At 8 a.m., Sept. 21, Coats Village Funeral Home, 135 South St., Ortonville, invites veterans and their spouses to join them for a free breakfast and a bus trip to Holly’s Great Lakes National Cemetery for a personal tour of the property. Great Lakes National Cemetery is the second national cemetery built in Michigan and […]
A village land owner is questioning the procedure as to how public officials notify citizens when an ordinance is in violation. Atlas Township resident Al Ryden, who owns the building and property at 8223 State Road, said he received a phone call from someone claiming to be the village code enforcement officer last month. The […]
Brandon Twp.- An area developer has confirmed a national retail store will break ground in October near the corner of M-15 and the entrance to Brandon High School. Local developer Mike Riddle, of township-based Rison Construction and Lockwood LLC, said Dollar General received site plan approval from the township planning commission on Aug. 10 with […]
Lose the race, lose your ride. There’s an auto racing concept where racers bet their car’s ‘pink slip? or registration on one trip down a quarter-mile. The loser walks home. The concept spawned from street racing was moved to cable television a few years ago on the Speed Channel on Fox Sports. From those beginnings […]
Hadley Township resident Debbie Ford noticed the two dogs while walking a trail in the Ortonville Recreation Area. ‘They were very scared and quite skittish,? said Ford, a township resident for 18 years and owner of four dogs. ‘It looked like someone built them a small shelter and left plastic bowls for food and water. […]
Goodrich-The school board voted 6-0 on Monday night to move forward with a $15.4 million bond extension for renovations to several district buildings. If approved, district voters would decide the issue on Feb. 22, 2011. Five years ago, board members considered a bond of $32 million for renovations to several buildings, but the proposal was […]
Groveland Twp.- Just after midnight on Aug.23, township firefighters responded to the 15000 block of Warden Road for a residential structure fire. Township Fire Chief Steve McGee said when firefighters arrived flames were visible from the single-story home. The fire was limited to the side of the home where a deck was attached and several […]
Goodrich-After underground storage tanks at the school district’s bus garage failed a Department of Environmental Quality test last month and were removed, a second issue with the tank area has been reported. Approximately 2,000 cubic yards of oil-contaminated soil and about 1,000 gallons of petroleum-tainted water were detected at the site of the tanks when […]
No ordinary Shelby’a Cobra version of the most powerful Ford Mustang ever built has arrived in Ortonville. With a 526-horsepower supercharged engine, Joe Carrier, manager of Randy Wise Ford, 968 South Ortonville Road, said about five customers come in to the showroom each day to check out the 2010 Shelby Cobra. ‘These cars sell very […]
Goodrich- How to spend $15.4 million in the school district is likely to be debated over the next few months. The laborious process was kicked off on Monday afternoon when the building and site committee convened to discuss a list of priorities the week before the school board considers whether to move forward on a […]