Byron Center News

Authorities say a medical condition likely caused a man to drive erratically Wednesday on 68th Street in Byron Township, colliding with a vehicle driven by an 87-year-old woman and eventually rear-ending a vehicle with two adults and a child inside.

Krag Sanford, the 59-year-old former Saranac High School teacher who police say had a sexual relationship with a student, told detectives it started with "fatherly love." Details of Sanford's conversation with Ionia County sheriff's detectives in the days after they were notified of a possible inappropriate student-teacher relationship are ... (more)

The Patriot Guard salutes as the body of Staff Sgt. Joseph Weems is unloaded from the hearse and taken inside Cook Funeral Home on Monday evening.

A 24-year-old Air Force staff sergeant from Byron Center died Monday in Germany in a bicycle-train crash.

A former Saranac Schools teacher allegedly admitted to police a year ago that he'd had sex with a student, a judge indicated today.

The former superintendent of Saranac Schools made references in October 2010 to trying to keep public information quiet about Krag Sanford -- the former teacher now accused of having sex with a student.

Five Byron Center area teens are in trouble after a simple traffic stop for speeding led to police finding marijuana and alcohol inside a vehicle.