By Susan Bromley Staff Writer A woman who police sought after she bruised the resident of a Brandon Township group home, has been arraigned on a charge of vulnerable adult abuse, third degree. Crystal Charlotte Overall, 47, of Swartz Creek, turned herself in to Brandon deputies last week after an acquaintance read the article ‘Police, […]
Ortonville- Fourth-grader A.J. Krause stood outside H.T. Burt Elementary in the cold air on Wednesday waiting for the Army to show up. They did, but it wasn’t quite what he had initially expected. A large truck sporting the Salvation Army emblem arrived and two men got out. They may have been just as surprised as […]
Groveland Twp.- Locals will soon have two locations from which to order Hungry Howie’s Pizza. Brothers Steve, Mike and Jim Peterson opened the Hungry Howie’s located at 280 N. Ortonville Road (near Bueche’s), under their ownership on Oct. 21, and by mid-December plan to open another location in Brandon Township, at 3980 S. Ortonville Road, […]
Ortonville- Is the village too small for Main Street? Village Council Trustee Mary Kassuba is suggesting this may be the case and has asked her fellow council members to consider pulling out of the Main Street program. ‘We’ve paid $50,000 in three years for a director,? Kassuba said during the council’s Nov. 26 meeting. ‘Have […]
Ortonville- Two volunteers, a local business and the Old Mill were recently recognized with special awards by the Downtown Development Authority. ‘The people we recognized this year are representative of all the great volunteers we have working for the Main Street program,? said DDA Executive Director and Main Street Manager Molly LaLone. ‘All of our […]
Brandon Twp.- It’s official’township voters will see a library millage proposal on the Aug. 7 ballot. Five months after announcing their intention to request a millage increase, the library board formally approved at their April 23 meeting a resolution and ballot language to be submitted to the Oakland County clerk. ‘By placing the millage question […]
Brandon Twp.- The school board is exploring two plans that would dramatically change the three elementary schools in the district and may reduce the overall number of teacher lay-offs that are coming. Currently, kindergarten through fourth grade students are educated in Belle Ann, Harvey Swanson and Oakwood. Under the two options being considered, however, that […]
Brandon Twp.- Five dogs were seriously burned when a shed fire spread to their attached kennels this week. The dogs, Llewellian setters, suffered second and third degree burns. One of the dogs had to be euthanized. According to police and fire reports, deputies and township firefighters were called to a home in the 500 block […]
Graduation day is a day of pride and happiness for most high school seniors. But for Gabrielle Ford, who fell on her way to get her diploma, it ended being a day of humiliation and sadness as she was laughed at and made fun of by a classmate. What should have been a special day […]
Brandon Twp.- The school district will no longer offer a childcare program. Pam Schoemer, director of special education for the district, said the program for children 6-months-old to school-age will end June 29. ‘It’s sad in the sense that it’s a wonderful service offered to our families,? said Schoemer of the elimination of the program. […]