28th Annual Pioneer Track & Field Championships
GREEN TOWNSHIP — The weather might not have been ideal, but Janet Clark liked what she saw during the first Stone Hatchery Park market day on Thursday. The Green Township clerk and one of the organizers for the market, estimated that 100 to 150 people stopped by the market, held at the recently renovated former [...]
BIG RAPIDS — Three people were injured in a car accident on Wednesday after a tire broke off their car and struck an oncoming car. Mecosta County Sheriff’s deputies were called at 3:56 p.m. to the accident scene on Northland Drive and 18 Mile Road in Big Rapids. Investigation revealed that 26-year-old Danavan Gable, of [...]
BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids Department of Public Safety officers responded to the following calls Wednesday. All calls might not be reported. Assault was reported at 8:55 a.m. on the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue. A break-in was reported at 12:14 p.m. on the 300 block of South Stewart Street. Malicious destruction of property [...]
MECOSTA COUNTY — The following is a list of Memorial Day events planned for this weekend in Mecosta and Osceola counties. Saturday — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Old Jail yard sale will raise funds for the Big Rapids Historic Preservation Commission and Garden Club. Donations will be accepted. Call (231) 796-3981 for more information. [...]
BIG RAPIDS — The Mecosta County Community Foundation presented the recipients of its spring grant round this week at Chemical Bank in downtown Big Rapids. Thirteen organizations received a total of $17,010 from the foundation. Those funds will go toward various programs targeted toward helping persons in and around Mecosta County. The recipients of spring [...]
Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolphsaid: “Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case.” The issue he raised but could [...]
“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” — Billy Joel Quite frankly, we are excited. The downtown Big Rapids Pocket Park concert series has kicked off another season. For Big Rapids area residents, [...]
HUGE SUPPORT: The Manistee Community Kitchen is raising funds to turn the Manistee Iron Works building into a teaching restaurant. A surge in donations on Tuesday put the Manistee Community Kitchen’s Kickstarter campaign over its $12,000 goal. “My gratitude goes out to the community, which is really coming together behind (the Iron Works Cafe),” said Al Frye, [...]
