Under a canopy of towering trees providing shade from a sunny blue sky, Megan Stoddard clutched the ends of a rope in each hand. Precariously balanced on a cable, strung low to the ground between two trees, she began taking steps. The 14-year-old, who will be a sophomore at Brandon High School this fall, smiled […]
Brandon Twp.- The reason families choose to homeschool varies. For Tracey and Andy Burns, the decision was made through prayer and research into the best way as Christians to educate their children. Teresa Cannon decided to homeschool because she lived in a large city when her daughter was preschool age and didn’t care for the […]
Brandon Twp.- Without public input, it is difficult to know what the community feels is a fair non-resident recreation fee, says Township Supervisor Ron Lapp. To learn township residents? opinions on the matter, a hearing has been set for 7:30 p.m., July 31, at the Brandon Middle School cafeteria, 609 S. Ortonville Road. ‘We just […]
Groveland Twp.- A nationally known religious leader was found mortally wounded in his vehicle on Hawley Road south of Grange Hall Road on Wednesday. Autopsy results were not available as of presstime, but Michigan State Police Sgt. Gary Muir said it appeared Roy McLaughlin, 57, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A gun registered to […]
‘Patriot. That was a word that never used to mean anything to me. I followed the British expectations, and did everything a silversmith should. That was until the word tyranny came into my life. The British King was intolerable. In those long, worried, taxed-out years, my wife and children were the only things that held […]
Brandon Twp.- School district officials don’t expect to know until October if they will receive more revenue from the state, but a significant increase seems unlikely, based on what Interim Superintendent Lorrie McMahon says she is hearing from Lansing. McMahon says it would likely take an increase of at least $100 per student in order […]
For the second year in a row, the Brandon/Atlas Golf Outing has raised $7,000 for the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center. The funds, donated by dozens of individuals and businesses participating in the event, will be used for prevention and community outreach programs, including a burn camp for children. ‘If only they (donors) could […]
Ortonville- John Henski was out working in the wood shop in his barn on April 18 when the white van pulled into the driveway in the 400 block of Ortonville Road. The van had ‘American Pickers? emblazoned on the side, the name of a television reality show that airs on the History Channel and Lifetime […]
Brandon Twp.- The day after one school board committee discussed how they might handle a budget shortfall of $2,584,171, another board committee formed a recommendation that would increase that deficit by $241,428. At the finance committee meeting Monday night, Acting Executive Director of Fiscal Affairs Steve Lenar said the school board would need to make […]
A 64-year-old Brandon man who is a registered sex offender has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl after being introduced to her by his wife, an Oxford High School teacher. William Arthur Keely was arraigned in 52-2 District Court on July 3 on multiple charges, including three counts of child sexual abuse activity, […]