Ortonville-It’s been more than 50 years since the Ortonville Fire Department’s 1928 Ford Model A fire truck raced off to a blaze. While the firefighting days for the historical truck may be past, the memory of the first motorized fire truck owned by the Ortonville Fire Department will be immortalized. The 1928 Ford Model A […]
Overhead utility cables and large trees are typically a bad combination Village resident Robert Phillips is thankful today the inch thick wires which carry cable television and telephone service past his Granger Road house were strong enough to support the weight of a 20 foot box elder that fell during last weekend’s storms. At about […]
Groveland Twp.- One shot. That’s what veteran hunter Jason Wilton expects to have in a bear hunting season. ‘You get one chance’and that’s pretty good,? said Wilton, 30, a township resident and area firefighter. ‘You have to take advantage of the opportunity.? Yet this month’s hunting excursion to rugged eastern Ontonagon County in the western […]
A permanent memorial to honor 2003 Brandon graduate Pfc. Joseph A. Miracle, who was killed in military action July 5, 2007, was dedicated before the Sept. 12 Blackhawks football game. The board of education OK’d the memorial, which consists of a raised masonry flagpole base with an attached plaque, at the new Brandon High School […]
At about 11:30 p.m., Sept. 12, Michigan State Police from Groveland Township responded to the southbound lane of I-75 near the Grange Hall Road ramps after a 9-1-1 call that a body was in the southbound lanes of the highway. When troopers arrived, they found a 20-year-old female laying near the lane divider just off […]
The school board was expected to vote on Thursday to terminate a purchase agreement for a 170-acre parcel in Groveland Township for future school site expansion. Brandon School Board President Greg Allar said funding for the purchase, an estimated $2 million, would have come from the bond extension funds that includes a line-item for school […]
Groveland Twp.-Jim Bradford and Mark Austin claim their blood runs ‘green.? On Saturday the area pair will represent their devotion to ‘John Deere green? as members of the local Yesteryear Farm Tractor Club, joining more than 200 other tractor clubs from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana for the first annual Mackinac Bridge Antique Tractor Crossing. The […]
Groveland Twp.- The embers have cooled and a charred skeleton of a livestock barn still stands? remnants of the historic 130-year-old Scramlin family barn destroyed by fire on Aug. 25. While the cleanup is ongoing, the cause of the blaze is still a mystery. Fire departments from Brandon, Holly Village, Groveland and Springfield townships, along […]
Within a year, 2004 Brandon High School graduate Nicole Flood has learned to love fresh crawfish, survived the wrath of a hurricane, and helped numerous displaced families rebuild homes. The accomplishments are all part of Flood’s post-college plan, which happens to include some rather unique cultural and regional challenges. ‘I got a real introduction to […]
Despite a battle at the end, the Brandon Blackhawks swim team dropped their season opener versus Lapeer High School on Tuesday night, 94-92. Second-year Blackhawks Coach Amy Zeno said the team is ready to build on the first meet of the year. ‘We lost plenty of good seniors last year,? said Zeno. ‘It’s going to […]