Members of Belding City Council officially adopted a balanced budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year during Tuesday night’s Belding City Council meeting. After being first proposed in April and having gone through several revisions, the final version of the budget was presented to council members by City Manager Randy DeBruine Tuesday night and voted through by council members with a 5-0 vote.

Members of Belding City Council officially adopted a balanced budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year during Tuesday night’s Belding City Council meeting. After being first proposed in April and having gone through several revisions, the final version of the budget was presented to council members by City Manager Randy DeBruine Tuesday night and voted through by council members with a 5-0 vote.

The 8th Judicial Circuit Court’s drug court is going strong in Ionia and Montcalm counties. Judge Suzanne Hoseth Kreeger obtained a $20,000 one-year planning grant from the Michigan Supreme Court in the fall of 2010. The grant allowed Kreeger to hire Kristi Jeffrey to coordinate drug court. When the grant ex-pired, Jeffrey continued to donate her time.

As of June 1, Grattan Township will be without a zoning enforcement officer, and members of the Grattan Township Board are hoping someone who is qualified will come forward and fill the position. Current Zoning Enforcement Officer Al Darzniak is resigning from the position and after Monday night’s monthly township board meeting, board members decided the position needed to be filled by someone “out of house.”

A stiff wind that was blowing around Candlestone Golf and Resort didn’t help Belding’s golf team beat Lowell. The Red Arrows shot a team score of 165 to the Redskins’ 190 at Candlestone Tuesday.

A stiff wind that was blowing around Candlestone Golf and Resort didn’t help Belding’s golf team beat Lowell. The Red Arrows shot a team score of 165 to the Redskins’ 190 at Candlestone Tuesday.

The Belding Redskins and Greenville Yellow Jackets met for more than just a couple of softball games on Monday. Monday was “Strike Out Cancer” night, a fundraiser for the B Foundation in Belding. Shirt sales from both teams went to the foundation, which was started last year.

Belding’s track teams were the host for the O-K Blue Conference track meet Friday, but the stars were Sparta and Cedar Springs. The Spartans were the top boys team in the conference while the Red Hawk girls were tops on their side.