Ortonville- Jan Mayhew can still remember the odor. From the deck of the USNS Corpus Christi, anchored in Camron Bay’Mayhew, then a 22-year-old aircraft repair specialist, recalls watching the battles in the delta regions off the coast of Vietnam. ‘It was like watching fireworks from the ship’we never got hit, but each day the Navy […]
Statewide results from the first Merit Exam were released earlier this month and both Brandon and Goodrich school districts exceeded state requirements. According to the Michigan Department of Education, the Merit Exam, which is mandatory for all high school juniors, replaces the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) used in years past. A state law dictated […]
Goodrich Superintendent Kim Hart is employed. By a 7-0 vote on Monday night, the Whitmore Lake School District OK’d a three-year contract with Hart, who was placed on administrative leave by the Goodrich School Board July 26. Hart will earn $109,614 per year. John Mayleben, president of the Whitmore Lake School Board, said the contract […]
A Brandon Township man is being held without bond in connection with the death of a police officer last week in Independence Township. Ramon Felix Pineda, 25, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in 52-2 District Court before Judge Kelley Kostin on multiple charges including second degree murder, leaving the scene of an accident causing death, and […]
Friend, businessman and father’Jack Quigley will be remembered by the community and family for his tireless work efforts, neighborly spirit and compassion toward others. Quigley, of Ortonville, died Aug. 24. He was 78. Born in Flint, Quigley moved to the Clarkston area where he worked on a farm. At 14-years-old he hitchhiked to California to […]
Groveland Twp.- It’s the definition of a country church. Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, located at the intersection of dirt roads’adjacent farm fields and woodlots has endured fire in addition to the challenges of a modern world. To recognize the 175-year history of the church at 3209 Jossman Road, a celebration is planned for 2 […]
Jim Wedlake said he ‘felt like a speck on the ice.? ‘The airplane dropped us off about 70 miles from the North Pole,? said Wedlake. ‘I never felt so alone or so isolated. There’s no land under us’it’s like an ice conveyor belt moving all the time. You go to sleep at night and wake […]
The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department responded to a burglary at PharmD Co., 8191 State Road, Goodrich. According to police reports in the early morning hours of Aug. 28, the phone lines to the building in the Goodrich Plaza were cut in an effort to disarm the security system. Entry was gained and an undisclosed amount […]
Goodrich-The district opened last week with fewer Schools of Choice students. A total of 52 new Schools of Choice students enrolled in Goodrich Schools for the 2012-13 school year compared to 91 SOC students in the district for the 2011-12 school year. ‘We’re busting at the seams in the high school,? said Scott Bogner, district […]
Atlas Twp.- The township board of trustees has set a public hearing for 7 p.m., Sept 17 at the Atlas Township Hall, 7386 S. Gale Road, to discuss adjusting the amount and possibly the method of collecting police funding for area law enforcement. The township established a contract with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department about […]