Ionia County News

Michigan State Police and the Department of Corrections are investigating after an employee was beaten up at a Jackson prison.

BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich- Right now a murder investigation is underway on Jordan Lake Rd.

Ionia County sheriff's deputies say the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Friday on westbound Interstate 96 near the 62 mile marker.

An Aero Med helicopter was called to westbound I-96 for a rollover accident overnight Friday, according to the sheriff's department.

A single-vehicle rollover crash sent a woman to the hospital, and closed westbound I-96 at mile marker 62 early Friday morning.

Most of us at one time or another have heard the tornado sirens sounding during severe weather.

A Michigan man is standing trial on murder and child abuse charges in the 2012 death of one of his twin infant sons.

Work has begun on a 7.3-mile stretch of I-96 in Ionia County as part of a $2.2 million repair project.

PROJECT DETAILS: Crews will repair 7.3 miles of concrete pavement on I-96 from the Kent/Ionia county line to the Saranac Rest Area, near Mile Marker 63 in Berlin Township.

A child who was preparing for a court trial pets Patty inside Jeannie Wernet's office at the Ionia County Courthouse Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Federal prosecutors in Grand Rapids have struck out in their bid to increase the sentence of a man who's in prison for decades for kidnapping.

Area police officers want to remind residents that if they see something that appears to be suspicious to contact the police immediately by calling 9-1-1 or 647-7521 in that event that a crime is in progress or has taken place.

Erik and Mary Lou Pitchford, Owners of Pitchford's ATA Black Belt Academy of Ionia Michigan, are now looking for a new location for their school.

At 2:40 p.m. Monday, the Ionia County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of South State Road and Miller Street in Ionia Township.

A motorcyclist is hospitalized following an accident Monday afternoon. The crash happened around 2:40 p.m. at the intersection of South State Street and East Riverside.

The Portland area avoided serious damage from high water levels in the Grand and Looking Glass rivers.

A dispute between Ionia County and the Michigan Public Service Commission over a 9-1-1 surcharge appears close to a conclusion.

This extreme example of the weather's impact on Michigan's roads occurred at the Bellamy Creek Bridge in Ionia County earlier this month.