kearsley Creek at Kent Road. About 1,800 […]
An obsession with country music and driving huge pickup trucks. That’s how Emily Bretz, a 16-year-old junior high school student, from the capital city of Brisbane in the state of Queensland, Australia describes her impressions of America. ‘I just can’t stand hearing that music anymore,? laughs Bretz, who arrived in January to Brandon Township and […]
Yesterday it was ‘selfies.? Today it’s ‘dronies.? That’s how Romeo Durscher, director of education for Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) the manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones for aerial photography and videography, referred to a picture of Brandon High School students who gathered on Wednesday in the performing arts center. Durscher operated the drone that hovered […]
Atlas Twp.-It was Nov. 11, 1939 and the township board of trustees motion called for a public hearing for the purpose of organizing a fire department. A month earlier, the first fire truck was purchased from General Fire Truck Company of Detroit. At a cost of $3,888, a General Model 90c fire truck on a […]
Business owner, township planner, friend, and loving husband’Ed Thompson will be missed by his community. Thompson died June 9, 2015. He was 76. Thompson was born June 11, 1938 in Detroit to the late Goodenow and Ruth (nee: Hanning) Thompson. He married the former Arlene Foppes on Oct. 2, 1980 in Troy. He is survived […]
After 36 years of service in the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reserve unit, Dennis DeCovich announced his retirement. ‘I have seen many changes over the years with the unit and I have had the privilege to work with many fine deputies over those years,? said DeCovich. After his graduation from the Oakland County Reserve Academy […]
Ortonville-Melissa Cardenas is rather pushy and refuses to back down from a fight. That’s a great thing when it comes to battling cancer. In the summer of 2000, Cardenas? mother, Diana Amrein, had been diagnosed with breast cancer and asked Melissa to join her in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk in Chicago. ‘It was […]
Since September Peyton Newell took one hour of five each week to look ‘outside the box? during her daily advanced placement English classwork. By June there was plenty to see. ‘I just love fashion,? said Newell, 16, who will be a Brandon High School senior this fall. ‘Seven months ago Mrs. Kelsey asked us to […]