A Brandon Township man who went on a crime spree will be arraigned on various charges in the 6th Circuit Court in Pontiac this week, says Oakland County Sheriff’s Detective Brad Teague of the Brandon substation. Matt Diem, 18, of Brandon Township will be arraigned on charges of breaking and entering Jim’s Cracker Barrel, 5500 […]
A 70-year-old Groveland Township woman has been conned out of nearly $6,000 by professional scam artists. A Brandon deputy was dispatched to Bank One, 761 S. Ortonville Road, on Aug. 25 for a report of fraud. The woman told him she had been called by a man who claimed to be from the FBI and […]
Ortonville- The village will officially have a Department of Public Works again after the council unanimously voted at their Sept. 14 meeting to hire a full-time DPW director. Aileen Champion made the motion after saying research into hiring a private contractor to provide DPW services showed there were no cost savings and that residents like […]
The average life expectancy is 47 in Ethiopia due to devastatingly high levels of poverty, famine, and diseases including HIV/AIDS. As a result, there are 4.5 million orphans in the African nation. That number decreased by two and Brandon Schools Curriculum Director Joanna McKinney and her husband, Benjamin, gained a family with the adoptions of […]
Ortonville- The Village Skate Park is closed for the rest of the season. Councilmembers voted unanimously at their Sept. 14 meeting to close the park located at the corner of Ball and Cedar streets in the village due to a lack of supervision there since the termination of former skate park monitor Bob Roerink. Councilmember […]
Ortonville- The search is over. The village council approved the hiring of Ed Coy as new village manager during their meeting Aug. 22. Coy, 60, will start work Sept. 6 after moving to the area from Indiana, where he is currently the president of the Roanoke town council. Roanoke, which Coy described as a ‘cookie-cutter? […]
Ortonville- A new sign at the corner of M-15 and Mill Street welcomes visitors to the village. The approximately 6-foot-by-10-foot sign made by Creative Designs & Signs of Pontiac cost $11,000, sparkles due to a black crushed glass background, and has a detachable sign to advertise special events, said Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Molly […]
Ortonville- After more than two months of construction and a myriad of questionable decisions the South Street repaving project is nearly completed. The project has not exactly been smooth sailing. The laundry list of issues include light poles left in the roadway, speed limit, curve ahead and pedestrian crossing sign planted in designated parking stalls […]
Ortonville- The Main Street program is ready to roll. Officials from Main Street Oakland County (MSOC) offered on-site technical services Aug. 17 and 18 to assist the four Main Street committees in developing first-year work plans to detail specific goals, objectives and activities for downtown. Sessions were held for each committee (promotions, design, organization and […]
Goodrich- As the new pastor of the Goodrich Assembly of God church, Paul Kleindl wants to give hope in troubled times. ‘We’d like to reach out to the community and bring a message of hope to people during these challenging times our nation is facing, and let it be known everyone is welcome here,? said […]