Montcalm County, MI

Three small plane crashes have happened in the last month in West Michigan, including Oceana County, Montcalm County and Van Buren County.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD TV8)-Thanks to the IM Kids 3rd Meal Program, in Ionia and Montcalm County, children are being provided with meals and hope. A new box truck will help transport more meals to children throughout the summer months, and through the school year. >>>Watch in the video player...

As U.S. health officials declared Monkeypox a public health emergency, Michigan reached 71 cases of the virus on Thursday. There is one case in Montcalm County, but local health administrators say it’s only a matter of time before the virus spreads. “Monkeypox is in the same family as smallpox,...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD TV8)- The hunger epidemic is an ongoing issue that many individuals and families continue to face globally, and it is also happening right here in our community. Over the past couple years, food insecurity has grown substantially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but thanks to the IM Kids 3rd Meal Program in Ionia and Montcalm County, children are being provided with meals and hope.

Ryan Eugene Chapman, 47, died Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Montcalm County, Michigan. He was born Nov. 23, 1974. He is survived by his parents, Donald and Phyllis Chapman, Columbia City; two sisters, Lisa (Tony Duehmig) Chapman, Avilla and Mary Jo (Brent Lelonek) Cochran, Payne, Ohio; and girlfriend, Kate Shelley, Michigan.

MONTCALM COUNTY (WWJ) - One pilot in West Michigan was forced to make a runway out of crops on Saturday morning after they experienced an engine malfunction in-flight. State police from Lakeview said the small-crop duster plane pulled off a hard landing in Montcalm County around 10:20 a.m. after the pilot told them the engine had failed.

MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) — Saturday morning at approximately 10:20 a.m., Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched to a bean and wheat field in Montcalm County for reports of a small-crop duster plane crash. Police say an engine failure caused the incident. The pilot was able to do a...

MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. — No one was injured when a small crop duster plane crashed into a Montcalm County field, Michigan State Police at the Lakeview post report.

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 2,782 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 265 fatalities for every 100,000 people. […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV)- The hunger epidemic is an ongoing issue that many individuals and families continue to face globally, and it is also happening right here in our community. Over the past couple years, food insecurity has grown substantially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but thanks to the IM Kids 3rd Meal Program in Ionia and Montcalm County, children are being provided with meals and hope.

To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world. In the Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 290,963 COVID-19 cases […]

GREENVILLE, Mich. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) carried out a warrant at a Montcalm County manufacturing facility Monday. A public affairs officer for the FBI tells FOX 17 the search warrant was executed at Dicastal North America in Greenville but was unable to include more information. FOX...

Isabella County and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), along with Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, and Osceola joined forces in forming a task force to seek out those who prey on youth in our communities. During the task force event, several members of the team began to communicate with dozens of...