Brandon Twp.- Parents are willing to pay for their kids to play. This finding from a survey sent home with students last week will result in the athletic committee recommending that the school board approve an increase in pay-to-participate athletic fees from the current $150 to $200 annually. Superintendent Lorrie McMahon said during the athletic […]
More charges have been brought against a former township man accused of sexually abusing the mentally incapacitated man entrusted to his care. Duane Emery Kuerbitz, 49, was originally charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct first degree and one charge of criminal sexual conduct third degree in the case. However, during a preliminary examination […]
Brandon Twp.-Brandon High School Senior Jon Oehm is just fine with the free drug and alcohol screening kits now available at the sheriff substation. But some of his friends may not be. ‘A lot of my friends wouldn’t like it because some of them do drugs,? said Oehm, adding that he doesn’t do drugs, he […]
Brandon Twp.-Two Brandon High School exchange students? lives look quite different now than they did six months ago. In South Korea, Sinae Park lived on the 25th floor of a 27-floor building, attended school six days a week? most days until 9 p.m., and didn’t have any friends who could drive. In Thailand, Ploipailin Pungvongsanuraks […]
Groveland Twp.? The kilts were a flyin? Tuesday at Fire Station #2. Ballet, tap and jazz dance schools may be better known, but Ann Miller is working to preserve Scottish culture through the Miller School of Highland Dance. ‘Being that we’re not in Scotland, but there are a lot of people from Scotland here, it’s […]
Brandon Twp.-Tim Carlton was a small-town boy but he made it to Washington, D.C. in a big way recently when he attended two events surrounding the inauguration of President George W. Bush. The former township resident, now a U.S. Navy petty officer second class was surprised when he received an invitation to go to a […]
Brandon Twp.- Baseball fans around Michigan grieved the death this week of Ernie Harwell, the beloved long-time Detroit Tigers baseball broadcaster. Locally, township resident Ward Stoddard remembered Harwell as not just the voice of Tigers baseball, but as a great person and friend of his for four decades. ‘What I liked about him is that […]
Brandon Twp.-Segregation has been illegal for decades. But on Jan. 20, a third grade class at Harvey-Swanson Elementary experienced it. After discussing how many groups of minorities were deprived of rights in the past, Suzanne McGill-Anderson divided her students into ‘bunnies? and ‘bears.? Bunnies were integrated. They received all of their normal privileges and rights […]
Debra Buxbaum is celebrating this Mother’s Day with a priceless gift? a son who can breathe freely after 24 years of being sick, thanks to a double lung transplant. ‘There are no words to describe watching your son suffocate in front of you and all you can do is pray,? said Debra. ‘I believe in […]
Brandon Twp.-After an accident in which he rolled his vehicle over twice, an Ortonville man is looking for the ‘three angels? who rescued him. David Clasman, 81, was driving westbound on Oakwood Road near Sashabaw Road around 8 p.m. on Jan. 10 when he hit a patch of black ice and slid down an embankment […]