Animal control investigates local resident

Roger Ingles bought five calves and three goats at an animal auction June 28. He says he has been harassed by Oakland County Animal Control regularly since. Oakland County Animal Control, which investigates animal cruelty complaints, has been out to see him and the animals one to three times a week since June 29, said […]

‘Not too many people get a second chance…?

Atlas Twp.- It is rare for someone close to death to get even one second chance at life. Gail Seeling has had two. She owes her life to two strangers who lost their own lives, but in dying, gave a final, incredible gift? their organs. Seeling, 60, had two life-saving liver transplants as a result, […]

Man arraigned after motor vehicle assault

Brandon Twp.- A 28-year-old Ypsilanti man who drove his vehicle into his brother-in-law has been arraigned on a felonious assault charge. James Tiung Huie was arraigned Sept. 17 on the charge in front of 52-2 District Court Magistrate Elizabeth Chiapelli. According to police reports, Brandon deputies were dispatched on Sept. 16 to the 2800 block […]

Township man held in after attack with baseball bat

An 18-year-old Brandon Township man was expected to be arraigned on Thursday on a charge of felonious assault in a baseball bat attack on another 18-year-old man who resides in the same mobile home park. Police continue to investigate six other subjects also involved in the confrontation in the Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home Park, in […]

Lake Louise Church of the Nazarene 50th anniversary

Brandon Twp.- Lake Louise Church of the Nazarene is celebrating 50 years in the community. The church opened in its current location, 2300 S. Ortonville Road, on New Year’s Day in 1957, says Pastor Dave Gerber. The congregation numbered about 50 at that time. Today, there are about 120 members. An addition was built in […]

Brandon gunman captured

A Brandon Township man who terrorized his neighborhood Wednesday morning by firing shots and assaulting a woman, was safely taken into custody and was expected to be arraigned on charges Friday. ‘It was a very dangerous situation, it could have gone very, very bad,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Pete Burkett, commander of the […]

North to Alaska, on a whim

When opportunity knocked, Dalton Warden answered. The door opened to Alaska. The 2011 Brandon High School graduate spent nearly two months in Ketchikan, Alaska, from May 7 to July 1, working full-time and drawing scenery in his spare time. ‘I met a friend in college (Adam) and his neighbor (Corrine) was born in Alaska and […]

Local proves herself a warrior

When Kim Zubalik ran the Warrior Dash last Saturday, she faced daunting obstacles including junked cars, mud pits, barbed wire, cargo nets and fire. Still, finishing the 3.2 mile race in Mt. Morris wasn’t nearly as scary as the battle she faced a year earlier to save her life. The Brandon Township resident’s completion of […]

Special ed, alternative high school director

Brandon Twp.- Diane Zedan has been named the new special education director in the district, as well as the principal of Brandon Alternative High School. Zedan, a Grosse Pointe reisdent, has 18 years of experience as a special education director in four different districts, and 16 years experience as a special education administrator, including 10 […]