The state Treasury Department has questions for Montcalm Township and is coming to get answers. The township received a letter from the state on Sept. 27 giving the township a month to develop an action plan for resolving problems with the township’s audit prepared by Berthiaume and Co. of Saginaw.

Select students at Greenville Public Schools will receive new high-tech learning tools in November as part of a new pilot project.

The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners recognized Virginia Wood on her retirement from the Ionia-Montcalm Department of Human Services (DHS) Board after 42 years of service.

GREENVILLE — Eight larcenies have been reported in Greenville since Friday.

The new garage at the Stanton Department of Public Works is near completion.
Work started in June on a new centralized DPW. The $299,000 project is set to be complete in November.

CARSON CITY — Road work has begun in downtown Carson City to correct surface irregularities and restore structural integrity to the pavement.

Alice Hoitinga was 20 years old and married just one year when she decided to help her community. A local 4-H horse leader where she was living in Allegan County retired in 1961, so Hoitinga stepped in to help. She continued her passion when she moved to the Vestaburg area with her husband, Tony. Fifty years later she’s still going strong.

The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners is reconsidering operating Animal Control with only two officers. Former Animal Control Director Patricia Lentz’s position was eliminated Sept. 26 as part of $1.3 million in county budget cuts.

The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners had a change of heart Monday, giving Yvonne Niswonger her job back in the Equalization Department – at least temporarily The commissioners voted unanimously to reinstate Niswonger to her assessment roll specialist job for 24 hours per week for eight weeks beginning Oct. 31. Her position will cost the county about $3,600. Niswonger was laid off Sept. 26 as part of $1.3 million in Montcalm County budget cuts.

State Sen. Judy Emmons was one of four Senate Economic Development Committee members to receive campaign funding from the company opposing a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.