Bellevue News

Nelson Navarro-Valdes and Deanna Boughner of Lansing announce the birth of their son Alessandro Jorge.

Local business corePHP, located in downtown Battle Creek, has announced a doubling of its company growth since opening its doors in 2007.

Two of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over Nashville's new school rezoning plan say the school district misled them about the schools their children would attend this year under the new plan.

Bellevue Middle School and High School art teacher Steve Lucke was among four finalists for the 2010 Iowa Teacher of the Year Award.

Bellevue Community Schools is planning to close for the rest of the week. All classes, including Little Broncos day care, preschool and all athletic events have been canceled due to a high rate of absences.

Dogs dressed as pirates, pumpkins, a dinosaur and more on Sunday showed that Halloween treats are sometimes covered in fur.

A Bellevue Township man was charged for the work of 13 firefighters last July, though only two firefighters showed up to check on a brush fire he'd already doused.

Each weekend in October the Kiwanis Club of Battle Creek opens the gates on their property in Convis Township so the public will have the opportunity to view Michigan's tallest bird.

My motto as a chamber music player and fiddler has always been, 'One gig can lead to another.' Some years ago, for example, I interviewed Battle Creek's talented accordionist and singer Ellery Rose for a feature story in the Enquirer.

18 at Binder Park Golf Course. It was a beautiful day, perfect in every way. All proceeds went to Battle Creek Health System to support the Orthopaedic Renewal Center Gym and the Emergency Department Mobile X-ray System.

On Nov. 2 the Bellevue Good Samaritan organization will hold its 9th annual ThanksFORgiving turkey dinner at the newly remodeled Bellevue Elementary School on West Capital Avenue.

Plainwell 11-year-old Reiss Hozak shrieked with delight and trotted, expensive Nikon camera around his neck, to the table where perched a sleek-looking, sharp-beaked falcon.

The Pennfield Performing Arts Center will host "Voices from Darfur: A first-hand account of the Darfur genocide" from 7 to 8 p.m. Oct.

Thousands of Sandhill Cranes are beginning a winter migration from Calhoun County to Georgia and Florida and people are migrating this weekend to see them.

* Bellevue Community School Board, Bellevue Township Board and Bellevue Village Council, 7 p.m., Bellevue Elementary School, 904 W. Capital Ave.

A cancellation stamp commemorating the 15th anniversary of CraneFest has been created by the U. S. Postal Service for use by the Bellevue Post Office.

VERMONTVILLE - Cora Foley bred dogs for 20 years before ever laying eyes on an alpaca.

Nineteen Olivet College students and two staff members recently spent a weekend constructing a home for a low-income family near Pittsburgh, Pa.

On September 26 and 27, alpaca breeders from across the United States and Canada will invite the public to come to their farm or ranch to meet their alpacas and learn more about these inquisitive, unique animals.

In Michigan, where the state Department of Agriculture experienced a loss in funding in 2009 to help make up for a $1.8 billion budget deficit, news of a farm recession hits close to home.