Brooklyn News

The Columbia Township board unanimously voted Monday to adopt a resolution amending the 2007 Heart of the Lakes Recreation Plan, following similar action by the Napoleon Township Board earlier this month.

Complete list of obituaries BIRTHS Berkeypile, Jenae J. and Thorpe, Eric J., of Brooklyn, a son, Hunter Ian Thorpe, born on Dec.

Dr. Gordon Fish , D.V.M., has been elected chairman of the board of directors of OSB Community Bank in Brooklyn.

Napoleon Township police are trying to locate the driver and vehicle involved in a Sunday crash that injured a 20-year-old Onsted man.

A car chase ended with a foot race in Jackson County Sunday. Napoleon Township Officer Mark Kortz says he saw a 1985 Chevy Monte Carlo turn onto Napoleon Road at M-50. When the suspect saw the officer, he tried to lose him.

The Lakeview wrestling team was split up on Saturday, with one half competing at the Grandville Challenge Individual Invite and the rest competing in a dual at Brooklyn Columbia Central.

A 35-year-old man with a last-known address in Jerome and three outstanding arrest warrants faces a charge of fleeing and eluding police after he led a Napoleon Township officer on a chase Sunday.

LANSING - State Representative Mike Simpson is reminding area residents that food drives would be taking place throughout the community during December and encourages residents to give back this holiday season.

BROOKLYN, Mich. - Both area girl's cross country teams qualified for the state finals at Michigan International Speedway on Nov.

On April Fool's Day in 1999, Dale Cryderman was diagnosed with cancer. Despite the irony, it wasn't a joke and he began fighting the disease.

Deaths Complete list of obituaries Births Calhoun, Elizabeth and Nathan, of Clark Lake, a son, Lukas James, born Oct.

Left of Center Theater Company has canceled the opening weekend of its production of ``The Late Henry Moss'' while it resolves issues to bring its new venue, Art's Theater in Brooklyn, up to code.

A smaller-than-usual group of 14 wheelchair and handcycle racers rolled through Sunday's new course to continue a Free Press tradition of barrier-free marathons.

Going from one booth to another, seeing all of the handy work put into the wonderful hand crafted items at a local Arts and Crafts Show is exciting.

A former loan processor at OSB Community Bank in Brooklyn is going to jail for eight days and will spend a year and a half on probation for stealing more than $20,000 from the bank.

For real family centered events, be sure to attend St. Matthew Lutheran Church's Harvest Party, Walker Tavern's Victorian Halloween, and Scary Night Halloween at Ella Sharp Museum.

While much of the rest of the community slept nights this week, a small army of cast and crew has been pulling all-nighters to create a good portion of 10 West Studios' third film so far, turning Manistee into a backdrop for motion pictures.

A new camera store and photo studio is now open in Jackson. Picture This ... Jackson recently opened its doors.

It was one of those things that, as in the Don Henley song, you didn't want to hear, but you knew that it would come on Friday.

A car accident leaves a mid-Michigan woman in critical condition. It happened Wednesday night just after 5 in Jackson County on Springbrook Road at Hatch Road.