The Montabella Community Schools Board of Education approved a five-year contract for their superintendent and promoted a teacher to the newly created position assistant principal at their most recent ...

In a court case reminiscent of one a few years ago, a Chinese national is charged with delivering or manufacturing a large amount of marijuana plants locally while federal officials are holding two ...

Lafayette Street, hard, smooth and well-sprinkled, is a good track on which trotting horses may exhibit their gait, and it was used for that purpose this morning.

As dogs zipped and zoomed around the livestock arena at the Montcalm County Fairgrounds on Saturday, they did so with a measure of obedience and discipline not seen in your average dog. That’s because ...

Recognizing a need in the community and utilizing $1 million in state grant money, the city of Ionia launched its own app-based, on-demand microtransit service this week: I-Go. A microtransit service ...

The Montcalm Community College spring 2025 semester honors list includes 565 students. These students must have taken 6 credits or more to be eligible for honors.

Cory Smith | June 28, 2025 For the first time in the history of the Montcalm County Fair, buyers showed their support by breaking the half-million-dollar mark during Thursday evening’s annual ...

The Montcalm Community College athletics department has been very diligent about getting the community involved since its reinstatement two years ago.  On Friday, they found a new and exciting way of ...

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at 57 local libraries, including Ionia and Kent counties.

The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to approve a variance request involving building a garage 1 foot from the property line in Crystal Township. Marty and Sarah Delo requested a ...

The streets of Sand Lake were packed Friday night for a never-before-seen type of event. What started as an idea that stemmed from an online picture turned out to be a huge success as the first-ever ...

Having twice finished as the runner-up in three previous attempts, Ian Mark, 17, held out hope that this would be the year his skills as a 4-H showman would see him rise to the top. Throughout the ...