Newaygo County News

WHITE CLOUD, Mich. Work is underway on a new jail in Newaygo County. Dignitaries including the sheriff broke ground this morning on a $6.4-million jail and sheriff's office expansion project.

John Berry is bringing his Christmas tour to Fremont at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Tickets are available from the Dogwood box office.

From left, Shirley Brooks, Vicki Potter and Yvonne Lee will attend an upcoming shopping and home tour event.

The body of a 75-year-old Newaygo County man was discovered in a swampy area Monday by a deer hunter.

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. - An autopsy will be performed Tuesday afternoon to determine what caused the death of an Alzheimer's patient whose body was found in a wooded area east of his home.

Sections of Shelby Road in Benona Township are dotted with patch after patch of repair work.

Farmland preservation activists say a report touting the growth of West Michigan agriculture clouds the issue of disappearing farmland.

Two Newaygo County men hunting for deer say they spotted a cougar instead. They took video of the large cat, walking through the woods.

Hide Video A 44 year old man died in a traffic accident in Newaygo County. Police say the accident happened around 3:45 Saturday at the intersection of M-37 and Brooks Street in the city of Newaygo.

Alternative Energy comes from Turkey droppings in Newaygo county, as a company called Heat Transfer International will use 70,000 pounds of turkey droppings in our state's first commercial biomass generator.

Posted: 10-21-2009 People fund awards $54,000 plus in grants Great Lakes Energy's People Fund directors awarded $54,302.97 in grants to eight local non-profit organizations in the western counties of southern Michigan in June.

Posted: 10-14-2009 Michigan's Great Outdoors tourism conference set for Oct. 26 The Michigan's Great Outdoors five-county tourism collaborative will host its Fifth Annual Tourism Conference in Newaygo County Oct.

One man had to be airlifted to the hospital after a crash in Newaygo County left him pinned under his truck.

Crews are trying to restore power this morning to nearly 80,000 homes throughout the state.

State police say an alert tipster Sunday helped identify a suspect in three holdups.

There was no welcome mat for Warren Martin Culver, the former White Cloud man who in 1997 killed a woman in a psychotic rage, when he settled in the northern Oakland County town of Holly after being freed recently from psychiatric hospitals.

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. - A Kent City man has some bragging rights after shooting, what could be, one of the biggest black bears found in Michigan.

Unemployment in Muskegon County dropped slightly in August for the first time in several months.

The release of a high-profile ax murderer has created tension in the Holly community and outrage from the victim's family.

A store in Newaygo County's Ensley Township was held up at knifepoint Friday, and the suspect was still at large.