Ortonville- A vacant building in the village is taking some serious damage in the name of progress. A portion of the former Sherman Lifelong Learning Center, located at 330 Sherman Court, was burned the morning of Oct. 5 during a training exercise for new Brandon firefighters. Two consecutive fires were set by lighting straw and […]
Trail cameras, commonly used to capture pictures of wildlife, recently helped police catch a home invasion suspect. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office announced Oct. 4 that Oxford Township resident Chadwick Adam Cartner, 27, was arraigned on charges related to a series of break-ins in Brandon Township and Independence Township. A warrant was issued out of […]
Brandon Twp.- A quieter, more peaceful township may soon be in the works? or in the lack of fireworks. The township board passed by a 5-0 vote the first reading of a fireworks ordinance during their Oct. 7 meeting. Trustees Ron Lapp and Jayson Rumball were absent. ‘We’ve been getting quite a few complaints regarding […]
Brandon Twp.- The township board has postponed a decision on using excess cable franchise fees to support police services. The board voted 4-1 at their Oct. 7 meeting to delay a motion that would transfer nearly $72,000 in cable franchise fees into the police fund. Supervisor Kathy Thurman voted no. Trustees Ron Lapp and Jayson […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer A 41-year-old Brandon Township man is in Oakland County Jail awaiting extradition to California on a murder charge. Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies, accompanied by detectives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Charles Patrick Leppan at his home in the 3800 block of Cherry at about 12:10 p.m., Oct. […]
Last year, nearly one in five students in the Brandon School District received a waiver for vaccinations. Vaccinations are meant to protect the population as a whole from a host of diseases. The threat of many diseases has been reduced and polio has nearly been eradicated from the planet through worldwide efforts to immunize. However, […]
A 58-year-old Ortonville man died Wednesday after his motorcycle struck a car on M-15 in Brandon Township. According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reports, Donald Ruks was traveling northbound on Ortonville Road south of Wolfe Road at about 3:05 p.m., Oct. 2 on a 1999 Honda Valkyrie motorcycle when a 21-year-old Ortonville woman driving a […]
Art takes many forms. For artist John Bradshaw, his work occurs not on the more obvious surfaces of canvas, paper, bronze, wood or clay’but on pumpkins. His chosen medium is seasonal and his art lasts only weeks, but it fulfills his need to have a creative outlet and as he creates faces on pumpkins, he […]
America’s Master Handyman Glenn Haege broadcast his radio show live from Ortonville for the first time last Saturday. Haege’s Handyman Show can be heard on 147 stations in 46 states and on Sept. 28, he was broadcasting from Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road. Locally, the Handyman Show with Glenn Haege can be heard from […]
Even after three decades, Mary Wilcox still loves going to work every day. The founder of the Ortonville Montessori Center recently celebrated 30 years of educating students in this community. ‘It doesn’t feel like it has been 30 years,? she said. ‘Kids stopped and talked to me at Septemberfest and they grew up, but their […]