Goodrich- The Genesee County Sheriff Department and school officials are investigating a verbal exchange which escalated into a physical altercation necessitating intervention by local law enforcement personnel during a fifth grade girls basketball game with Bendle Schools on Oct. 31. Sheriff deputies were called to the high school gymnasium toward the end of the Saturday […]
Groveland Twp.-In late September, township firefighters were called to assist Michigan State Police as they searched a heavily wooded area near Grange Hall and Jossman roads for a missing person. ‘The terrain was difficult where an individual could hide anywhere,? said Ron Bray, township fire department engineer/paramedic. ‘State police were about to start a search […]
Become a resident of ‘Our Town? later this month when Goodrich High School theatre brings the Thornton Wilder American classic to the stage. In his 15th year as GHS drama director, Steve Mitchell mirrors the recently produced off-Broadway production by placing the audience on stage, in seating just inches away from actors. The intimate, contemporary […]
Two deployments to Iraq. Meeting terrorists face-to-face. Homeless children. Families begging for food. For 31-year-old Army veteran Michael Brennan, the vivid experiences of war not only shaped his life, but etched a desire to give back long after the battles had ended. Like many American service members, Brennan’s military experience began when terrorists attacked the […]
Goodrich-Levi’s tale as a police dog began on Monday night. Levi, a Belgian Malinois, along with his handler, Genesee County Paramedic Deputy Justin Hunt, attended the village council meeting to thank the council for the donation which brought the canine into service. In June, the council OK’d $10,732 held over in the village Drug Abuse […]
The Goodrich Girls Volleyball team 39-9-1, continued their march a Michigan High School Athletic Association state title by defeating Marysville at Imlay City on Nov. 13 in three sets, 25-14, 25-16, 27-25, winning the regional championship for the first time in school history. ‘This was the best that we have played all season,? said Head […]
Atlas Twp.-Bruce Easton lives five minutes from Genesys Regional Medical Center in the township’s southwest corner. His 81-year old mother-in-law lives next door to him. ‘I was working in Sterling Heights and had just left when my wife called crying that her mother was in pain and having problems,? said Easton. ‘She called 9-1-1 at […]
Six different wolves on trail cameras. Seven different dead deer killed by wolves. That’s the report from Jeff Stonerock after returning from a week-long deer hunting trip to his family’s 550 acres in Iron County in the Upper Peninsula’s western region. For the past 20 years Stonerock and his family have made the 11 hour, […]
The Goodrich Girls Volleyball team came up short on Nov. 20 in their drive for a state championship when they were defeated by Ann Arbor’s Father Gabriel Richard High School in the Michigan High School Athletic Association state semi-finals at Battle Creek. ‘We just never gained control over the match from the very beginning,? said […]
Goodrich-Anna Sorchynska will take countless American memories back to her hometown of Vinnytsya in west-central Ukraine, including dinner at Taco Bell, the atmosphere of downtown Detroit, and the absence of cigarette smoke. ‘When I leave my apartment building in downtown Vinnytsya, I smell cigarettes and the trees,? said Sorchynska, 15. ‘No one smokes here, or […]