Thursday, June 1, 2023
Since 1854 — News from Montcalm County and Ionia County, Michigan
No one was injured Monday after a garbage truck accidentally snagged power, cable and telephone lines, snapping two poles in the process.
At approximately 9:38 a.m. the Greenville Department of Public Safety was dispatched to the report of a work truck having pulled down power lines on W. Bluff Street, which were also reported to be smoking and sparking.
A mother and her 6-year-old daughter have been hospitalized and are in critical condition following a head-on crash this morning.
Troopers from the Michigan State Police Lakeview Post are investigating a two-vehicle, head-on crash that occurred at 6:26 a.m. on Sidney Road near Stevenson Road
The Ionia Public Schools Board of Education heard concerns from a parent regarding her daughter being struck by a car while waiting at a bus stop recently.
During public comment at Monday evening’s meeting, local parent Amanda Ferris said her 13-year-old daughter Taylor Ferris was struck by a car on Jan. 30 while waiting at a school bus stop about 30 feet from their home.
A 72-year-old Greenville resident is recuperating at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital after he was accidentally shocked at a crash scene on Greenville Road north of Peck Road in Montcalm Township on Saturday. According to a press release from the Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 5:55 p.m. on Saturday, a driver lost control of their vehicle due to poor road […]
A Trufant man was killed in an accident Friday after he and another man lost control of their motorcycles while traveling with a group of motorcyclists.
On Wednesday at 5:55 p.m., officers with the Greenville Department of Public Safety (GDPS) were dispatched to a car vs. pedestrian traffic crash near the intersection of Lafayette Street (M-91) and Judd Street.
Officers at the scene located a motorized wheelchair and a white GMC Envoy, both with damage. According to GDPS, a 60-year old Greenville man who was in the motorized wheelchair was crossing the street when the two units collided.
An 18-year-old man from the Greenville area was killed in a crash in Montcalm Township on Sunday.
A 33-year-old man from Mulliken received life-threatening injuries from a motorcycle versus car collision on Sunday.
A 37-year-old motorcyclist from Greenville was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Johnson Road near Pake Road in Montcalm Township.
A 41-year-old Stanton woman was injured when she crashed her SUV into a pole Thursday night. Deputies with the Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of an accident near the intersection of N. New and E. Pine streets around 8:36 p.m.
