Brandon, Goodrich enrollment In February, both Brandon and Goodrich school districts expected to see a loss in state funding for the 2007-2008 school year after the statewide winter student count. Brandon Superintendent Tom Miller anticipates the district is down about 25 students, the majority from the high school. The decrease will mean a reduction of […]
March 2007 Four deputies in four years Brandon Twp.-In less than four years, Treasurer Linda Owen has fired two deputies and had two others quit. Owen says the problem lies not in her hiring choices or in her office specifically, but with the atmosphere of the township offices as a whole. Teens charged in shooting […]
Lucille Saunders remembered Brandon Twp.-Lucille Saunders was remembered as a caring person, dedicated to her family and community. The former Brandon Township and Village of Ortonville clerk died May 14 in Palmetto, Fla. She was 83. ‘She always thought about the community first, as well as the schools,? recalled Clyde Fischer. As superintendent of the […]
School contract Goodrich – In June, the end was in sight for contract negotiations that had long plagued the Goodrich School District and a tentative agreement was finally reached. School Board President Michael Tripp announced the tentative agreement between school administrators and teachers at the June 11 special meeting of the Goodrich Area School Board […]
Afghanistan Pfc. Joseph A. Miracle, a 2003 Brandon High School graduate, died July 5 from wounds sustained from hostile enemy fire in the Watapor Valley of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He was 22. ‘He was well-respected by his classmates and teachers,? said BHS Principal Michael Ferguson. ‘I’m sure everyone appreciates what he was trying to do […]
Patterson’s wife seeks damages in civil suit Atlas Twp. – In September, a civil suit was filed in Oakland County Circuit Court by Steven Potter, attorney for Brooks Stuart Patterson’s widow, Jessie Patterson of Lake Orion, in the death of her husband, 28, who was killed the evening of Feb.10 on Lake Shinanguag in Atlas […]
October 2007 Booster treasurer accused of embezzling Goodrich – In October a past treasurer of the Goodrich Sports Boosters was suspected of embezzling $50,000 from the group’s account. The suspect, Tonya Ann Yannaki, 46, of Linden, was lodged in the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday on felony charges of embezzlement after she confessed to taking […]
Arsenic levels in check Goodrich – In November Sunshine Water Treatment was granted DEQ approval to change the material in the tanks to enable students at Goodrich High School to drink the water again. Michael Floeter, general manager of Sunshine, said they pilot tested another material by using G2-R, which National Sanitation (a third party […]
OCEF has biggest distribution ever Brandon Twp.- In their annual Christmas Food and Gift Distribution this month, the Ortonville Community Emergency Fund helped more than 170 families, as well as residents of 11 group homes. ‘It was our biggest distribution ever,? said Food Pantry Coordinator Judy Henley, who noted that last year OCEF helped 145 […]
Army Spc. Tyler Gucwa, 23, a 2002 graduate of Brandon, was recently stationed in Baghdad for his second tour of duty, a15-month stint. Tyler is serving with the 4/10 CAV, 3HBCT, 4ID out of Fort Carson, Colorado. Gucwa, a 2002 graduate of Brandon High School, is the husband of Ashley (Spiker), the son of Mark […]