Montcalm County Newspapers

This is a listing of some of the known past and present newspapers in the county. If you know of others, please contact the site administrator. Many newspapers are available at the White Pine Library in Stanton. Digital Michgan Newspapers CMU from Independent Daily News Jan 1, 1927 The Bee (Carson City) 1883-1886 Carson City Gazette 1886-2020 (Now part of Greenville's The Daily News) 211 W. Main P. O. Box 820 Carson City, Michigan 48811 (517) 584-3967 FAX: (517) 584-3591 Serving the Carson City area for over100 years Images courtesy of Sandy Braendle Carson City Record Clipper-Herald (Stanton) Frank Braendle and Arthur Carothers. Image courtesy of Sandy Braendle   The Commercial (Carson City) Coral Enterprise Coral News Crystal Banner Crystal Dispatch Crystal Mail The Daily Bee First published April 18, 1880. The Daily Call Online at Flat River Community Library Greenville Daily News Feb 9, 1927   The Daily News 109 N. Lafayette Greenville, Michigan 48838 (616) 754-9301 FAX: (616) 754-8559 The Daily News also has offices in Belding, Carson City and Stanton. Serving Greenville, Belding, Montcalm County, Northern Ionia County and N. E. Kent County. Online at Flat River Community Library Edmore had three early newspapers; The Edmore Journal, The Edmore Gazette, and the Edmore Times. The first of these was the Edmore Gazette. It began in about 1878. T. W. Harrison both published and owned the newspaper. The newspaper was published weekly and was known as a Democratic paper. The newspaper lasted about 2 years. The Edmore Journal, began in September of 1879. Mr. Dan Youngs was the editor and owner until it was sold to William White in 1883. Mr. White also owned and published the Stanton Clipper. Under the direction of Mr. White, the paper was known politically as a Republican newspaper. The Edmore Journal closed its doors in March of 1908. Mr. White, one of the early owners of The EdmoreJournal, began publication of the third newspaper, the Edmore Times in April of 1901. Fenwick News-Most lost to fire. 1903 is available at the Library of Michigan. If you have anything from this paper, please contact site administrator. Greenville Independent Online at Flat River Community Library Greenville Daily News Greenville Democrat First published June 16, 1871. Howard City News Record Howard City Record Howard Record Independent Daily News Lakeview Area News Lakeview Citizen First published January 21, 1876. Lakeview Enterprise First published July 2, 1879. McBride Review First published December 13, 1893. The Lakeview Enterprise The Lakeview Enterprise was published weekly from 1890 to Oct 2003. A fire in 1894 destroyed all copies until that date. These newspapers are on microfilm at the Tamarack District Library in Lakeview. The Coral News was published from 1897 to 1943 is also on microfilm here. I will do lookups for people and copies are available. I can be contacted by this address. Mary Russell Tamarack District Library 407 Lincoln Avenue PO Box 469 Lakeview, MI 48850 Montcalm County News Montcalm Herald First published September 11, 1867. Montcalm Journal First published September 1875 and lasted about eighteen months. Montcalm Reflector First edition September 19, 1854. Published irregularly for about 2 years. Morphed into Greenville Independent. Record Sheridan Advertister Sheridan Citizen Stanton Clipper-Herald Stanton Daily Meteor First published June 18, 1880. It lasted about three months. Stanton Weekly Clipper-death index Times Enterprise The Record (Carson City) 1881-1882 The Times 304 E. Main Stanton, Michigan 48888 (517) 831-8328 FAX: (517) 831-5063 A monthly newspaper serving Edmore, Blanchard, Cedar Lake, McBride, Millbrook, Six Lakes Vestaburg and rural Stanton.

Contributed Newspaper Articles Articles from the early to mid 1860's were donated for this site by the Flat River Community Library of Greenville, Michigan.