Ionia News

IONIA, Mich. -- The manager of a multi-state glider contest says the competing pilots will decide Wednesday if the event will contunue in the wake of a deadly crash.

A fatal glider crash today near the Ionia County Airport happened as a glider competition is ongoing at the facility.

The House Corrections bill calls for closing the 135 year old prison. A conference committee meets next week to settle differences.

Youth oppression is otherwise known as discrimination against young individual. A zero tolerance policy is defined as a policy of punishing any infraction of any rule such as possession of a banned item and for most academic institutions; the policies tend to focus on the possession of certain weapons and drugs.

Imagine being in a meeting to discuss food. Eating food. And then traveling all over Michigan to determine the state's "best"! Many of the state's entertainment writers and editors for MLive.com gathered in Lansing to determine our next project.

A search is on for an Ionia County jail inmate who walked off the job at a work release program.

Ionia High School and Rather Elementary are on lockdown today after a work crew inmate from the Ionia County Jail walked away from the crew.

State police have arrested a 53-year-old Muir man on allegations of possessing child pornography that involved investigations in four states.

Michigan State Police have recovered a walker, stolen from an elderly shopper, after numerous tips from the public.

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

Police have arrested a Detroit area motorcyclist in connection with a high-speed chase in April that led to a Ionia County sheriff's deputy's crash and minor injuries.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF PORTLAND TO 9 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.