On June 19, at 7:35 p.m., a Brandon deputy responded to Perry Lake Road at Granger Road after a vehicle drove through the stop sign and crashed into the ditch. A witness at the scene had been jogging eastbound on Granger Road at Perry Lake Road and stated if she had been 20 feet further, […]
Ortonville- The village continues to be in sound financial condition, with a ‘healthy? fund balance. During their meeting June 24, village council members unanimously approved a municipal budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 with revenues and expenditures of $570,651. The motion to approve the budget also included a 2 percent performance-based compensation […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board unanimously approved the 2013-2014 budget during a special meeting June 26 with little comment. Trustee LeAnne Schmidt asked only if the budget was the same one presented during the June 10 public budget hearing which carried the burden of a $621,790 operating deficit. Jan Meek, executive director of business operations, […]
Matt Milligan hopes one day to be a professor of Asian studies at a prestigious university such as Harvard or Princeton. But his first teaching position will be far from the wealth and privilege of these schools on the East Coast of the United States. The 2003 Brandon High School graduate is traveling to the […]
Brandon Twp.- Unemployment compensation paid to two terminated deputy treasurers, and attorney and auditing fees regarding policy disputes between elected officials has cost the township more than $24,000 in the past three years, according to invoices obtained by The Citizen from the township offices. In November 2003, Treasurer Linda Owen fired Diana Reckwald, who had […]
Brandon Twp.- Jamie Robertson was six-years-old when he unlocked the front door of his home that borders seven acres of woods and decided to take a stroll. His mother, Sharon Robertson, was putting her younger son down for a nap and came back to find the door shut and Jamie, who is autistic, gone. ‘I […]
Brandon Twp.- Parks and Recreation Director Fred Waybrant is under fire and facing the threat of being fired. ‘For years, people have been after me for no reason,? said Waybrant during the July 1 township board meeting. ‘I feel like I’m being attacked.? His feelings may well be justified given comments by board members at […]
Brandon Twp.- The replacement of Enbridge’s Line 6B oil pipeline that runs through this township drew a lot of questions, complaints and controversy last year, but ultimately ended in the company gaining consent to finish phase 1. Winter and most of spring were quiet here in regards to the pipeline, but as the company completes […]
Two Groveland residents are in the Oakland County Jail after the robbery and stabbing of a 36-year-old man who lived in the same mobile home park. Eugene Joseph Minton, 23, was arraigned on a charge of robbery, $150,000 bond, no 10 percent, and Robert Dean Villalobos, 21, was arraigned on a charge of armed robbery, […]
Brandon Twp.- Members of Campaneros de Flamenco will demonstrate the art of flamenco dancing during Flamenco: The Heart and Soul of Spain, 6:30 p.m., March 29, at the library, 304 South St. Michelle Millman, a member of the group, which translated means Friends of Flamenco, said she has studied many different kinds of dance, including […]