Goodrich- By a 3-2 on Friday morning the village council voted to request the resignation of village administrator Jakki Sidge. In addition, the council voted to request the village administrator return keys to any and all locked doors, cabinets in the village of Goodrich administrative building, DPW garage, DPW vehicles and DPW offices. Council members […]
Goodrich-Incumbents Linda Jackson and Tim Zirnhelt, along with challenger Jeremy Spear, will vie for two four-year school board seats, with terms starting June 30. Incumbent David Cramer will be the only candidate for a one-year partial term. The election will be May 3. Spear has been the pastor of Lakeview Community Church, 10023 S. State […]
A special village meeting on Feb. 4 has sparked the ire of at least one council member. Long time councilman Pete Morey said he was never notified in writing of a special meeting called by Council President Patricia Wartella to hire a new consulting firm needed for an independent study of the village. In fact, […]
For more than 70 years Brandon Township resident Doug Houston has been knowing what he hears ‘Started out with the family Victrola photograph my aunt gave us about,? said Houston, 81. ‘After that I sort of branched out to other electrics.? At 15 years old Houston repaired radios and so it was an easy transition […]
Goodrich- By a 3-2 vote at a special meeting Friday Feb. 11, the village council approved a motion to request the resignation of village administrator Jakki Sidge. In addition, the council voted to request Sidge return keys to any and all locked doors, cabinets in the village of Goodrich administrative building, DPW garage, DPW vehicles […]
Residents in the Goodrich School District will go to the polls on Tuesday, Feb.22, to vote for a $15.4 million bond extension. This bond will be paid for by extending the current repayment schedule an additional six years, from 24 years (through 2034) to a 30-year bond (with final payoff in 2041). New bond payments […]
Groveland Twp.-Following a budget meeting on Tuesday, the township board is expected to vote on a .44 mills tax hike for the fire department. The department is currently operating on 3.5 mills and can levy up to 5 mills which was approved by voters in 2000. If approved at the March 14 township board of […]
Brandon Twp.- The township website receives plenty of hits each day. However at least one visitor to www.brandontownship.us proved to be unwanted Township Supervisor Kathy Thurman said the password protected website was hacked into sometime during the weekend. Site users reported the message to the township and area media. ‘Even the employees have limited access […]
Goodrich voters narrowly approved a $15.4 million bond extension on Tuesday with 930 yes votes (52 percent) to 847 no (48 percent). About 23 percent of registered voters turned out. A total of 1,777 votes were cast. There are 7,547 registered voters in the school district, including 6,607 voters in Genesee County and 940 voters […]
A wounded bald eagle rescued from a Genesee County woodlot may have been residing in the Groveland Township and Holly area. On Feb. 14, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment Office received a call of an injured eagle in a woodlot near Ray Road in Gaines Township about 20 miles west of the […]