White Cloud News

As students filed into the cafeteria one recent morning at Godwin Heights Middle School, custodian-turned-breakfast-pitchman Jose Rivera welcomed them with food.

An early morning accident claimed the life of a 25-year-old Grant woman. Stacy Lynne Myers was heading north on M-37 near Newaygo when she lost control of her car and slid into the southbound lanes, where she was struck by another car.

Though the May 4 elections may seem a long way off, those wishing to run for local school boards need to get their paperwork completed soon.

Students in the building trades program at Newaygo County's Career Tech Center soon will be working to expand the county's animal shelter.

Editor's note: A jail sentence 'to be served at the court's discretion' generally means jail time is suspended, but will be imposed if the person violates any laws or sentencing conditions within a noted time period.

Despite less money, fewer employees and rising costs, area county road commissions have managed to keep roads clear this winter.

Left to right: Tara Weaver, 17, of Fremont, Asa Bailey, 12, of White Cloud, Kendra Slater, 7, and Kendra's sister, Courtney Slater, 10, of Holton make Christmas decorations as part of the Country Kids 4H Club inside the Slater's Holton home Monday.

The Mears man charged with attacking a co-habitant with a three bladed weapon he had made waived his preliminary court hearing Dec.

Several area high schools - including those in Grand Haven and Spring Lake - have been included in an annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation's "best high schools." The magazine awarded silver medals to Grand Haven and Spring Lake high schools and bronze medals to Shelby, Walkerville, White Cloud and Ludington high schools.

A White Cloud man faces two felony drug charges after police officers from Oceana and Newaygo counties discovered what they are saying was a methamphetamine lab in Oceana's Leavitt Township.

WHITE CLOUD, Mich. Work is underway on a new jail in Newaygo County. Dignitaries including the sheriff broke ground this morning on a $6.4-million jail and sheriff's office expansion project.

The body of a 75-year-old Newaygo County man was discovered in a swampy area Monday by a deer hunter.

Hart played aggressive volleyball but came away with a pair of losses in a triangular competition Thursday at White Cloud.

There was no welcome mat for Warren Martin Culver, the former White Cloud man who in 1997 killed a woman in a psychotic rage, when he settled in the northern Oakland County town of Holly after being freed recently from psychiatric hospitals.

The release of a high-profile ax murderer has created tension in the Holly community and outrage from the victim's family.

The Grand Rapids Press NEWAYGO COUNTY - Shortly after her sister's slaying 12 years ago, Dawn Mourer and her parents met with the Newaygo County prosecutor, who assured them that suspect Warren Martin Culver, a man with a history of mental illness, never would go free.

The family of Marty Bulson, who nearly was decapitated by a shovel-wielding friend, is outraged that her killer, Warren Martin Culver, has been released from a psychiatric hospital.

Students will have affordable and easy access to health care this school year thanks to a new child and adolescent health center on White Cloud Public Schools' campus.

A long-standing Newaygo County business is destroyed following a fire early Friday morning.

A long-standing Newaygo County business is destroyed following a fire early Friday morning.