Barry County News

CHARLOTTE - Free drinking water well screenings for nitrates and the pesticide atrazine is being offered in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Michigan State University, the Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program will be sponsoring Well water screening For residents interested in having their private well water screened ...

The Department of Natural Resources' Southern Lake Michigan Management Unit has announced fishery management actions and activities for the 2009-2010 angling season.

A statewide heating assistance program served many of Kalamazoo area families during the winter, with a spike in need that program leaders attribute to the poor economy.

The unemployment rate in six Southwest Michigan counties hit double digits in May, according to figures released Thursday by the state.

Hastings and Barry County officials agreed to a land swap, giving the city vacant land for potential development and giving the county the former Hastings library building.

A motorcyclist and his passenger are in the hospital after hitting a deer. The Barry County Sheriff's Department says it happened 9p.m. Friday on Star School Road near River Road.

A suspected drunk driver is dead after she smashed her car into a tree. The Barry County Sheriff's Department says it happened early Saturday morning on Orchard Road near Eddy Road.

A 37-year-old Dowling-area woman was killed after the car she was driving left the road and crashed into a tree early Saturday, the Barry County Sheriff's Department said.

June 17, 2009 -- Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that 1,839 jobs will be retained or created through an investment of more than $3.1 million in state Transportation Economic Development Fund grants in eight Michigan counties.

Community Action will use part of the $6.25 million in federal stimulus money it has received to hire 14 people.

As his community's police chief for nearly 30 years, Marshal "Mark" Kik had the unique ability to not only be a strong local leader, but reach out to many as friends.

Plans are under way to provide curbside recycling services to Martin Township residents after two recycling drop sites are closed later this year.

S_N. How do you fill in the blank? This year's Pennfield Presbyterian Church VBS program is filled with both SON and SUN.

A Caledonia woman is hospitalized with serious injuries after she veered off the road and struck a tree.

It's no secret that Michigan is struggling, on Wednesday we learned that the state's unemployment rate jumped again.

Michigan's unemployment rate continues to climb. It is now nearing 13 percent. More than 100 workers in Barry County can now add themselves to the growing number of unemployed.

Hide Video Authorities say a 19-year-old Detroit man has drowned in an indoor swimming pool at a state-run vocational school in southwestern Michigan for adults with disabilities.

A student at the Michigan Career and Technical Institute in Barry County died Tuesday in an apparent drowning at the facility, police said.

Third-graders gain agricultural lessons BARRY COUNTY -- "Wow! That is so cool!" exclaimed 9-year-old Cory Weaver as he gently fanned a duck's wing spreading the individual feathers.

Jonathan Goodrich stretched out his arm as far as he could reach to pet a heifer standing in front of him.