Bellevue News

You can't sell yourself out of a hole. That's the dictum Randy Davis has asserted at least the last six years he's led Athens Area Schools.

Two years ago, Olivet College launched a grant for area students that cut the cost of their college tuition in half.

CHARLOTTE - High school juniors and seniors will soon venture to Alpena, Mich., to participate in the 2009 Michigan Freedom Academy.

Sometimes, a little time to think is a dangerous thing. Now that the school year is over, resulting in serious downtime for your intrepid but now bored sports writer, there is time to reflect on the year and season just past and look with wanton speculation toward the future.

Frank Price says he's been lucky in war and in love, serving and surviving on the battleship USS South Dakota during World War II, when the ship suffered 42 hits during just one of its engagements with Japanese warships and fighter planes.

Marshall Choinski may have more money to count as treasurer of the Downtown Development Authority, if downtown continues to make enhancements that visitors embrace.

The Village of Bellevue has "geared up" for a very active summer season with several events on a busy schedule.

Recently sentenced by Calhoun County Circuit Judge Stephen Miller: Leonard Troy Armstrong Jr., 38, of 2108 Francis St., Jackson, pleaded guilty to probation violation: must pay $665.58 by August 3, 2009, or spend 180 days in Calhoun County Jail with 82 days credit; $1,310 in fines, costs and fees.

Removing a traffic light at 14 Mile and Bellevue to reduce emissions will also jeopardize the safety of pedestrians and drivers, according to a dentist who objected to the plan during a city of Clawson public hearing Tuesday.

The owner of Gateway Country Day School fears the lack of a traffic signal at 14 Mile and Bellevue will lead to drivers using her parking lot as a short cut.

Recently sentenced by Calhoun County Circuit Judge Conrad Sindt: Ronald Eugene Wood, 43, of 70 S. Burdge St., Apt #8, Battle Creek, pleaded guilty to probation violation: probation revoked; 120 days in jail with credit for 50 days; $520 in fines, costs and fees.

Olivet College Olivet College recognized the best of its student body at the annual Honors Convocation held April 15 in the college's Mott Auditorium.

A 20-year-old Battle Creek man was arrested on a charge of strong-armed robbery after Calhoun County Sheriff Department Deputies said he took a purse from a 66-year-old Bellevue woman Tuesday.

Chuck Stallard, a funeral director with the Shaw Funeral Homes of Battle Creek and Bellevue, was recognized for 25 years as a licensed funeral director by the Michigan Funeral Directors Association at their 130th Annual Convention in Mount Pleasant.

On April 15th, Bellevue Community Schools hosted an annual joint meeting with the Village & Township of Bellevue.

Aimed towards making downtown Clawson more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, city officials met with regional planners and heard from a presenter about making new pedestrian crossings in the downtown area.

Alan Nelson is taking his first stab at running for office Tuesday. He's on the ballot for a four-year term on the St.

An arraignment for a man charged with a hit-and-run fatal accident last year was postponed Thursday but is expected to be held today.

The man charged with killing a motorcyclist in a July traffic accident and then leaving must have been scared, his family said Friday.

Deputies have made an arrest in a deadly Calhoun County hit-and-run. Investigators say new information led them to a 37-year-old Bellevue man.