Brandon Twp.- From bad to worse. After student count day in October, school officials believed they had lost 40 students from the previous year. The decrease in students was not unexpected, as the district has been losing students for six consecutive years. What was unexpected was the recent discovery that the loss was more than […]
Studies estimate that at least 20 percent of American women have experienced a sexual assault. The number of sexual assaults that occur in this state and nationwide are difficult to determine, in large part because most victims do not report the horrific crimes they have endured. ‘The vast majority (of sexual assaults) go unreported,? said […]
In the first 10 days of the new year, the number of patients seen at M-15 Urgent Care has doubled over the same time period last year. Nena Woodall, office manager of the facility located at 250 N. Ortonville Road in Groveland Township attributes the high numbers to area residents who are suffering from a […]
Leo Lumm will miss graduating with his friends this spring, but he gave up his senior year at Brandon High School to pursue a much bigger goal. The 17-year-old moved to Texas in August to play for the Texas Tornado team in the North American Hockey League. The junior league is the step before playing […]
More than 1,100 homes in Brandon and Atlas townships have the potential to be hooked up for natural gas service from Consumers Energy this year and meetings are planned for Jan. 19 and Jan. 26 to discuss the proposed projects with residents. In order to proceed with the gas main extension project in Brandon Township, […]
Brandon Twp.- The township board has adopted an ordinance that will help keep foreclosed or abandoned homes and property from falling into disrepair. The board approved the vacant property registration ordinance during their Jan. 7 meeting. Building Director Bill Dinnan said the ordinance allows the township to address the blight issues that come with vacated […]
A 35-year-old Ortonville man who tried to set his home on fire with his wife and young children inside and then proceeded to stab his wife in the chest with a knife is facing four felony charges. Roscoe Wayne Harden was arraigned Dec. 28 in front of 52-2 District Court Magistrate Thomas Raguso on one […]
On Dec. 19, at 8:46 p.m., a walk-in complaint was filed at the Brandon substation. The complainant and her son reported that he overheard threats made by a 14-year-old and 16-year-old at Brandon Alternative High School. The male suspects said they ‘wanted to rip out and stab someone just to know what it feels like.? […]
July Enbridge controversy For much of 2012, township officials challenged Enbridge plans to replace the Line 6B petroleum pipeline, part of which runs through the township. Meetings in the township regarding the plan began in the spring, and in July, the township postponed giving consent to Enbridge Energy to replace the pipeline. ‘I don’t think […]
Brandon Twp.-When Darian McNeir-Nealy’s mother told him about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14 that took the lives of 20 young students and six women at the school in Newtown, Ct., the 11-year-old, like so many others, was struck with grief. ‘My Mom told me what happened and I said, ‘That’s really […]