Ortonville- Angela Davidson is struggling. The single mother of five children was laid off from her job in September and her vehicle broke down the same day. She receives unemployment and gets a food stamp allowance, but no other state aid and no child support. She can’t make all her bills and is frustrated with […]
Brandon Twp.- Site plans for an apartment complex off M-15 have expired, another possible fatality of a tanking economy. Township Building Director Tim Palulian said a site plan for the multiple-unit complex to be located north of Solley’s Appliance expired at the beginning of the month. Another site plan, approval for Silverman Development to extract […]
Randy Davisson can cross another goal off his bucket list. The former Ortonville resident, 71, set a record when he and West Branch resident Bill Zettel drove three horses abreast, pulling an Amish wagon with them on it, in the Michigan Double-Cross. The ride took place for 21 consecutive days, from Sept. 6-26, and covered […]
Brandon Twp.- Terry Beltramo had less than a smooth start as the new township treasurer? he arrived for his first day on the job on Nov. 20, only to discover all the files in his new office had been mysteriously deleted. ‘The Excel worksheets that we needed, all the balances for the township and county, […]
Brandon Twp.- The real estate market may not be booming right now, but at least one business is still looking to buy property. Genisys Credit Union, formerly T & C Federal Credit Union is considering the purchase of a vacant piece of property on M-15, south of Brandon High School. Also being considered are at […]
Groveland Twp.- Unique gifts from around the world will be for sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 6 at Bueche’s Food World, 400 Ortonville Road. Faith White, a Goodrich resident and assistant pastor at Goodrich Assembly of God, worked as a missionary with Work and Witness from 1997-2004, traveling to Peru, Argentina, Kiev in the […]
A man who was found driving nude at Brandon High School in June was not entrapped by police officers, a judge has ruled. During a hearing on Nov. 13, 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin denied a motion that Brandon Township resident John Hilton Carr, 66, was entrapped by officers when he was found nude […]
Jon Rascher had much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving’a new, healthy son and homecooking among them. His family is thankful, too’that he is safe and at home, for the first time in nine months. Rascher, a 2002 Brandon High School graduate, was greeted at Flint-Bishop Airport last Sunday by friends and family waving flags […]
Brandon Twp.- A plaque at the top of the 3-foot by 5-foot black walnut board reads, ‘Blackhawk Heroes.? This week, the board will find a home at Brandon High School. Now, all Craig Whitaker needs to find is the heroes. The board, which has space to hold about 30 4×6 photos, was created by the […]
Curtis Todd had a game plan to support a family when he married his wife Brigitte 25 years ago? he would work for Chrysler for 30 years and then retire. He fell about 11 years short of that goal when he was laid off in March 2001. Now he, Brigitte and their three daughters, Danielle, […]