For decades the Daily News has used its Dec. 31 edition to review the year’s local news. We’ve generally picked a “story of ...

With 2024 coming to a close, it’s that time of year when, as a journalist, I’m faced with an annual barrage of questions ...

What makes sports so entertaining to watch are the many opportunities that develop before, during and after a game. The ...

Winning the first-ever River Cities Alliance (RCA) title for girls basketball is the number one goal for Greenville right now ...

A state championship appearance for a wrestling team, a state champion in girls cross country, a school record for wins in a ...

New Year's Eve, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 25-year-old man and a 19-year-old man from Mecosta County in connection with the robbery that occurred at Independent Bank in Sand Lake on ...

My favorite stories every year tend to be the “research” stories about people who have been dead for a long time.  I enjoy musty archives and the back rooms of libraries and museums, and I especially ...

From researching a singing cowboy to controversy over high school sports to the meaning of a little-used legal term amid a hotly contested election, plus lots of FOIA and OMA debates …  it’s been ...

The Ionia County Board of Commissioners canceled a special meeting Monday afternoon that had been scheduled for commissioners to review a job description for the interim county administrator position.