BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids Department of Public Safety officers responded to the following calls Thursday and Friday. All calls might not be reported. Thursday Police took a stalking complaint at 12:44 p.m. on the 1800 block of Milton Avenue Police were called about children playing in the river at 5:04 p.m. on the 300 […]
MORLEY — A Morley man faces to felony charges after assaulting an officer during an arrest on Thursday. Mecosta County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Morley residence regarding a missing person at 9 a.m. on Thursday. Arnulfo Ortiz, 28, had left his home with an apparent self-inflicted knife wound. Deputies used the Mecosta County K-9 to […]
A 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year job that requires back-breaking labor, sleep deprivation and constantly tending to the needs of another human being, all while earning a net salary of $0 annually. In this context, it seems obvious that we’re talking about parents, or more specifically, mothers. But relabeled as “manager of operations” in a classified job listing, […]
Hippity hoppity, Easter’s on its way! If your family is looking for an Easter egg hunt to attend with the children, here’s a list of a few scheduled in Mecosta and Osceola counties. MECOSTA COUNTY BIG RAPIDS — The Mecosta County Community Easter Egg Hunt will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Roben-Hood Airport […]
MECOSTA COUNTY — The Muskegon River threatens to spill into the yards of some Mecosta County residents on Tuesday, when the National Weather Service expects the river to crest. The county is under a flood warning until 10 p.m. Tuesday. Until then, Mecosta County Emergency Management Director Scott Schroeder is asking residents to be prepared. […]
Storms that blew into Mecosta County on April 12, 2014, left widespread damage across the county and within the City of Big Rapids. After the roof blew off Simonds Industries, it skipped across and came to rest on the roof of the Big Rapids Water Treatment Plant, causing damages estimated to cost hundreds of thousands […]
MECOSTA COUNTY — With many Mecosta County roads flooded or washed out, the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office has released a list of road closures. Drivers will encounter ‘Road Closed’ signs at intersections ahead of where roads are too dangerous to travel. Those signs must be observed, and drivers who violate them are subject to law […]
It felt really, really good to rock my baby/big girl to sleep last Sunday while chatting with her grandma and great-aunt Mimi. Moments earlier, she was bringing me my boots, shoving them against my shins and insisting I put them on — the signal for “let’s go, Mumma, I’ve had enough and I’d like to […]
BIG RAPIDS — Seeing is believing, and Gov. Rick Snyder believes what he sees at Ferris State University is going to change the course of Michigan’s future. Snyder visited Ferris on Thursday to tour the university’s welding and information security and intelligence programs, two specialized fields he’s prioritizing as he sets the state’s budget. “Career […]
BIG RAPIDS — As Shane Engstrom eyed the icy waters of the Muskegon River on Wednesday, he had one thought about his inevitable jump in. “This should be interesting,” he said aloud as he kicked off his boots and his friends readied their cell phones to document the leap. Engstrom works as the maintenance foreman […]
When you finally achieve “big kid” status, there’s no going back. It’s fascinating, actually, how soon babies seek their own independence and begin to distance themselves from their babyhood. At 18 months, we’re witnessing our daughter’s growing confidence and self-assurance that she can do things on her own. She can open the refrigerator or feed […]
Worry about your own dang family. I’d like to think my system of beliefs couldn’t be distilled into a sentence short and concise enough to fit on a bumper sticker, but I was proven wrong last Sunday when we passed an SUV bearing a sticker trumpeting the sentiment above. (Actually, the sticker I saw contained […]