Barry County News

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation that exempts baby-sitting from day care regulations after the state ordered a Barry County woman to stop watching her friend's children before school.

Bill Robinson has been identified as spokesperson for the Prairieville Recall Committee.

CHARLOTTE - When Diane Soule first started manning the desk and stocking shelves at the Eaton County Clothing and Furniture Center four years ago, it wasn't for a paycheck.

A hunter from Farmington Hills, Mich., is in the hospital after being shot in Barry County on Thursday, Nov.

A Farmington Hills man is expected to make a full recovery after being shot in the chest with 12-gauge slug Thursday morning that was fired from the shotgun of a deer hunter in Barry County, police said.

When he walked into the clearing next to the woodlot where he built a blind 10 days ago, Roger Grissom was delighted to spook a buck and three does that had been feeding on plants.

Outside was Indian summer in Battle Creek but inside, at Calvary Baptist Church, it was all Christmas.

CHARLOTTE - H1N1 influenza vaccine remains available in limited quantities in Barry and Eaton counties.

The County Commission approved a $14.1 million general fund budget for 2010 after trimming more than $1.25 million from departments' spending requests.

Hastings police are investigating a gas theft at the Barry County Transit Garage.

At least one person was injured in a crash Tuesday near Delton, authorities said.

A committee has been formed in opposition to the recall effort against four of the five Prairieville Township board members.

Members of the Barry Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council are preparing to hit the roof in an annual fundraiser.

A 16-year-old boy and 19-year-old man were critically injured Monday in a crash in southern Barry County, police said.

The County Commission agreed to review proposed funding cuts to the Economic Development Department before finalizing the 2010 budget.

Lee Elementary School's fundraising efforts for new playground equipment got a boost from Barry County Parks and Recreation.

A Bellevue Township man was charged for the work of 13 firefighters last July, though only two firefighters showed up to check on a brush fire he'd already doused.

BARRY COUNTY, Mich. A man suspected of breaking into a house is finally under arrest after police spent hours searching for him in Barry County.

Fire crews from two counties are battling a duplex house fire along the Barry and Allegan County line.

HASTINGS TOWNSHIP, Mich. The man accused of breaking into a Hastings Township home, then running from police on Thursday was in court on Friday.