Brandon Twp.- The township could soon see another retail development near M-15. Silverman Development Company will seek site plan approval for a neighborhood retail center at the planning commission meeting set for 7:30 p.m., Aug. 28, at the township offices, 395 Mill St. The center, which would be 15,000 square feet total, would be located […]
Tom and Jodi Hammond planned to visit their cabin in the Upper Peninsula last week and do some landscaping while on a side trip from an annual family camping vacation. What they didn’t plan on was a wildfire. As of Wednesday, the fire suspected to have been started by a lightning strike Aug. 2 in […]
Ortonville- More than 30 people crammed into the village office conference room on Tuesday for a meeting to discuss the Village Skate Park. The skate park has been closed since July 27, after neighbors cited problems with kids at the park that include indecent exposure, foul language, and drug use. During Tuesday’s meeting, the Skate […]
A 21-year-old Brandon Township woman was arraigned on Tuesday on a charge of felony larceny in a building after she attempted to cash a check for $1,632 that she stole from her employer. Kristen N. Gallus, 21, was video arraigned on Aug. 7 by 51st District Court Judge Richard D. Kuhn, Jr. A preliminary exam […]
Brandon Twp.- Last semester, Logan Rascher traded time sitting in classrooms at Brandon High School for a different kind of education? life in Indonesia. ‘I became more independent and more self-sufficient,? says Rascher. ‘If you have a chance to do something like this, it’s the best life experience you could have.? The 18-year-old’s opportunity came […]
Ortonville- Ortonville High School was torn down in 1964. Still, the memories remain. Marilyn (Potter) Featherston and Shirley (Ruple) Pletcher recall taking their shoes off and climbing up the long fire chute at the two-story brick building with a basement, located at the corner of Schoolhouse and Ball streets in the village. They would take […]
Ortonville- ‘Night at the Movies,? planned for 7-11 p.m., Aug. 11, has a new location. The fifth annual free family event, sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority/Main Street, is set to take place at the ballfields at Cedar and Ball streets in the village. The Dreamworks film ‘Over the Hedge? will be shown. ‘We’re partnering […]
A Brandon Township man has been found competent and criminally responsible, but mentally ill, in the April stabbing of his ex-girlfriend. Robert Logan, 38, has waived a preliminary exam, and will be arraigned Aug. 6 in front of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge John J. McDonald on charges of assault with intent to do great […]
Brandon Twp.- The official opening of the Brandon Township Community Park will happen next spring, not this fall. Parks and Recreation Director Fred Waybrant had hoped to have play begin soon on four multi-purpose fields at the new park located at Oakwood and Hadley roads. However, a recent heat wave and a lack of ordinances […]
Ortonville- What a long, strange trip it has been for Ken Dockery. On his bike ride across America, he has participated in an Indian Pow-wow, met an Alaskan gold prospector in a Wal-Mart parking lot, climbed to the top of Mt. Hood and crossed the Continental Divide (both on bicycle) and found treasures along the […]