“New school building” — A primary school building is being built on the north side of the river, to accommodate the smaller children of the northern section of the city. The two other school buildings have not sufficient capacity to accommodate, primary children being greatly in excess of the number of pupils in the grammar and academic departments. The new school house is to be of brick, two stories high, with three rooms and a seating capacity of 200. The estimate of cost is $3,000. N. Slaght donated the school-house site.
Village of Lakeview officials are seeking to have a judge order that a dog be put down after the redbone coonhound is documented to have attacked and bitten at least three people — including a police officer, a mail carrier and a child.
The former Montcalm Township clerk was sentenced to fines and costs only after pleading guilty to attempted willful failure to uphold the law as a public official.
An Ionia man was sentenced to one year in jail for sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Bryan Lee Deater, 41, pleaded no contest on June 28 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
Following inquiries into the status of this township’s solar energy ordinance, officials have decided to put a pause on any activity related to construction of solar projects.
During the Aug. 17 meeting of the Montcalm Township Board, the board voted unanimously to place a moratorium on the township’s solar energy ordinance through Feb. 28 — a time period slightly more than six months.
The Ionia Bulldogs have been among the most dominant volleyball teams in the local area for years now — they’re not afraid of the spotlight.
After winning their first conference championship since 1973 last season, second-year head coach Heidi Wenzel said it’s becoming more of an expectation that the Bulldogs should be in the running to win it every year.
A cleaned-up but still contaminated property on a busy stretch of road just north of Howard City failed to sell at Montcalm County’s annual public land auction last week.
The two parcels of commercial property formerly owned by Dale Kass at 8250 Federal Road (old U.S. 131) in Reynolds Township went up for auction at a minimum bid of $256,950, but there were no takers. The property will now go up for bid at a future no minimum bid auction.
Every golfer has a routine, or should, at least. Sam Gallup is hoping to teach the importance of a routine for his new group of Greenville girls golfers.
Gallup, the new head coach for the Yellow Jackets, has quite a pedigree when it comes to playing golf and teaching the game. That pedigree begins with hockey, not a sport many would associate with having a solid relationship, as many say the swings for golf and a slap shot are miles different and can lead to issues in the opposite sport.
Girl Scout Troop 4304 completed the Junior Bronze award — with the help of Ron Gunderson from Friends of the Fred Meijer River Valley Rail Trail — by installing two of the three planned bike repair stations on Aug. 27.
