Peanut butter pay off

Groveland Twp.- Sarah Sienkiewicz works with peanuts, not for them. The 11-year-old resident, a seventh grader at Faith High School in Burton, is hoping a peanut butter sandwich she created will pay off with a $25,000 college scholarship after her recipe was chosen as a top ten finalist from more than 1,000 entries. Sarah’s mother, […]

Village, township to study waste water treatment

Ortonville- If all the stars and planets in the universe are lined up correctly, the village could have sewers in 2010, says Village Manager Ed Coy. The village council and Brandon Township Board will take a step toward their own alignment when they have a study session to discuss future plans for a waste water […]

Village trail proposal draws crowd

Ortonville- More than 30 residents crowded the Old Town Hall during the village council’s Jan. 22 meeting, many drawn by a proposed nature walking trail. It is unclear how many in the audience are opposed and how many are in favor of the trail, which a group of local citizens began researching after the village […]

Peanut butter payday?

Groveland Twp.- Sarah Sienkiewicz works with peanuts, not for them. The 11-year-old resident, a seventh grader at Faith High School in Burton, is hoping a peanut butter sandwich she created will pay off with a $25,000 college scholarship after her recipe was chosen as a top ten finalist from more than 1,000 entries. Sarah’s mother, […]

Vaccination rates a concern

Last year, nearly one in five students in the Brandon School District received a waiver for vaccinations. Vaccinations are meant to protect the population as a whole from a host of diseases. The threat of many diseases has been reduced and polio has nearly been eradicated from the planet through worldwide efforts to immunize. However, […]

Fatal crash

A 58-year-old Ortonville man died Wednesday after his motorcycle struck a car on M-15 in Brandon Township. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reports, Donald Ruks was traveling northbound on Ortonville Road south of Wolfe Road at about 3:05 p.m., Oct. 2 on a 1999 Honda Valkyrie motorcycle when a 21-year-old Ortonville woman driving a […]

Pumpkin perfection

Art takes many forms. For artist John Bradshaw, his work occurs not on the more obvious surfaces of canvas, paper, bronze, wood or clay’but on pumpkins. His chosen medium is seasonal and his art lasts only weeks, but it fulfills his need to have a creative outlet and as he creates faces on pumpkins, he […]

Live from Ortonville’America’s Master Handyman

America’s Master Handyman Glenn Haege broadcast his radio show live from Ortonville for the first time last Saturday. Haege’s Handyman Show can be heard on 147 stations in 46 states and on Sept. 28, he was broadcasting from Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road. Locally, the Handyman Show with Glenn Haege can be heard from […]

Ortonville Montessori 30th anniversary

Even after three decades, Mary Wilcox still loves going to work every day. The founder of the Ortonville Montessori Center recently celebrated 30 years of educating students in this community. ‘It doesn’t feel like it has been 30 years,? she said. ‘Kids stopped and talked to me at Septemberfest and they grew up, but their […]

Say ‘ah?

Don Ryker’s job bites. Or, more specifically, his patients do. Ryker is a veterinarian specializing in horses and an adjunct professor. He recently supervised Michigan State University Veterinary School students in a ‘hands on the horse? class in which they practiced equine dentistry at the D-bar-A Scout Ranch in Metamora. ‘I’ve gotten bitten many times,? […]