BY STACY SOBOTKA Oakland Township’s 2019-2020 fiscal year budget was adopted at the Oakland Township Board of Trustees meeting March 26—by a narrow margin. The reason? A dispute over the percentage of township employees’ wage…
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Michigan State Police arrested one person Friday, March 29 for the alleged slaying of a Bruce Township woman. Troopers responded to a suspicious death call at 8:10 a.m. on Friday at the 12000 block of…
BY STACY SOBOTKA The Oakland Township Board of Trustees discussed and ultimately approved their 2019 Tri Party funds for maintaining township roads. The township’s roads are resurfaced with limestone on select roads and gravel on…
Officials from Lakestone Bank and Trust in Lapeer and ChoiceOne Bank in Sparta announced they plan on merging companies in 2020. In a press release last week, company officials said the merger will be finalized…
The Bulldogs won their home opener 10-8, against Stoney Creek High School on Monday, March 25. This was the first victory for newly hired coach Jack Smith, a 2014 graduate of Romeo High School. (Photos…
Monday, April 8 Boys Varsity Golf 4 p.m. vs Yale High School at Timberwood Golf Course; Girls Varsity Soccer 4:30 p.m. vs Parkway Christian High School at home; Boys Junior Varsity and Varsity Baseball 4:30…
Tuesday, April 9 Girls Junior Varsity B Soccer 4 p.m. vs Utica High School at Memorial Field; Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Softball 4 p.m. vs Utica High School (double header) at Romeo Community Center;…
BY STACY SOBOTKA Spring is a time of new beginnings and on the farm, new arrivals. Wolcott Mill Metropark is currently hosting Babies, Babies Everywhere! Families can come out to the Farm Learning Center on…
More local politicians participated in National Reading Month in March by reading to local school children. In the top photo, Washington Township Trustee Sam Previti read to all of the kindergartners at Indian Hills Elementary…
Craft Day is back 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 6 at the St. John Lutheran Church Fellowship hall in Romeo. Organizers say that the entire day is an opportunity to do whatever inspires…