Brandon Twp.- The township will pursue a grant to update five of six polling places and make them compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. The federally funded Access for All Grant is provided by the Help Americans Vote Act, and is granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Clerk Jeannie McCreery plans to turn in […]
Ortonville- Three roads in the village will get a much-needed makeover in the next month. During their July 25 meeting, the village council unanimously approved the Florence Cement Company of Shelby Township to do road improvements on Pond Street, Varsity Drive, and a portion of James Street. Florence, based in Shelby Township, was the low […]
Brandon Twp.- Township officials cut police staff by three and a half positions last year. Now, unless changes are made, residents may lose three more deputies and subsequently, the substation here. The necessary changes to keep the deputies include levying the full police millage rate of 3.5286, and supplementing the police fund from the general […]
The ‘Great Warrior Wall? was only 15-feet high in reality, but as Brandon Township resident Diana Bertapelle arrived at the third obstacle in the Warrior Dash 5K event last Saturday, it looked like it was 50-feet high and insurmountable. A rope to climb the wall hung just low enough for the 5-foot-1-inch tall Bertapelle to […]
Brandon Twp.- For the past few years, the school liaison officer position has been on the budget chopping block. Last year, school board members even brought the axe down and went without the liaison for the first part of the school year. Not this year. Elimination of the position was never brought up during budget […]
Brandon Twp.- Nearly three years ago, Michigan voters approved the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. However, confusion over the law continues, and communities, including this township, are delaying making decisions regarding ordinances as they wait for direction. During their Aug. 1 meeting, the township board unanimously voted to extend by another six months the existing moratorium […]
Ortonville- Police are investigating a case of road rage that was caught on tape Tuesday. A video surveillance camera at C&J Oil Change, 150 S. Ortonville Road, captured the incident that occurred around 4 p.m., Aug. 9. The video shows a two-tone pick-up truck, mustard yellow in color and possibly an ?80s model, northbound on […]
Brandon Twp.- Kim Kress-Stoddard describes her husband, Steve, as a workaholic. The couple has been married five years and between them, they have five children. Steve has been working three jobs to make ends meet every month. But after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer last month, the family is learning to live […]
Kammron Myles looks and acts like a normal baby. On a recent Tuesday morning, the curly-haired, sturdy 10-month-old with the big brown eyes smiles and reaches for a toy truck on the floor in his aunt’s home in Groveland Township as sunshine streams in through a window. There are no signs that anything is wrong. […]
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a 2-part series on the Peace Corps. Next week: Ryan LaPrairie, a 2002 Brandon High School graduate, is currently serving in Ghana, Africa. Renee Witherup knew three things about El Salvador prior to traveling there to live as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1965: It was small; […]