Portland News

The Township Board is expected to take up a measure that would allow residents in non-rural areas to keep up to six chickens in backyard enclosures, as long as they obtain a permit and comply with certain restrictions.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Ionia County Community Foundation, the Portland District Library still has paperback copies of this year's book 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins available for patrons.

The deadline for graduating seniors to apply for financial aid via the FAFSA is fast approaching.

Seven-year-old Keaden Sturdivant didn't much like the taste of the red tablet, but he chewed it as... We've all grabbed a candy bar or an extra box of something we don't need at the supermarket.

The marriage of Brittanie Ilene Curns and Jeffery Joseph dygert will be celebrated on May 19, 2012 at the Portland Conservation Club.

The future of the Ionia County Planning Commission was questioned by the county's Board of Commissioners last week.

The Portland Community Arts Council is finalizing plans for its annual Winter Ball, to be held on Feb.

The year that Leroy MacKlem lost his veterans disability compensation for a bad hip, gasoline cost 27 cents a gallon, a New York Yankees shortstop named Rizzuto was the American League's most valuable player and President Harry S. Truman ordered production of the hydrogen bomb.

Dwight Howard caught the ball next to the basket and looked as if he was going up for another dunk... Earlier last week the forecast for the weekend ahead was looking good.

The Portland Running Club held its annual Winter Run 5k race at Portland High School to benefit the Portland High School Cross Country program.

The week of Jan. 29 through Feb. 4 is designated as Catholic Schools Week. This is the time of year we celebrate our own Catholic school here in Portland and Catholic schools throughout the United States.

The renovation to Portland's wastewater treatment plant is still moving on schedule and is on target for meeting its scheduled completion dates.

Students will be presented with juris doctor and master of law degrees Saturday when they graduate as part of Thomas M. Cooley Law School's 109th class.

The Ionia County Road Commission began 2012 with a budget that is very similar to its budget from last year.

The Portland Community Arts Council will hold its annual "Portland Plunge" fundraiser on Saturday, Jan.

The Portland Area Chamber of Commerce has announced Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley as the keynote speaker for its Annual Dinner, which is scheduled for Thursday, Jan.