Alto News

Several fire departments were activated within nearly an hour Saturday night as two large fires swallowed houses in Kent County.

Kent County Veterans Honor Guard commander Michael Burri, a U.S. Army veteran, stands in the cookhouse he designed and built for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Michael Burri's career as a builder occasionally has him in a hard hat, but equally important to him is the cap that goes with his uniform as commander of the Kent County Veterans' Honor ...

Local veterans will share their stories during "Vietnam Part II" at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lowell Performing Arts Center, 11700 Vergennes Road NE.

Police are withholding the identity of a driver who was killed when his car struck a tree at the intersection of Alden Nash Avenue and 92nd Street near Alto.

The University of Michigan has developed an organ matching software program that offers new hope to patients needing a kidney transplant.

They're used to putting out fires that destroy buildings, but Saturday, fire fighters with the Belding, Orleans, Alto, Freeport and Clarksville departments came together to build and it was all for one of their own.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug 22, 2009 -- Saskatoon Golf Club, located in Alto MI, has selected Manage My Pro Shop to drive their online marketing and communications.

A Kent County man and his young daughter are recovering from serious burns after a brush fire accident.

Times are tough for the family that started the Swisslane Dairy Farm nearly a century ago, because of falling milk prices.