Sparta News

Lightning brought down tree branches and wires this afternoon as thunderstorms rolled through West Michigan.

Big group: Mariachi Cobre plays Picnic Pops, at Cannonsburg, tonight and Friday night.

A vehicle struck a teenage bicyclist in Sparta Monday night. The accident occurred at 8:43 p.m. on Sparta Avenue NW near Ball Creek Road.

Farmers facing pressure to lease their land to competing wind energy companies are hearing a stern message: Get a lawyer.

For the second time in three weeks, the Michigan Lottery says an Alpine Township party store has sold a winning lottery ticket worth at least $1 million.

Fred Topous, the Kent City man who just won $57 million in the Mega Millions lottery, is a registered sex offender with a criminal past.

Fred Topous shows up on three State of Michigan Web sites. Today, the Kent City man headlines the state lottery Web page, winner of Friday's $57 million Mega Millions prize.

Old Orchard Brands has come a long way since apple juice was its only drink. These days, most of its 100 products don't contain a drop of apple juice.

The president of a Sparta company, battling the state over what the DEQ says is a regulated wetland, now faces criminal charges.

The fight between a medical device company and state environmental regulators has reached a new round, with misdemeanor criminal charges filed against the company president.

By John Agar PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP -- Former Comstock Park High School janitor Ricky Wright risked losing his job for excessive absences.

Two suspects have been charged with operating a methamphetamine lab near Muskegon's Marquette Elementary School.

Stats on pay make several assumptions. I can't say I've ever thought of a teacher as a millionaire.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - Josh Hansen's oldest brother gave him his catcher's mitt, the one he used in games.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, holds up an apple during a press conference Monday with specialty crop growers at May Farms near Sparta.

Just before 3:30 this morning, three young people from Sparta ran off the road the smashed a tree along Fruit Ridge Avenue north of 6 Mile Road. via WTKG-AM Grand Rapids

Police have arrested and charged a Sparta High School student for last week's bomb threat. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

“It seems that the land owners are open to investigating the idea with us”

Standing in alfalfa, Harland Reister takes in the view of some of his 140 acres of farmland in Chester Township and talks about the wind testing tower planned for his property. via Saginaw News

A Hesperia motorcyclist and his female passenger were critically injured when a pickup truck driven by a man without a driver's license turned into their path Saturday afternoon on Apple Avenue in Casnovia ... via Muskegon Chronicle

Voter turnout higher than expected early, say local clerks Local election officials say voter turnout for a number of school and municipal elections has been brisk today -- especially in areas where ... via Grand Rapids Press