Dimondale News

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is deciding whether to enter the Democratic primary for Michigan governor in 2010.

The Holt Jr. Rams Softball program invites athletes to join the spring/summer softball program for 9-12 year old girls living in the Holt/Dimondale community or attending Holt Public Schools.

Frank and Laura Gyorkos II of Holt announce the birth of their son Preston James.

This being the Christmas season and all, we'll assume the person who snatched Henry Wong's chair from Saginaw Highway on Sunday did so for safekeeping.

My Dec. 11 column about an electricity shutoff at the home of a single mother of six, who was expecting her seventh child, drew no sympathy from readers: * From Rod Jones of Lake Odessa: "The situation is mindful of an old nursery rhyme : "There was a young woman who lived in a shoe; she had so many children, she didn't know what to do; taxpayers ...

The Eaton County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday in Windsor Township.

You'll find fresh-from-the-garden snap peas, lettuce, tomatoes and more at the Dimondale Farmers' Market, which got off to a big start last year.

DECEMBER 10, 2009 - The state agency which oversees Michigan's wage and hour and youth employment laws is moving its Lansing administrative staff to a new headquarters location in state government's Secondary Complex, effective Monday, December 14.

Five inmates from Montcalm County are back in custody after escaping from a work release program just before noon on Tuesday.

New craft-antique store expected to open soon in downtown Dimondale Handmade craft makers and antique dealers are wanted to sell their items in The Grand-dale Shoppe, soon to open in downtown Dimondale.

UPDATED 3 p.m. - All five escaped prisoners have been captured after stealing a State of Michigan Dept.

Eaton Rapids schools were put on lockdown as law enforcement scoured the area looking for an escaped prisoner.

DELTA TWP. - Delta Township Parks and Recreation is offering a Youth Instructional Basketball League for girls and boys ages 7-10 years old.

What, if anything, makes you optimistic about the future of Greater Lansing? I have always felt it is the American Spirit and work ethic of the American People that has made this country great.

Dimondale -- Lincoln Park ministers on Tuesday gave the Liquor Control Commission an estimated 1,000 letters protesting the opening of a controversial strip club and pleaded with officials not to grant it a liquor license.

The Michigan Liquor Control Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at the Lansing Office of the Commission, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, Michigan.

Wind Chill: 43 F Tonight's News Ten Neighborhood Crime Watch starts with a small crime spree Eaton County Sheriff's deputies were called out to.

What qualities do you think will be most important for the next Michigan governor to possess? Business knowledge, bravery Michigan needs a governor with a business background.

Attention all Mid-Michigan girls currently in fifth, sixth, and seventh grades interested in playing competitive basketball.

Muriel A. May, of Haslett, born March 22, 1919, the daughter of Van Frank and Muriel Kinyon , died Sunday, Oct.