Lyons News

As the salmon runs wind down, the steelhead action will increase, the DNR said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.

Salmon are moving into the rivers but the run still is about a week behind last year's run, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says.

A Texas hold-em tournament is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 27, from 3:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Hubbardston Community Center, 305 Russell St., Hubbardston, to benefit the Tuscan Lodge 178 F-AM. A cash table takes place from 3:30 to 10 p.m. with a tournament at 5 p.m. The buy-in is $30 and the tournament pays to five places, 60 percent payback.

CARSON CITY - Carson City Hospital is one of only three hospitals in Michigan and one of 25 in the nation to be named a 'MOST WIRED-SMALL AND RURAL' hospital, according to the results of the 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released nationally in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

The antique Lyons Dam, which was powering a flour mill two years before the Ionia County village was established in 1859, has become the focal point of a modern battle pitting green against green.

A Lansing man is in jail after a car chase with police that lead to a rollover accident.

Grand Valley State University announces the names of students who were placed on the dean's list for the Winter 2009 semester.

A Lansing man is in jail after a car chase with police that lead to a rollover accident.

Lee and Sharon Morse of Lyons announce the engagement of their daughter Lyndsey Marie to Tristan Mark Ferris.

CARSON CITY- After hearing about breast cancer survivor Linda Ferris' inspiring experience as a patient of Carson City Hospital's Breast Health Navigator program, the Lyons-Muir Church congregation rallied together with the patrons of the church's monthly 'Dollar Dinner' event to raise $245 for the hospital's Breast Cancer Fund.

One person is dead after apparently drowning in the Grand River. The Ionia County Sheriff's Department says Wednesday afternoon a group of young people were jumping from an abandoned railroad bridge near the village of Lyons, that's north of Portland.

The following students were named to the Central Michigan University spring semester Honors List.

LYONS TWP. - A Portland man was killed after a motorcycle-deer accident last week.

First responders working OT in Ionia County. First they had a house that exploded in Lyons, Tuesday night.

A 54-year-old Portland man died this morning after his motorcycle hit a deer on Keefer Highway, causing him to lose control and strike a tree, police said.

The Ionia County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that happened just after 6:00 am Wednesday morning.

A woman believed to be in her 30s was hospitalized Tuesday evening with first- and second-degree burns over an estimated 30 percent of her body after a second-story fire at a Lyons residence.

Two people have suffered minor injuries and an antique car was totaled when it was rear-ended by a truck on Interstate 80 near Rawlins.

The Lansing School District is reaching out to the city's youngest learners and their families by expanding its free preschool program this fall.

Jackie and Dusty Anthony of Lyons announce the birth of their daughter, Shelby Lee.