Ortonville- The true extent of Robert Davis? heroic efforts in the Vietnam War will remain unknown. He has now gained a place of honor at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly following his death on Dec. 10. He was 63. Born in 1942, Davis a native of Nitro W.V. graduated from Nitro High School […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-At a cost of $135,000 the Brandon School Board Ok’d Sunshine Water Systems of Linden to provide and install a filtration systems on school drinking water supplies. The system filters out arsenic at the point of entry’with large tanks filtering water near the point at which pipes enter a structure’s […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp.-At a cost of $135,000 the Brandon School Board Ok’d Sunshine Water Systems of Linden to provide and install a filtration systems on school drinking water supplies. The system filters out arsenic at the point of entry’with large tanks filtering water near the point at which pipes enter a structure’s […]
Atlas Twp.- The cause of an early morning head-on collision along M-15 just north of Cooliedge Road that killed a 53-year-old township man and seriously injured a 51-year-old Forest Township woman remains under investigation say police. At about 7 a.m., Jan. 5, Gary Morea, 53, was northbound in a van when it collided with a […]
Goodrich- The cost to obtain information from the school through the Freedom of Information Act just increased following a decision by the school board late last year. The board established a fee of $16.13 per hour and 6 cents per copy for all FOIA requests after reviewing its public records policy. ‘We are watching our […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- An area credit union has opened a new location just in time for the holidays. On Tuesday, T&C Federal Credit Union, 250 N. Ortonville Road, Suite B in the Oak Plaza opened joining nine area T&C Federal Credit Union locations. ‘The Ortonville area was the next largest concentration of […]
Brandon Twp.- A vote on a district bond extension netting about $73 million for several major renovations, technology upgrades and a new elementary school could come as early as May 2, say school officials. ‘Following voters? approval of the bond extension it’s going to take three to five years to complete all the upgrades and […]
Goodrich-The district finally has a sign. On Sept. 22 representatives of Apex Sign Group of Flint razed the old sign and installed the new marque just before Goodrich Homecoming. The three line scrolling message sign worked for a moment that went black. Since then company officials have been grappling with how to get the remotely-programmed […]
Groveland Twp.- A contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to clean up after hurricanes has landed a local business in a rather distinguished place in a city’s history. Bedrock Express, 1290 N. M-15, with eight locations statewide specializes in logging, excavating and landscaping supplies. The equipment could also be used to clean up following […]
By David Fleet Editor In the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 1944, Roy Stacey, a U.S. Army Tech. fourth grade with the134th AAA gun battalion on duty in Bullingen, Belgium was awoken by the sound of enemy shells passing over his head. ‘At midnight on the 16th we got word to move out. We […]