Brandon Twp.- Before classes even started this week, teachers and other staff in the district were taking steps to prevent bullying and ensure a successful year for students. On Aug. 26-27, Olweus training was conducted at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School. ‘This is a seed and we hope to grow it up to the middle school […]
Brandon Twp.- Nancy Mills and her classmates helped open Brandon High School at what is now Harvey Swanson Elementary in 1962. Now, more than five decades later, the Class of 1965 will return to the school to celebrate their 50th reunion. A tour of the building is planned as part of a weekend celebration Sept. […]
BRANDON TWP. ? A 16-year-old male Oxford High School student is facing criminal charges instead of returning to the classroom for a new school year. The teen is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle before crashing into township woods and fleeing on foot Sept. 2, prompting a mass search […]
Brandon Twp.- A 16-year-old Oxford High School student is facing criminal charges instead of returning to the classroom this week. The teen allegedly led police on a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle before crashing into township woods and fleeing on foot Sept. 2, prompting a mass search that involved 15 patrol units, police […]
Brandon Twp.- School doesn’t start until Tuesday, but lectures for some parents began earlier this year and Michelle Ervin is not pleased. Under a new rule implemented Jan. 1 of this year, Michigan parents and guardians requesting a vaccination waiver for their children for philosophical or religious reasons must have a conversation about the benefits […]
Brandon Twp.- The township board and Ortonville Village Council unanimously approved 2016 fire department budgets during a special joint meeting Aug. 26. The fire equipment and housing budget was approved with anticipated 2016 revenues of $318,569 and expenses of $521,130. The nearly $200,000 discrepancy is no cause for alarm, as Fire Chief Dave Kwapis explained […]
Brandon Twp.- Township taxpayers should have some decreases in their bills under proposed 2015 millage rates. Fire millages are scheduled to remain the same at 3.8000 for operating, and .5905 for equipment and housing, but due to the Headlee rollback, the township operating millage should fall from the 1 mill levied in 2014 to .9966 […]
Ortonville- The village council has taken various steps in support of a wastewater treatment system during the past few years. On Monday, they took another by approving 4-2 a resolution supporting a Downtown Development Authority resolution supporting the sanitary sewer project, as well as educational efforts of the Livable Legacy of Ortonville, a pro-sewer campaign […]
When the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus announced in March that they would retire all of their performing elephants by 2018, it came as a both a blow and potentially a warning bell for Colleen Pages. The 25-year-old has been around animals all her life, but has consistently worked with elephants for the […]
Brandon Twp.- Phragmites be gone. The common reed, an invasive species that can grow up to 20-feet tall in dense stands, is more than a nuisance. The plant obstructs the view of motorists, creates a fire hazard and chokes out wildlife in the wetlands where it grows. In an effort to eradicate phragmites, as well […]