Income qualified customers may now be eligible for payment assistance.   Michigan’s winter is coming, and Consumers Energy stands ready to assist customers who may need extra help paying their heating bills this season. Several of the energy provider’s agency partners have started accepting applications through the Consumers Affordable Resource for Energy (CARE) program. The Consumers Energy program is funded through the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund (LIEAF), a surcharge

The Portland Girls and Boys Cross Country teams were back in action this week at the highly anticipated Greater Lansing Cross Country Championship, held at Ledge Meadows Golf Course. With 38 schools competing and hundreds of runners in attendance, the meet served as both a competitive test and a welcome change in weather. After weeks of running in heat, the cooler temperatures provided ideal racing conditions, helping some Portland athletes achieve Season Records (SRs) and Pe

Portland Township recycling will take place on Saturday, October 25 th  and Sunday, October 26 th (always the 4th Saturday) from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm or until the bins are full. Please break down all cardboard boxes. Recycling is located at 1 Industrial Drive, next to Municipal Supply, and is open only to Portland Township residents.

Phyllis T Beard, November 1, 1928 – October 10, 2025  Phyllis Beard, 96, of Portland, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2025.  After a faithful 27-year wait, she is finally reunited with her beloved husband Jack. Her daughter, Jacklyn, also preceded her in death in 2021.  Mrs. Beard leaves behind her two sons, Michael (Carole) of Portland and Dennis (Bill) of Grand Rapids.  Phyllis was a proud grandmother of one grandson, Darryl (Anna) of Illinois and three granddaughters

Bertha Linda Smith, of Portland, passed away on October 9, 2025 at the age of 95. Arrangements are entrusted to Lehman Funeral Homes. Online condolences may be made at www.lehmanfuneralhomes.com .

Mike Rodewald, a McDonald’s Owner/Operator serving several Michigan communities, has been honored with the esteemed Ronald Award, one of the highest accolades presented by McDonald’s Corporation. The award was presented on October 9 during a celebration at McDonald’s global headquarters in Chicago. The Ronald Award is one of the highest honors given to McDonald's Owner/Operators. It is awarded to the top 1 percent of McDonald’s Owner/Operators across the country who have made

The City of Portland has announced a planned power outage on Saturday, November 1st at 11:00 PM, and expected to conclude by Sunday, November 2nd at 8:00 AM. Per a city announcement, the scheduled power outage is required to complete work on the new Grant Street Substation, scheduled to begin operation in Spring 2026. During this time, Consumers Energy will be installing and connecting new 46 kV power lines from their existing system to poles that will serve the City's new s

Ionia County novelist Tom Huggler’s new historical fiction has just been released. THE WOMAN SHE LEFT BEHIND is the untold, true story of a Sunfield farm widow who left three children with her hired man to enter a Civil War battle zone in search of her dying son.     Traveling alone into the heart of darkness, Rachel Barnum’s journey to Missouri in the spring of 1862 is either a hero’s odyssey or a fool’s errand. She needs to find Dwight, a 19-year-old soldier with Michigan’s

At the Saranac Color Run cross country invitational Tuesday 10/7/25, the Portland St Patrick girls team was led by Marian Davlin earning a medal, finishing in12th place with a time of 22:08, a 16 second season best, Lilly Anthony finished in 46th place with a time of 29:38 a whopping 1 minute 26 second season best, Emma Martin finished in 49 th  place with a time of 31:52.    In possibly another school history first, or at least the first time in 60 years the Portland St Patr

The Portland St. Patrick Shamrocks travelled to Grand Rapids for a football showdown with the Wyoming Godfrey-Lee Legends. From start to finish, the Shamrocks were too fast and they ran away with the game, winning 56-0.  In the first quarter, Brady Leonard took the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown. He followed that up in the next series with a 21 yard touchdown run. Jerryd Scheurer followed that up on the next series with a 6 yard touchdown run. Brody Beckhold made al