A Lake Fenton Blue Devils football player is expected to fully recover from injuries he suffered during the Goodrich Homcoming game Sept. 30. With the Martians up 14-0 and 6:09 left in the second quarter, Lake Fenton defensive back Matt Hommer had head-to-head contact with a Goodrich player. Following the collision, Hommer, a junior, laid […]
Beginning on Oct. 16, nineteen former MSP posts statewide, including Groveland Township, will convert to detachments, facilities where troopers can start and end their shifts, store property/evidence and meet with the public by appointment. Detachments will not maintain public lobby hours. The closest MSP posts to the township will be Metro North, 14350 10 Mile […]
At 7 p.m., Oct 19 the Ortonville Historical Society will host retired 52-2 District Court Judge Gerald McNally at the Old Mill located near Mill and South Street, Ortonville. Born in 1932 in Atkinson, Neb., McNally served in the Air Force during the Korean War from 1950-1953, stationed in Thule, Greenland. McNally attended Conception College […]
Atlas Twp.- A sunny, early spring day nearly turned tragic for a pair of local men. A veteran ice fisherman and Gale Lake resident said he should not have ventured out on the ice Saturday for some late March fishing. The resident, 78, who asked not to be identified, said he headed out on the […]
Groveland Twp.-From an artillery range to a water park to even a prison’a 191-acre parcel of township-owned property has been considered over the years for a host of projects. Now that same property near Grange Hall Road and I-75 will be on the market this spring in hopes of attracting just the right buyer for […]
It’s been about eight months since longtime village manager Jakki Sidge vacated her office after a 3-2 vote on Feb.11, when the village council approved a motion requesting her resignation. At the Oct. 10 village meeting a somewhat new council voted 3-2 to bring Sidge back as village manager. Councilmembers Pete Morey, Rick Horton and […]
It’s been 11 years since the Brandon Blackhawks varsity football team made post season play. Soon that may change. With an impressive 5-2 record, the Blackhawks need to win just one of their next two home games’against Linden (4-3) or Holly (5-2) to qualify for the state playoffs. “We’re excited,” said Blackhawks Head Coach Tim […]
The 2011-12 student count day Oct. 5 was good news to Goodrich officials after earlier predictions of a 40-student decline. In the fall student count Goodrich has 2,145 students, nine more than the count of 2,136 in 2010. In the Goodrich District, Reid Elementary (K-2) suffered the greatest decline, going from 398 students in 2010 […]
Two area teens are suspected of shooting three deer illegally. At 2:15 a.m., on Oct. 4, a Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to Atlas Township observed a pickup truck exit a field near Horton and Joslin roads at a high rate of speed. The truck had no taillights on it. The deputy identified three dead […]
After years of hunting, area sportsman Jason Bradley can recall some rather unique experiences in the woods. Yet, the events of a mid-September bear hunt in some remote Upper Peninsula wilderness may be the most memorable so far. Black bear season opened on Sept.10 across northern regions of Michigan and for the past eight years […]