An estimated 400 workers will be laid off by a poultry ranch that operates several mid-Michigan farms due to a bird flu outbreak.

Meat processor Darin Wilbur, 55, from Saranac, has pled guilty to one count of employing a 17-year-old in a dangerous profession after an on-the-job accident resulted in the minor losing his hand in a meat grinder.

SARANAC, Mich. A sheriffs department says a hunter was badly wounded in western Michigan when he was accidentally shot by his brother. The shooting happened Saturday in a rural area near the Ionia County village of Saranac. Officials say the 28-year-old Lowell man was taken by helicopter from the scene to a Grand Rapids hospital in serious but stable condition. The sheriffs department says the brothers were looking in dense corn for a deer they had shot and became separated. He soon realized he had shot his brother and called 911.

SARANAC, Mich. - Officials say a western Michigan boy who died after collapsing during football practice had a heart condition. The Saranac Community Schools 7th-grader collapsed Wednesday evening during a non-contact drill and died hours later at a hospital. Read more: Michigan boy who died after football practice had heart conditionStart says the investigation continues but there were no signs of trauma or infection. An obituary posted online by Lake Funeral Homes says 12-year-old Skylar enjoyed football, fishing and camping, and was an avid fan of the University of Michigan. The schools' Facebook page says a funeral is planned Wednesday at Saranac Junior/Senior High School.

SARANAC, Mich. - Officials say a western Michigan boy who died after collapsing during football practice had a heart condition. The Saranac Community Schools 7th-grader collapsed Wednesday evening during a non-contact drill and died hours later at a hospital. An obituary posted online by Lake Funeral Homes says 12-year-old Skylar enjoyed football, fishing and camping, and was an avid fan of the University of Michigan. Saranac Community Schools Superintendent Jason Smith released the following statement:With a heavy heart Saranac Community Schools is mourning the loss of one of our very own 7th graders. The student passed away late last night at the hospital, after a medical emergency during the Saranac Community Youth Football practice.

SARANAC, Mich. - Officials say a 13-year-old western Michigan boy who collapsed during football practice has died at a hospital. The boy, identified as a Saranac Community Schools 7th grader Skylar Lasby, collapsed Wednesday during a non-contact drill and was flown to a hospital. Both school and hospital officials say Lasby died hours later. Saranac Community Schools Superintendent Jason Smith released the following statement:With a heavy heart Saranac Community Schools is mourning the loss of one of our very own 7th graders. The student passed away late last night at the hospital, after a medical emergency during the Saranac Community Youth Football practice.

SARANAC, Mich. - A man convicted of drunken driving in western Michigan has won an appeal after it turned out that he was under the speed limit when stopped by police, not over it. Anthony Owen was told he was going 43 mph (69 kph) in a 25 mph (40 kph) zone in Saranac in Ionia County. But attorney Ed Sternisha argued that the speed limit actually was 55 mph (88.5 kph) by default because there was no sign on southbound Parsonage Road. The Michigan appeals court agreed, saying the traffic stop by a sheriffs deputy in 2015 was illegal. The court says a reasonably competent officer should have known that he couldnt stop Owen for speeding.