Mecosta News

A settlement announced Tuesday marks the end of a long legal dispute between the producer of Ice Mountain bottled water and an environmental group that fought for years to prevent or reduce the company's withdrawal of groundwater in lower Michigan.

Hide Video Two people riding a motor-cycle are hospitalized in Grand Rapids, after their cycle struck a vehicle that failed to yield to them, according to deputies.

Lows will be in the 40's north and a few lower 50's south. The best chance for strong to severe storms will be south of M-20. We are expecting partly to variably cloudy skies for Tuesday.

LANSING -- Several rural Michigan communities will get loans or grants from the federal stimulus package to buy police vehicles, fire trucks, snow plows and other equipment.

Hide Video A man is recovering in the hospital after his lawnmower flipped on top of him and caught fire in Mecosta County.

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission will decide at its May 7 meeting whether to create two large deer management units that would give hunters greater flexibility to harvest antlerless deer.

Hide Video The Storm Prediction Center/National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 4p.m. for the following counties..... Iosco, Gladwin, Roscommon, Midland, Isabella, Bay, Clare, Osceola, Montcalm, Mecosta, Newaygo, Gratiot.

Hide Video A pickup truck which caused another vehicle to roll over, left the scene of that accident Sunday afternoon.

Gillett, Jodi N. and Michael W., of Jackson, a daughter, Alean Lynn, born March 19, 7 pounds, 14 ounces at Allegiance Health.

WHAT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is hosting an open house-style meeting for the planned rehabilitation of M-20 from the village of Mecosta to the village of Remus in Mecosta County.

Early morning commuters will find varied conditions throughout the region. Hit or miss snow showers have left roadways clear in areas and snow covered in others.

HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON SATURDAY... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT- ...

When 211 people were laid off from Whitehall Industries in December, Michigan Works! West Central requested additional money from the state's No Worker Left Behind program to help them deal with the influx of ...

Highs today will be in the 20s and tonight's lows in the low teens to single digits as eyes turn to the next approaching storm system for Saturday.

The storm that impacted the region on Wednesday produced less rainfall than forecasted.

At 11 a.m. today the stage was 9 feet. Minor flooding is forecast. Flood stage is 12 feet.

WINTER STORM WATCH The National Wather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch in effect from this evening through Tuesday evening for Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ionia, ...

A multistate outbreak of the salmonella typhimurium bacteria includes cases in Bay, Arenac and Tuscola counties.

At least once case of the nationwide outbreak of salmonella has been confirmed in Eaton County.

Sunday, January 04, 2009 at 9:16 p.m. BIG RAPIDS PUBLIC CHIPPEWA HILLS CLARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLARE ST.