Ortonville-In his short life, Tyler Bonner touched the lives of many. Tyler, 19, a 2011 Goodrich High School graduate, died Aug. 18 at Hurley Medical Center, as a result of injuries he suffered after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into trees early Aug. 13, according to police. Tyler’s impact on others was […]
Students in the Goodrich School Districts are paying too little for lunch, according to the federal government. As a result lunch prices will go up by a dime beginning this fall in accordance with a mandate to get closer to the federal subsidy for students from low-income families. Howard Leikert, supervisor of the Michigan Department […]
As a free verse poet, Benito Diaz refers to the 10- mile Crim race he completed last Saturday as ‘some form of insanity.? This year my hands, wrists and shoulders hurt more than before, but I managed again, wrote Diaz, a Goodrich resident. At 68-years-old’Diaz’s Crim race takes on a rather unique challenge. While more […]
Residents weary of a downtown eyesore may get some relief soon. Tom Sanford, village code enforcer, said the owner of the property at 8082 State Road, near the intersection of Hegel Road, will receive a blight notice. Sanford said the house is not livable and over the last few years has been vandalized. ‘The copper […]
There will be no 9-1-1 tower on state land in the Hadley Hills area anytime soon. Lapeer County Central Dispatch Director Vic Martin has been seeking a tower location in the southern areas of Lapeer County to rectify coverage issues with regards to 9-1-1. After members of the Christ Lutheran Church rejected a proposal last […]
The Goodrich Village Council will have plenty of candidates to choose from for the new position of interim manager. A total of 14 candidates applied for the interim post, which should last for 90 to 120 days with the potential for a full time position. The opening was posted in The Citizen and other publications […]
Erin O’Mara, 23, a 2002 Goodrich High School graduate, completed the112th Boston Marathon on April 21 in a time of 3:14:34. O’Mara finished 3,158th out of 25,283 Boston Marathon entrants and 250th among 8,935 women runners. O’Mara, currently a senior at Eastern Michigan University in pre-occupational therapy, was a past member of the Goodrich Varsity […]
Brandon Twp.-By a uninamous vote on Monday night, the Brandon School Board accepted the resignation of Brandon Superintendent Tom Miller. ‘Retirement was just down the road for me,? said Miller, 53, in an interview with The Citizen on Wednesday. ‘My wife and I decided to move if just the right job became available’that job may […]
Brandon Twp.-James Whitton earned his Eagle Scout award with some help from the dead. Sort of. The Brandon High School senior spent nearly a year surveying four area cemeteries, Bald Eagle Lake, Carmer, Eaton and Shurter. The idea for the project was to create a list of every grave and person buried in those older […]
Doug Broecker became a firefighter because he wanted to help people in need. The scope and extent of that desire took on a new dimension following the attack on the World Trade Center. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 Broecker, a 1985 Lapeer High School graduate, was walking into a local restaurant for coffee […]