Ionia County News Archives

Sad ending to a police-standoff situation in Ionia County, Friday. A 79-year old man came out of his house with his hands in the air and a bullet wound in his chest.

Ionia County has started a special court program intended to help treat and rehabilitate veterans.

Prosecutors say a former Belding mayor faces up to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to defrauding a western Michigan bank out of $36,000. U.S. Attorney Donald Davis said in a statement Wednesday that Shane Husted admitted to defrauding his former employer, First Bank of West Michigan.

ST. JOHNS - Six people have been arrested on drug charges including manufacturing methamphetamine, and more arrests are likely, according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Department.

A motion for a class action lawsuit against Clear Channel Radio for its handling of this year's flooding at the B-93 Birthday Bash has been denied.

More than a thousand cars were stranded in the flooded lot for more than a week.

A Flood Advisory is in effect for the Flat River near Smyrna, in Ionia County, until Monday evening.

PORTLAND - Portland city manager Tom Dempsey informed the Portland City Council last week of an expected decrease in revenue that will be good news for taxpayers.

COUNTY: Barry County HIGHWAY: M-66 CLOSEST CITY: Lake Odessa START DATE: Monday, Oct.

A 44-year-old Belding area man was seriously injured after his pickup veered off Kiddville Road late Wednesday and struck a tree.

Strong winds caused a myriad of problems for people across West Michigan Tuesday night.

Congratulations to Zakery Kilpatrick on a successful Youth Deer Hunt. He got this 8-point buck on Saturday, Sept.

LAKE ODESSA, Mich. In Ionia County, two men are in the hospital after a strange accident Thursday morning.

Two people have been injured after falling from a grain silo in Lake Odessa, Mich.

Strong winds left thousands without power across mid-Michigan. Here are the latest numbers from Consumers Energy and DTE.

The editorial by Tom Thelen in the Sept. 27 edition of the Portland Review and Observer , titled income tax issue, needs to be studied carefully.

Ionia County residents may have to wait until the end of October before vaccines for the H1N1 flu virus are available.

An 18-year-old Lansing man is accused of shooting an Ionia area man over an alleged drug debt, then stealing the man's tow truck and driving until it ran out of gas on M-50. Mark Shawndell Howell was arraigned in Ionia County District Court on charges of attempted murder, auto theft and felony firearms.

A Kentwood man has been charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly drove drunk and caused two injury crashes in two counties last month.

I've returned from vacation and found lots of questions. This week, I am taking a stab at giving the answers and trying to explain why stimulus money was used on Square Lake Road, the new form of crosswalk lights and what are all these cable barriers near Lansing.