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POLICE BLOTTER: Police investigate domestic assault, gas drive-off
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids Department of Public Safety officers responded to the following calls Monday. All calls might not be reported. …
Boy Scout Troop 114 receives anonymous donation
Members of Boy Scout Troop 114 of Big Rapids pose with a surprise donation received on Sunday, Sept. 16. The anonymous donation, purchased …
Homecoming parades, games set
MECOSTA, OSCEOLA COUNTIES — Floats full of students will soon make their way down main streets throughout Mecosta and Osceola counties …
CCA students help with storm damage
Members of Crossroads Charter Academy’s football and soccer teams spent most of Wednesday, Sept. 12, working in Paris Park, helping …
Local Sports
Williams continues to cut times for Big Rapids cross country team
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids senior Logan Williams is bidding to have his best cross country season, and he’s definitely headed in this …
Cardinals’ Williams off to solid start to senior season
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids’ football team comes back home for a Central State Activities Association Gold Division football battle against …
Reed City’s Rohde eyes sub 16-minute times
REED CITY — Calvin Rohde likes the start he’s gotten off to for Reed City’s cross country team. In his junior season with the …
Big Rapids soccer team holds back Reed City 4-2
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids and Reed City went at it for 80 minutes with the Cardinal soccer team emerging Monday with a 4-2 Central State …
Ferris Sports
Ferris State women’s soccer team riding 6-game win streak
CALEDONIA — The Ferris State University women’s soccer team stretched its win streak to six consecutive contests with a 2-1 …
Ferris cross country teams shine
BIG RAPIDS — The Ferris State University men’s and women’s cross country squads took part in one of their biggest competitions of the …
Ferris volleyball takes pair in U.P.
BIG RAPIDS — The 11th-ranked Ferris State University women’s volleyball squad stayed atop the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic …
Ferris State volleyball, football teams move up national rankings
BIG RAPIDS — The Ferris State University women’s volleyball squad has climbed two spots back to #11 in the nation in this week’s …
Lifestyles
GFWC ‘Patchwork of Colors’ Garden Tour set for July 17
Submitted to the Pioneer BIG RAPIDS — Area residents can enjoy a variety of beautiful blooms and restful landscaping without pulling a …
Mark Brejcha: A rose like no other: Local woman was a ‘Rosie the Riveter’ during WWII
By Mark Brejcha Special to the Pioneer When we think about the men and women who were the Greatest Generation, we can’t help but admire …
What can you do to prevent heart disease?
BIG RAPIDS — A person’s heart beating is like breathing — most people simply don’t pay attention to the fact …
Surviving cabin fever: Ideas for adults, children to beat the winter blahs
BIG RAPIDS – It hasn’t been a very typical winter. Frigid, freezing temperatures bluster through the area one week, while …
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Writer urges Mecosta County residents to reconsider solar panel purchases
To the editor: Writer weighs in on border separation issue
Griffith: The right thing for students is to vote yes
From the superintendent’s desk: Operating millage on May 8 ballot
DENNIS BEEMER: MCWC attacks on Nestlé are unfounded