Barry County News

A shooting took place early Monday in the Orangeville area of Barry County. Transmission from an officer indicated one suspect was in custody and the victim was at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo.

Good morning, it's the beginning of the the 7th week in 2012, and welcome to Kalamazoo Today, your guide to what's happening in Southwest Michgian.

Toni Rugg called 911 after hitting a deer on M-66. The dispatcher who answered was in Calhoun County.

February 10, 2012 - The Michigan Career and Technical Institute in Barry County will be graduating 155 students from throughout the state on Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Michael Terpening is facing multiple sexual assault charges in Barry County. He's accused of molesting boys at a group home he was in charge of.

James Andrew Kohn and People vs. Jason Lee Keiper . In both cases, defense attorney David Gilbert has made motions to strike witness lists and exhibits and to dismiss the cases on the basis of late or incomplete document filings by the prosecutor's office.

State Senator Rick Jones is outraged by a situation in Barry County where one man is suspected of setting up a foster care home for older children to legally have sex with them.

Freeport firefighters extinguish a fire that destroyed a garage and damaged a house in Ionia County on Sunday.

State police say a man upset that his friend dated an ex-girlfriend threatened the friend with a knife before crashing his pickup truck into a car that then hit the friend's mobile home.

Steinman and his wife, Bonnie, have purchased 39 acres in Hickory Corners and will start installing trellises for their crop this spring, followed by planting the perennial vine in mid-May. Hop Head Farms will begin their operation by installing 20-foot poles with cable, similar to grape trellises, on 15 acres of the farm.

A preliminary exam is slated today for a 47-year-old Wayland area man on meth charges.

Potterville Elementary School is dealing with a suspected norovirus outbreak this week that has struck 35 students and teachers, health officials said.

At least one person was taken to a Grand Rapids hospital with serious injuries after a three-car crash involving a roll-over Friday morning in Barry County.

Police say blood on a mattress found in the truck of a 41-year-old Delton man arrested in September belongs to Paul Frederick Atchley.

On hand to provide a quarterly update was Valerie Byrnes, president of the Barry County Economic and Development Alliance and of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce.

17, Hastings High School French and Spanish teacher Vickie Sleevi set off a local and national media maelstrom when she used a cup of tea to stop a fight between two male students.

The Barry County United Way served 90 homeless families in 2011, and their records show 234 homeless individuals in the county last year.

Jordan, 41, a member of the Helping Hands Ministry of Thornapple Valley Church, said he hopes the experiment raises awareness about the increasing numbers of homeless people in Barry County.

Two people were found dead in a home on Nine Mile Road Monday, according to the Barry County Sheriff's Office.

Two young adults are dead in rural Barry County and deputies are unraveling the sad events that led to their deaths.