Taco Bell restaurants are becoming as prevalent as dollar stores in Montcalm County. A Taco Bell is opening soon in Edmore, the fifth of the chain of restaurants being built throughout the county this ...

The village managers of Edmore and Howard City are among four candidates set to be interviewed for the job of Belding city manager this weekend. The Belding City Council is looking to hire a new ...

Learn about playing the piano, stained-glass making, welding and getting in touch with your spirituality during Montcalm Community College’s November and December noncredit courses. Advance ...

As a working musician … No, wait, I won’t start this column with a lie. I am a musician, but “working?” Not so much. Yes, my weekend band plays a lot of gigs, but only those who’ve never laid bricks ...

The city’s annual Autumn Celebration next Thursday evening, Oct. 23, will include a chili dog eating contest, trunk or ...

Andrew Nielsen is an advanced manufacturing and welding technologies instructor at Montcalm Community College.  “I am a huge believer in see one, do one, and teach one,” Nielsen said. “I like to teach ...

Tuesday night’s trio of matches was about something more than previewing possible postseason brackets for the Central Montcalm volleyball team.  Rather than don their traditional green and white ...

Ionia County Intermediate School District Superintendent Ethan Ebenstein announced during last Thursday’s board meeting that funding for the Great Start Collaborative (GSC) was eliminated from the ...

In his senior year alone, Gage Hoffman has acquired eight first-place finishes over the 10 races he’s participated in.  He secured quite possibly the most important one of the season so far on Tuesday ...

A local election that began with little interest has now escalated into a five-way competition for two seats on the Greenville City Council. On Nov. 4, voters in Greenville will have the opportunity ...

Voters in the Ionia Public Schools district will see a bond proposal on the ballot Nov. 4. If approved, the millage rate would not increase but would fund upgrades to buildings and a new performing ...

The stage is set for this weekend’s girls golf state finals tournaments and two local golfers are ready to make their mark among the best in the state.  Thanks to a pair of hard-fought performances at ...