he quick actions of city employees likely prevented a fire from consuming nearly the entire fleet of work trucks at the Greenville Department of Public Services on Tuesday morning.
A vehicle fire that started within one of the department’s blade trucks, parked within a seven-stall garage along with multiple other work trucks at the DPS facility, located at 218 E. Fairplains St., was contained to that one truck after employees were able to tow it out of the garage as flames erupted from the vehicle’s front.
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Greenville city employees credited with saving fleet of work trucks from fire
Carson City community enjoys Frontier Days festivities
Years ago, families used to meet up with other folks and enjoy a simple picnic.
Some neighbors would pull out some lawn chairs and sit and chat to catch up. While those low-key, calm activities don’t seem to happen much anymore, the Carson City Frontier Days featured just that atmosphere Friday evening.
Barrick signs contract to be MCC’s seventh president
Bradley Barrick will earn a starting annual salary of $175,000After having been selected to be the seventh president of Montcalm Community College, Bradley Barrick of Oklahoma has officially accepted the position.
Barrick signed his contract with MCC on May 16.
He agreed to his contract two days after the MCC Board voted 5-2 on May 14 to select him as president after having interviewed him the previous week along with two other finalists.
‘A kick in the gut’
Citizens for Local Choice initiative fails to make ballot, organizers won't share signature statsA proposed initiative to repeal Michigan’s new statewide renewable energy permitting law will not make the ballot this year, and organizers are refusing to say how close they came to gathering the required signatures.
Citizens for Local Choice had until last Wednesday to turn in the required 356,958 signatures needed to place the measure on November’s ballot to overturn Michigan’s Public Act 233.
Ionia County Sheriff’s Office manager retires after 20 years on the job
Suana McDaniels, office manager at the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office for the past 20 years, retired after she was recognized by her peers at a retirement party held at the sheriff department’s headquarters on Friday.
The party was attended by most deputies and staff members of the sheriff’s office and other local leaders.
5 fire departments respond to farmhouse blaze in Montcalm Twp.
Five fire departments responded to a farmhouse blaze early Sunday morning just outside of Greenville.
According to Montcalm Township Fire Lt. Ed Hansen, firefighters were dispatched to a two-story farmhouse at 704 S. Johnson Road in Montcalm Township around 2:24 a.m.
Edmore GETs it done
Group of business owners working to improve their town with Growing Edmore TogetherSummer Fridays are more fun in Edmore these days thanks to a group of local women who care about their town.
Six downtown business owners and managers created the group Growing Edmore Together, more commonly known as GET, in 2022.
‘They wear many hats’
Heather Charon is the new principal at Boyce Elementary School in IoniaChosen from more than two dozen candidates, Heather Charon was hired as the new Boyce Elementary School principal on May 20, following the retirement of former principal Scott Yenchar.
Most recently the behavioral specialist at Boyce, Charon has also worked as a general education kindergarten teacher and an emotionally impaired classroom special education teacher and has been employed by the Ionia Public Schools almost her entire career, the last 10 years at Boyce. Furthermore, all five of her sons currently attend or have graduated from Ionia schools.
Coalition of Greater Greenville closes out season with variety of guest presenters
As the summer season begins and brings with it plenty of festivals, fairs and other fun events, some things end up being placed on the back burner until the return of fall.
That includes the monthly Coalition of Greater Greenville meeting, hosted by the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce, which hosted its last session of the 2023-2024 season on May 16.
Educational adventure
Agriscience fun and learning at Boyce Elementary’s Outdoor Adventure DayBoyce Elementary School students enjoyed a special Outdoor Adventure Day event this Thursday, when the entire student body went outside to participate in a series of fun, hands-on learning experiences led by a variety of local experts.
During Outdoor Adventure Day, each class moved between six stations, spending approximately 25 minutes at each one before heading to the next. The stations were staffed by representatives from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the American Red Cross and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), along with eight student volunteers from the Ionia County Career Center’s educational careers program.
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