Two candidates with strengths in economic development will return for second interviews as they vie for the job of Belding ...

Last year’s conference championship season set a new precedent for the Montabella football program.  The Mustangs fought their way to the top of the Mid-State Activities Conference (MSAC) Blue ...

The city of Ionia’s Brownfield Redevelopment Authority is looking for a new residential developer for a former prison site after another developer moved on. The Authority met on Oct. 13 to hear ...

Five years after construction began on upgrades to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, the project sits in a holding pattern, waiting for permit approval. During the Oct. 7 meeting of the ...

Greenville at RCA Conference Tournament at Sparta: The Jackets fell to Sparta, 16-25, 25-17, 8-15. No other game scores, if any, could be found. Record: 15-12-0. Next: 6 p.m. on Thursday against ...

Athlete of the week nominees for Oct. 21, 2025 ...

The city of Belding’s main connection to the rest of West Michigan was finished 75 years ago this month.  The Veterans Memorial Bridge across the Flat River on M-44 was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1950, and ...

In this corner, Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel, and in the other corner, POTUS. (If you are reading this column you must know who that is, please.) ...

Competing on a night when the outcome of a high school football game was the least of concerns for the hundreds of fans packed into Rudness Field, the Belding Black Knights put an exclamation point on ...

With much of its funding coming at the behest of Michigan taxpayers, leaders at Montcalm Community College took a collective sigh of relief when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the 2025-26 state budget ...

Birthdays are a big thing at our house, and with six children, they keep rolling around and around. For me, birthdays have their own way of bringing back memories of bygone years.

Township trustees discussed two issues during Tuesday's meeting at Ionia Township Hall. First, trustees talked about allowing a potential housing development that is still in its early stages to ...