Belvidere Township, United States (Local)
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Elisabeth's coverage centers around local news, with a focus on government announcements, legal policy regulation, and evolving stories related to various local topics. She often covers stories about fire departments, township government, and elections in the Montcalm County area.
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By: Elisabeth Waldon
As Winfield Township officials search for new ways to pay for fire protection and road repairs, a technical renewal clause in the township’s fire contract has sparked growing disagreement between local leaders and the Lakeview fire chief. The township board at its May 14 meeting voted 5-0 to approve a resolution of intent to create a special assessment district for levying funds for fire services.
PHOTO GALLERY: Central Montcalm Graduation
By: Elisabeth Waldon
Check out photos and class info from Lakeview High School's commencement ceremony on Thursday.
“Wind is coming,” Trustee David Wight warned residents during a tense Crystal Township Board meeting, as officials consider creating a Planning Commission and implementing zoning in response to a pending multi-township wind turbine project. NextEra Energy, a global energy company, has actively been signing leases since last fall for the “Ionia Wind Energy Center,” a project spanning Montcalm County’s Bloomer and Crystal townships and Ionia County’s North Plains and Ronald townships.
By: Elisabeth Waldon
“In the morning, you will all be taken from here. You will be shot.” Those were the last words Robert Martin heard in English before he and hundreds of Americans began a 200-mile freezing march into Nazi Germany, and captivity. Somewhere among them was Jim Baldwin. Two days earlier, Jim had turned 20 years old. A graduate of Sheridan Agricultural School, he was the youngest soldier in his outfit. Old enough to carry a rifle through France, but too young to buy a beer back home.
By: Elisabeth Waldon
“Why mess with it?” That question from Bloomer Township Clerk Tara Chapko summed up officials’ hesitation over proposed changes to the township’s wind ordinance, even as leaders expressed support for adding protections to solar regulations.
By: Elisabeth Waldon
PHOTO GALLERY: Tri County High School Class of 2026
Nearly a month after a tornado scattered calf hutches across fields and forced Hull’s Dairy Farm to send its surviving cattle to neighboring farms, the cows finally came home. The return of the milk cows on May 13 marked a milestone in the long clean-up process following the April 14 tornado that tore through southeastern Montcalm County, destroying barns, damaging homes and leaving debris strewn across fields and roads.
Residents and church leaders are offering sharply different accounts in an escalating dispute over trespassing, camping activity and property lines on neighboring parcels south of Carson City.
By: Elisabeth Waldon
Nearly one-quarter of the newly graduated class at Montabella High School shares more than a diploma — 12 of the 51 seniors are part of six sibling pairs. The class of 2026 includes a dozen siblings: The Pant twins, the White twins and the McCarthy siblings, as well as the Wymer brothers (whom the Daily News profiled in a feature on May 16), the Houghtons and the Knapps.
