Montcalm County News

COUNTY: Montcalm HIGHWAY: M-91 CLOSEST CITY: Greenville ESTIMATED STARTING DATE: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Friday, July 31, 2009 PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin chip seal and resurfacing work along 7.5 miles of M-91 in Montcalm County.

A Montcalm County man and his son have found a way to enjoy a hobby and become more sustainable at the same time.

Unemployment rates continue to climb across West Michigan. Now every county is in double digits.

Jeffery Troyer has been selected to direct the Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Center, its governing board decided Tuesday afternoon.

Deputies from the Montcalm County Sheriff's Office are investigating a crash between a motorcycle and a pickup truck.

Police are working to find the person who left a man for dead in Montcalm County.

Budget problems are leading to controversy in Calhoun County and other counties around West Michigan.

A Greenville man who fatally shot his dog in the head in April was sentenced this week to 93 days in jail.

The Montcalm County Sheriff's Office is looking for any information that may lead them to the driver involved in a hit and run accident that killed 30 year old Scott Allan Vanzyl of Pierson early this morning.

The Montcalm County Sheriff's Department is investigating a deadly hit and run accident.

According to the Canada Revenue Agency, Marie-Therese Coulombe is dead. At first, the letter she got from the agency amused her.

An Associated Press article in the Chicago Tribune is titled: Rural Mich. counties turn failing roads to gravel .

Michigan is so broke it has decided to revert to the 19th century to save money.

Some Michigan counties have turned a few once-paved rural roads back to gravel to save money.

As goes Michigan's crumbling economy, so go some once-paved rural roads now being turned back into gravel.

Treasures you never knew you needed: At the Trufant Flea Market & Auction, a wagon wheel and rake are for sale by Helge Johnson of Swede's Antiques and Collectibles in Ionia.

Ron Hall has spent 22 years in the home-building and remodeling business, and 2008 was the worst.

A Lakeview man who prosecutors say tried to behead a cat with a sword is now facing an animal abuse charge.

Ron Hall has spent 22 years in the home building and remodeling business, none of them as bad as 2008.

A man who tried to burn an anthill in Montcalm County started a blaze that damaged about an acre of land.