Ionia Sentinel-Standard
IONIA The city of Ionia is applying for a grant to improve the oxidation towers at its Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The Ionia City Council voted unanimously at a special meeting Tuesday, May 25, to authorize an application to the Michigan Community Development Block Grant to improve the oxidation towers at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. The vote was 8-0, with Fourth Ward Councilmember Janice Gustafson absent.
Ionia was eligible to apply for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Water-Related Infrastructure Community Development Block Grant Program, said City Manager Precia Garland. The application deadline is May 31.
Upgrading the oxidation towers at the Ionia Wastewater Treatment Plant was determined as an eligible project activity, Garland said.
Online Spread the Music Festival raises $10,000-plus for Michigan musicians
John Sinkevics
Northern Michigan’s Caroline Barlow described it as “a dream come true.”
More than 200 Michigan artists – live-streaming their sets from stages, living rooms and studios from across the state – created virtual enchantment during the five-day Spread the Music Festival, which wrapped up March 28 with a home-grown set by The Verve Pipe’s Brian Vander Ark.
Hosted for the second year by the Michigan Music Alliance, the online festival drew thousands of viewers from across the globe and raised more than $10,200 in donations for the Michigan Artist Relief Fund, which assists musicians in need.
West Michigan’s Nathan Walton taps ‘American Idol’ experience for new album
John Sinkevics, LocalSpins.com
Byron Center singer and musician Nathan Walton has come a long way since winging it to Hollywood as a wide-eyed “American Idol” contestant back in 2019.
Maneuvering the arduous and emotionally distressing obstacles of a global pandemic over the past year, Walton managed to record a new studio album with a group of West Michigan all-star musicians and already has enough material for a follow-up to “Nathan Walton & The Remedy,” being released Friday (March 5).
“The new album is huge – huge in every way for me,” Walton said of the 13-track album of soul-drenched rock ‘n’ roll recorded at Grand Haven’s Third Coast Recording.