Bow hunting permitted in the village By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Ortonville- Bow hunting will be allowed to continue in the village, both on private property and a 48-acre parcel of land owned by the village where two tree stands were removed last year. At the village council’s Sept. 24 meeting, the council took no […]
Brandon Twp.- When Robert Wilson drives to work at EDS in Detroit, he sometimes takes feathered friends with him, in the trunk. The birds don’t stay with him, though. As he starts his workday, they start theirs. He lets them go from the roof of his work building and they fly about 50 miles back […]
A Brandon Township man has been arraigned on a felonious assault charge after he attacked another man with a baseball bat, and his girlfriend is also wanted in connection with the incident. Brian Michael Koop, 18, was arraigned on Sept. 20 in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin. Samantha Leighann Layman, 19, is […]
Ortonville- The Downtown Development Authority appears to be developing discontent among its members, with a second resignation letter turned in from a board member in as many weeks. In a letter to the DDA Board of Directors dated Sept. 16, DDA Secretary Sherry Regiani said she would resign effective Oct. 18. Her resignation letter came […]
Atlas Twp.- It is rare for someone close to death to get even one second chance at life. Gail Seeling has had two. She owes her life to two strangers who lost their own lives, but in dying, gave a final, incredible gift? their organs. Seeling, 60, had two life-saving liver transplants as a result, […]
Brandon Twp.- A 28-year-old Ypsilanti man who drove his vehicle into his brother-in-law has been arraigned on a felonious assault charge. James Tiung Huie was arraigned Sept. 17 on the charge in front of 52-2 District Court Magistrate Elizabeth Chiapelli. According to police reports, Brandon deputies were dispatched on Sept. 16 to the 2800 block […]
An 18-year-old Brandon Township man was expected to be arraigned on Thursday on a charge of felonious assault in a baseball bat attack on another 18-year-old man who resides in the same mobile home park. Police continue to investigate six other subjects also involved in the confrontation in the Clarkston Lakes Mobile Home Park, in […]
been broken since at least May. Prince said the log wouldn’t necessarily show when the sweeper had been cleaned. Bell Equipment has estimated the cost to repair the sweeper, which is rusted, at more than $9,000. Prince has said the sweeper was cleaned every time it was used and that he didn’t notice the rust […]
Brandon Twp.- Lake Louise Church of the Nazarene is celebrating 50 years in the community. The church opened in its current location, 2300 S. Ortonville Road, on New Year’s Day in 1957, says Pastor Dave Gerber. The congregation numbered about 50 at that time. Today, there are about 120 members. An addition was built in […]
Ortonville- The village had 309 ballots cast in Tuesday’s election, 29.65 percent of 1,042 registered voters. ‘To my knowledge, it’s the highest voter turnout ever in the village,? said Clerk Mary Clark. Clark said she spoke with former clerk Kerry Borst, who said 119 voters was the previous high turnout. The last village council election, […]