Brandon Twp.- Jim Campbell doesn’t want a 144-unit apartment complex as his new neighbor and he says he isn’t alone. ‘Talking to the neighbors in my area, I haven’t found a single person excited about the apartment complex,? said Campbell, referring to the project planned for a parcel of land off M-15, north of Solley’s […]
Ortonville- Recent testing for E.coli in Kearsley Creek shows elevated levels again, however it was not as high as officials expected. A sampling of three locations in the creek showed levels of 1,283 colony forming units (near South Street just east of the Brandon Township Library); 739 CFU (near Ball and Francis streets) and 400 […]
Brandon Twp.- A 21-year-old township man was recently arraigned on a charge of arson-preparation to burn property, $1,000 or more, less than $20,000, stemming from an altercation with his mother that ended in the man dousing his father’s car with gasoline. Brandon David Zaner was arraigned on the charge June 19 in front of 52-2 […]
Brandon Twp.- A Clarkston man plans to press charges after being scared for his life recently at a vacant log cabin in the township. Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Brandon Substation Detective Chris Pacholski is currently investigating the incident, which may involve charges of felonious assault, armed robbery, and breaking and entering. According to police reports, […]
Ortonville- Oakland County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking the vandals who recently spray painted two local businesses, senior center vans, the senior center building, and the recreation building. The damage was discovered on June 14 and included the garage at David Regiani’s dental office, 101 South St., on which vandals wrote ?8 Snow? in silver spray […]
Brandon Twp.-When Darian McNeir-Nealy’s mother told him about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14 that took the lives of 20 young students and six women at the school in Newtown, Ct., the 11-year-old, like so many others, was struck with grief. ‘My Mom told me what happened and I said, ‘That’s really […]
Brandon Twp.- This Christmas will be very different from any other Anastasia Mikahylova, 17, has experienced. For one, she will be celebrating the holiday on December 25 for the first time. Mikahylova, who is attending Brandon High School as a foreign exchange student this year, normally celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7 as an Orthodox Christian […]
A man who repeatedly sexually assaulted his young daughter for several years in Brandon Township will now spend at least the next 25 years in prison. Following a three-day trial in the courtroom of Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Colleen O’Brien, a jury deliberated less than 90 minutes on Dec. 13 before finding the man, […]
Brandon Twp.? Rotting teeth. Needles shot into destroyed veins. Burned spoons. Grieving parents holding photos of their deceased children. Gravestones. These were the images that flashed upon two large screens in the darkened Brandon High School gymnasium Dec. 10 as several hundred students watched. Music from loud speakers filled the gym, including Eric Clapton’s song, […]
Ortonville- It’s a Tuesday afternoon and Alex Martin is at the park again. He pushes his three young children on a merry-go-round as they laugh and he smiles at their joy. He chases after his 1-year-old daughter Claire, and calls out to his 4-year-old to stay away from the strange cat she leans down to […]