Newaygo News

After state troopers across the state voted against taking furloughs in an attempt to save jobs, 100 troopers are now off duty.

Friends Molly Duffy, 19, of Norman, Okla., Kaitlyn Rabach, 15, of Muskegon and Andrea Partenio, 15, of Muskegon, left to right, cheer for Jason Aldean as he performs at 2009 Summer Celebration last Monday night.

In West Michigan 17 troopers were cut. Most layoffs occurred in Newaygo where 4 troopers were let go.

The regional service that helps potential entrepreneurs develop their start-up businesses is ready to crank out its graduates more quickly.

The Department of Natural Resources' Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program is offering a Fly Fishing Workshop July 24-26 at Cronk's Oakridge Motel and Restaurant in Newaygo.

The Michigan Department of Enviromental Quality is declaring Wednesday a 'Clean Air Action Day.' The DEQ is anticipating an elevated level of ozone.

A motorcycle rider was killed and a passenger injured Saturday evening in Newaygo County.

The owner of a Grand Rapids apartment complex says he just ran out of money after the gas was shut-off last week at his property for two days.

Camp Newaygo has a long history of re-inventing itself. The 101-acre former Grand Rapids YWCA summer camp is entering another chapter, reopening as a year-round facility after a $2.5 million renovation and expansion of Lang Lodge.

Margery Guest and Susan Ledy walk on the boardwalk along the Loda Lake Wildflower Trail in the Huron-Manistee National Forest.

June 3, 2009 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation has completed construction of a $100,000 carpool lot project on M-120 just south of M-82 where the three counties of Muskegon, Newaygo, and Oceana meet.

Firefighters are working to put out a wildfire that has spread to 10 acres in Newaygo County.

Nearly $7.4 million in federal stimulus money is headed to Michigan for forest projects.

Piece by piece, the new downtown Muskegon is taking shape as another part of the redevelopment puzzle is coming in the form of a Subway sandwich shop.

They say an elephant never forgets. Buchanan Elementary students will probably never forget an elephant came to their school.

A favorite of artists throughout West Michigan, the festival 2009 Regional Arts Competition is now offering application forms and entry information online.

State Police posts will lose as many as five troopers from their operations as the department gives up their 100 least senior officers on June 28th.

Troopers from Michigan State Police posts in Grand Haven, Hart and Newaygo will be directly affected by the 100-trooper layoff announced this week.

The Michigan State Police today released information on which posts will be affected by the laying off of 100 troopers that was included in the state's budget cuts.

Building inspection for Newfield Township won't be through Oceana County starting later this summer.