The 16U Orion Chargers won the AABC District Championship this past week with a dramatic 6-5 extra-inning win over the Farmington Spartans in the championship game. The Chargers went 5-0 in the tournament and are in the AABC Regionals in Coldwater, this week. Coached by Lake Orion High School coaches Andy Schramek, Dennis Recknagel, and […]
Several students from Lake Orion elementary and middle schools competed in the Hershey Track and Field State meet on July 6 in Holt, Michigan. Students who won events at the local Dragon GAP Hershey Meet on June 11 automatically qualified to participate at the State meet. Casey Stribbell, a student at St. John Lutheran Elementary, […]
With just two weeks remaining in the Lake Orion Men’s Softball League, Ron Brunson leads the league with a .796 batting average (43-54); Phil Damico has the most home runs (10); Bob Lawton’s 50 hits is tops; and Matt Moulder’s 45 runs scored is more than any other Orion Leaguer. SteelMaster Transfer/Christi’s (11-3 overall) clinched […]
Brandon Twp.- Despite environmental concerns raised by several residents at a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on July 25, Brandon Development-Lockwoood LLC won approval to encroach into a wetland buffer on property for which a 122,000 square-foot retail development is planned. More than 60 people were in attendance for the meeting, with several speaking out […]
By Laurel Droz Staff Writer Criminal charges will not be filed in relation to the snowmobile accident that resulted in the death of Brooks Patterson? son of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson. According to a press release from Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, it was concluded that probable cause could not be shown in […]
Sound meters lining the top of a long instrument panel flick up and down, reflecting the changes in volume produced by the strong voice spoken into a microphone in the next room. Roman is on the air. Goodrich native John Roman, 53, sits in the small room with a glass divider from 3-6 p.m. Monday- […]
Ortonville-It’s been 40 years this week that police vice squads raided an after hours drinking club or ‘blind pig? in a mostly black Detroit neighborhood at 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue. According to newspaper reports, the squad found 82 people inside the club, holding a party for two returning Vietnam veterans. The mostly white officers […]
Brandon Twp.- A 24-year-old Goodrich man may face life in prison after shooting a man in the neck at a local bar. Brandon Chase Rollin was arraigned July 23 in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Dana Fortinberry on charges of assault with intent to murder; assault to do great bodily harm less than murder […]
Ortonville- The Village Skate Park is set to get a new look and a neighbor hopes to get some privacy with construction of a 10-foot fence, planned for next month with approval of the village council. Township and village officials met Wednesday with Terri and Ernie Darnall, whose property is adjacent to the skate park. […]
Ortonville- It appears unlikely that sewers will be voted on this year in the village and a timeline for sewers has been scrapped altogether for now. ‘We will probably put a vote for the village residents on sewers off until at least February,? said Village Manager Ed Coy. ‘I don’t like any of this delay, […]