The new Montcalm County prosecutor has clarified a claim he made at Monday’s county board meeting after being asked for more details by the Daily News.

After nearly three decades of working to improve roads, Mark Christensen has retired as manager-superintendent of the Road Commission for Montcalm County effective Dec. 31, 2024.

A process years in development, aimed at putting outsiders on notice that Greenville is “open for business,” has nearly come to its conclusion following the completion of new plans centered on development and marketing.

To combat rising costs in labor, fuel and general maintenance, transit trips to and from the neighboring community of Belding will cost slightly more going forward.

It’s been almost 10 years since the Greenville girls basketball team has won a conference title.

Even with over a month left in the regular season, this year’s team is still a top contender for the first-ever River Cities Alliance (RCA) girls basketball title.

Of the nine wrestling teams in the Central State Activities Association (CSAA), only two remain undefeated with the conference championship rapidly approaching: Lakeview and Tri County.

After some heated discussion among the Ionia County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, a $20,000 proposed salary increase for Finance Director Bernadette Blonde was forwarded to the county’s Personnel Committee for their consideration and recommendation.

Following a denial of multiple state grant requests, Greenville has adopted a new approach to reconstructing a portion of one of its busiest streets — it will do it itself.

During the Jan. 7 meeting, the City Council voted to award a bid for the reconstruction of a portion of Greenville West Drive.

The village of Lakeview has been chosen to host one of the most prestigious ice fishing tournaments in the world.

The U.S. Angling Confederation’s XXI World Ice Fishing Championship will come to Tamarack Lake the weekend of Feb. 14-16.

The last time the Central Montcalm boys basketball team faced off against West Michigan Aviation Academy was last season in a heartbreaking overtime loss for the Hornets.

This year’s meeting saw the same circumstances with a different outcome: A 55-52 overtime win for the Hornets on Monday night.

Spencer Tooker has consistently proven himself to be one of Ionia boys basketball’s top scorers.

Tuesday night’s homestand against Lansing Catholic was no exception.

With fresh faces comes a distribution of roles and responsibilities — and accusations of closed-door conversations — for one local school board following a change in leadership positions.

Montcalm County’s new prosecutor again appeared before the Board of Commissioners with yet another hiring request for this new year.
“We’re still getting our sea legs here and I’m kind of surprised at the volume of cases that we’ve been confronted with,” Prosecutor Tom Ginster said.