Goodrich News

Genesee County may have lost a percentage of its population since 2000, but Grand Blanc Township and Goodrich saw healthy gains in 2008 estimates.

This year's Good Times in Goodrich Festival will feature the first-ever Goodrich Idol event, a bigger children's area and an art fair.

Originally published June 8, 2009 at 7:13 a.m., updated June 8, 2009 at 7:13 a.m. GOODRICH, Mich.

The lights went out, the screen flickered and on came Lt. Col. David St. Aubin, Goodrich High School's beloved principal, plus a special guest joining him from Iraq: comedian Stephen Colbert.

The president and chief executive officer of Oxford Bank Corp. has resigned, effective immediately.

The 25th annual Jack Hamady Good Scout Award will be presented this week to Tom Wright, president and co-owner of Williams Gunsight & Outfitters in Davison.

A string of road sign thefts has Goodrich officials concerned. At Monday's Village Council meeting, Street Administrator Ralph Morey said five roadside signs worth between $500 and $600 have been stolen from the village.

Tom Smith Jr. knows that changing a road isn't easy. It took the state seven years to add a left-turn lane at M-15 and Kipp Road after his 27-year-old brother Jeff was killed in a crash there in 2001.

Possible changes to how the library is funded drew Village Council and Atlas Township officials together Monday.

Michael J. Thorp says his decision to step down from the Goodrich school board and move to Flint has nothing to do with any future political ambitions.

Goodrich and Atlas Township officials are meeting at the village hall at 6 p.m. Monday to discuss funding for the Goodrich Library.

An optical scan voting machine is tested during a meeting of Genesee County clerks.

Hop in your car on Saturday and you'll find everything from tools to clothes for sale on the front lawns and sidewalks of an 84-mile stretch of M-15. The sale begins in Clarkston and ends in Bay City.

The Goodrich PTO hosted a "Meet the Candidates" night in the Goodrich High School community room Monday, giving residents a chance to learn about the candidates before the May 5 school board election.

Thirteen Alma College students -- five juniors and eight seniors -- have been selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest and most prestigious scholastic honorary society.

Adam Foley completed basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga. He will report to Airborne School at Fort Benning for three weeks, then to Fort Bragg, NC., as part of the 82nd Airborne Division.

A $20 donation is requested for the event, which runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 26.

The Board of Education decided Wednesday to opt out of a school of choice program that would give the board more control over the number of students entering the district.

Bauman belongs to three trade exchanges that helped remodel the new store with tiling, windows, paint, carpeting, insulation and furnaces.

Monday April 06, 2009, 4:37 PM This is an updated version of a story posted earlier.