It’s the middle of August and as summer draws to a close, maybe you’re reflecting on a great vacation or maybe you’re lamenting the one you didn’t take or drooling over someone else’s photos of an exotic destination. A few weeks ago, I shared the story of Justin and Sarah Walker, Brandon graduates who live […]
Brandon Twp.- School district officials have settled contracts with three employee groups and have reached tentative agreements with two more. The school board approved at their Aug. 17 meeting ratification of contracts with transportation, food service, and administrators in the district. Additionally, Superintendent Matt Outlaw said Tuesday the district appears to have tentative agreements with […]
Brandon Twp.-Trees for everybody. Everybody in the township that applied for one, anyway. Township officials approved in March the purchase of 143 sunset red maple trees to be given away in a lottery for township residents who applied for the tree. The deadline to apply was Aug. 14 and the township received 165 valid applications, […]
Brandon Twp.- A public hearing on the library budget will begin at 6:45 p.m., Aug. 24, at the library, 304 South St. Attendees can expect to hear good news. Library Director Rebecca Higgerson will be presenting a proposed 2016 library budget with projected revenues of $1,039,083, an increase of 9.5 percent over the 2015 budget, […]
Ortonville- Chris Register rolled into the village Monday on his bicycle, one more stop on a journey in which he hopes to find what unites Americans, rather than divides them. The Houston resident is on the second leg of an ambitious project he calls ‘Conversations with US.? The project will eventually take him into every […]
Ortonville- The village council has taken various steps in support of a wastewater treatment system during the past few years. On Monday, they took another by approving 4-2 a resolution supporting a Downtown Development Authority resolution supporting the sanitary sewer project, as well as educational efforts of the Livable Legacy of Ortonville, a pro-sewer campaign […]
When the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus announced in March that they would retire all of their performing elephants by 2018, it came as a both a blow and potentially a warning bell for Colleen Pages. The 25-year-old has been around animals all her life, but has consistently worked with elephants for the […]
Brandon Twp.- Phragmites be gone. The common reed, an invasive species that can grow up to 20-feet tall in dense stands, is more than a nuisance. The plant obstructs the view of motorists, creates a fire hazard and chokes out wildlife in the wetlands where it grows. In an effort to eradicate phragmites, as well […]
Ortonville- The village council has taken various steps in support of a wastewater treatment system during the past few years. On Monday, they took another by approving 4-2 a resolution supporting a Downtown Development Authority resolution supporting the sanitary sewer project, as well as educational efforts of the Livable Legacy of Ortonville, a pro-sewer campaign […]
Brandon Twp.- A 16-year-old Oxford High School student is facing criminal charges instead of returning to the classroom this week. The teen allegedly led police on a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle before crashing into township woods and fleeing on foot Sept. 2, prompting a mass search that involved 15 patrol units, police […]