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

On Friday, the Portland High School varsity football team traveled to Eaton Rapids to face the Greyhounds for a CAAC White meeting in week seven of the 2025 high school football season.  The Raiders secured a 54-6 win, and improved to 7-0 overall, 6-0 in the CAAC White.   Five different Portland players scored touchdowns in the game.  Senior running back Kayden Dickerson 70 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown, along with 17 yards receiving and one receiving touchdown.  Se

Rebecca Ann Cook, of Portland, age 74, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025. She was born on July 11, 1951 the daughter of Gerald...

The Portland Civic Players are deep in rehearsals for their fall production of Legally Blonde the Musical. A fabulously fun award-winning...