MECOSTA — In the 137-year history of School Section Lake Veteran’s Park, there is much to celebrate — tolerance of ethnic diversity, a commitment to education and a vision for making Mecosta County a tourist destination. And it all started with Isaac and Lucy Berry. Isaac and Lucy Berry purchased the 83 acres that became [...]
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids High School student Chloe Yonker watched from the stands last year as the Michigan High School Rodeo Association queen was crowned. This year, that girl passed the crown to her. “When I was a little girl, I saw a rodeo queen and I wanted to be just like her, so [...]
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids Public Schools board of education approved on Monday the first use of additional revenue generated by a sinking fund voters approved in May. The first priority for the approximate $319,000 each year BRPS now has to spend on building and facility upgrades is to improve the safety of its building [...]
REED CITY — Tim Webster officially became Reed City Area Public Schools’ next superintendent on Monday, when the board of education unanimously approved a two-year contract with him. On June 8, board members selected Webster, who has been principal of Reed City Middle School since 1997, as their choice for superintendent, beating out five other [...]
BIG RAPIDS — About 2,000 new Ferris State University students will get to know the campus a little better this summer through a series of 16 orientation sessions, which began Monday. Incoming freshman Claire Jansa was accompanied by grandparents, younger sister and mother, Liz Jansa, on the 13-hour trip to Ferris from their home in [...]
MORLEY — Morley Stanwood Alternative School would like to recognize its Students of the Month from the second semester of the 2012-13 school year. They are: February — Brittany Stawasz; March — Jack King; April — Chelsea Kirk; and May — Megan Colvin.
MORLEY — Morley Stanwood Middle School would like to honor its Students of the Month from this spring. In March, sixth graders Hailey Cornell and Josh Lenon; seventh graders Lindsey Lenon and Aiden Nelson; and eighth graders Zachary Pritchard and Morgan Traynor were named Students of the Month. April Students of the Month included sixth [...]
After college, Neill returned to Big Rapids to form group This story is part of Voices of Our Community, which is designed to tell you something new about your neighbors. Participants are chosen at random for the interviews, in which we strive to share a portion of their lives with you, the reader. BIG [...]
MECOSTA COUNTY — Although classes have ended, students still can show up at school this summer for free lunches. As part of the federally-funded lunch program, all children 18 and younger can take advantage of free meals throughout the summer. Big Rapids Public Schools will serve summer lunches from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every [...]
BIG RAPIDS — It was nothing short of a miracle that landed Hope House free medical clinic in its new facility — the first time in the clinic’s seven years of existence that it has had a permanent location. In 2006, Hope House free medical clinic began operating one day a week in Trinity Fellowship [...]