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A year of hard, dirty work paid off with more than half a million dollars going to young 4-H members during the annual large ...
Less than two weeks from celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, Bill and Pat Willison relished the chance to enjoy a ...
The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners will begin budget talks for the 2025-2026 fiscal year next week, with requests ...
Amid a record-breaking year for the Central Montcalm baseball team, Ben Yaw had his best season yet offensively.  Hitting ...
To have a strong and successful athletics department means possessing and utilizing a resourceful strength and conditioning ...
The turnover turmoil in Belvidere Township continues. Clerk Judy Spring and Trustee Tarin Minkel abruptly announced they were ...
Giddyup, Sandy! We don’t want to miss your birthday party. Sandy’s birthday party will be Saturday, July 26, anytime between 2 and 4:30 p.m. at the Flat River Museum. Kids of all ages are invited, but ...
A Stanton man was supposed to be sentenced on Thursday for a serious case of child abuse; however, the case was adjourned again due to questions and disagreements. Thaddeus Christopher Barrett, 23, ...
Lakewood High School senior Kenzie Everett raised Juju, this year's Ionia Free Fair grand middleweight champion steer, and she also showed a couple of pigs. Now 18 years old and therefore coming to ...
I sat in a park in Spain with my two granddaughters from Chicago, ages 8 and 10.  I sat on a bench and watched them dance and dance, completely into it, the only music in their minds.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced a new round of appointments and reappointments to several state-level agriculture commodity boards. Among those selected, six county Farm Bureau members were ...
Habitat for Humanity of Ionia County has officially moved to a new home. On July 8, the organization celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside the Ionia Area Chamber of Commerce, community ...