Brandon Twp.- Help your children learn to solve problems on their own with a new program at the library. A conflict resolution workshop which kicks off a fall parenting and caregiver series is planned for 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Sept. 22 at the library, 304 South St. The workshop combines ‘Turning conflicts into learning? and ‘Children […]
Brandon Twp.- After nearly two and a half hours of deliberation behind closed doors, the township board came out of a closed session at a special meeting Monday night and made the unanimous decision to terminate Christine Fisher as a township employee. Fisher, an administrative assistant at the Brandon Fire Department, and township employee for […]
Ortonville- For the past eight years, Sharon Voyer has invited students to participate in the annual Ortonville CROP Walk with her, in an effort to build a sense of community within them, as well as raise money for a good cause. ‘I want to get them thinking about being good citizens,? said the fourth grade […]
Brandon Twp.- When the Brandon Academy of Arts and Sciences opened a year ago in the district’s former H.T. Burt Elementary, 30 students were enrolled. The academy finished the school year with 65 students and when the doors opened for the start of the school year earlier this month, 90 students entered, tripling their numbers […]
The former manager of an Ortonville gas station has been charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from the business. Carin Day was arraigned Sept. 25 in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Joseph Fabrizio on three charges of embezzlement? the first for embezzlement over $100,000; the second for embezzlement over $50,000 but less than $100,000; […]
Atlas Twp.- If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. ET Rover, the company that is proposing a natural gas pipeline currently slated to go through this township, took this popular proverb two steps further and after failing to gain permission for a land survey not once, not twice, but four times, finally succeeded […]
Brandon Twp.- A 34-year-old woman was injured this week after being dragged and then struck by a vehicle driven by her husband. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Office report, Brandon deputies responded at about 2:03 a.m., Sept. 28, to a mobile home in the 3800 block of Redbud Lane for a felonious assault with […]
Brandon Twp.- Two reports of fraud this past week are just the latest in a string of identity thefts perpetrated against township residents. ‘We are being inundated with reports of fraud, they are non-stop,? said Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Greg Glover, Brandon substation commander. ‘If you do not know who you are talking to, […]
Brandon Twp.- Bring on the bands. The Brandon Marching Band Invitational, planned for 10:15 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 18, at Brandon High School, 1025 S. Ortonville Road, is expected to be the largest ever. The seventh annual invitational will have 15 bands participating, including the Brandon Marching Band, scheduled to perform at 2:15 p.m. ‘We’re really […]
A 59-year-old Ortonville man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after assaulting his stepdaughter. Charles Spragg was arraigned Oct. 6 on one count of criminal sexual conduct, third degree, a 15-year felony, at 52-2 District Court. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reports, Brandon deputies were called to Spragg’s home in the 100 block […]