Ortonville- Village Manager Ed Coy expected to return to work today after suffering a mild heart attack more than a week ago. Coy, 61, says he began having chest pains at about 3 a.m. May 6 and went to the emergency room at Genesys Regional Medical Center. ‘At first they said it was just chest […]
Brandon Twp.- In the United States, 20,000-30,000 greyhounds are bred per year for racing. Approximately that number retire every year. About one-third of those dogs, still healthy, are euthanized for lack of a home. Dave Campbell cites these facts and works to find greyhounds homes as vice-president of Greythounds of Eastern Michigan (G.E.M.). The group […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials hope to score a homerun soon for the planned 47-acre park at the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. Park committee members Tom Stowell and Fred Waybrant have been working for months on plans for the park that was purchased in the fall of 2004, as well as ways to raise […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials hope to score a homerun soon for the planned 47-acre park at the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. Park committee members Tom Stowell and Fred Waybrant have been working for months on plans for the park that was purchased in the fall of 2004, as well as ways to raise […]
Ortonville- Christina Young has had some challenges in motherhood. At 26, she is a divorced mom of five children. She had her first child as a teenager. When she was 22, she gave birth to twins five weeks early, one of whom has severe medical issues. ‘Motherhood is interesting,? she says now, smiling. ‘It’s different […]
Brandon Twp.- The rebuilding will continue, but volunteers are needed. At the May 1 township board meeting, Rebuilding Together volunteer Chris Covetz expressed doubt about the non-profit organization’s ability to continue making home repairs for low-income senior citizens and disabled persons in the Ortonville area due to a lack of leadership, volunteers and donations from […]
Ortonville-Sunset Excavating of Livonia was the low bidder to replace the South Street culvert over Duck Creek. The company was selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation with a construction bid of $189,214.70. The village will pick up 20 percent of this cost, or about $37,800, with a federal grant paying the remaining 80 percent. […]
Brandon Twp.- Local officials continue to investigate the possibility of partnering with Genesee County for sewers. Representatives from communities including the townships of Atlas, Brandon, Davison and Grand Blanc, as well as the villages of Goodrich and Ortonville, met with representatives of the Genesee County Water and Waste Services and the Oakland County Drain Commissioner’s […]
Brandon Twp.-Renee Doyle was in an already fragile emotional state when her sister called to tell her she had just received a call that their brother had been in a critical vehicle accident on April 15. The siblings? father had died earlier that week and now it seemed another tragedy had struck the family. Doyle […]
Groveland Twp.- ‘Necessity is the mother of invention? is a term that has double meaning in the case of Jeff Walker. Walker was on a camping trip with his baseball team in 1992 in northern Michigan when the group wanted to cook steaks on the open fire, but had nothing to put them on. From […]