Mecosta County News

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.

Jury selection is just the beginning in what's expected to be a six-week trial for a man accused of escaping from the Mecosta County jail.

Jury selection has begun for a Michigan man who served time for murder and police say escaped from prison while awaiting trial in a string of break-ins and other incidents.

Police say a former Baldwin man accused of a 1980 murder in Big Rapids has returned to Michigan to face prosecution.

A six-year-old child is in critical condition after the horse and buggy he was riding in was hit from behind by a car.

The casket containing the body of Dr. George Tiller is taken into the College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan., Saturday.

A 6-year-old boy is listed in critical condition at a Grand Rapids hospital after the horse-drawn buggy in which he was riding was struck from behind by a car.

Hide Video Police believe a driver was distracted when he hit an Amish buggy in Mecosta County, putting a 6 year old boy in critical condition.

A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition today after a car hit a horse-drawn buggy on 155th Avenue north of Five Mile Road, causing the boy to fall onto the pavement.

City officials voted unanimously on Saturday to hire Big Rapids Zoning Administrator Julius Suchy to fill the city's manager position.

May 30, 2009 - 11:41 a.m. EST VASSAR a ' Interviewing of potential City Manager candidates begins today at 9 a.m. at City Hall.

Police in Mecosta County are looking for whoever crudely snapped and twisted 26 young trees on the property of a local school.

Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:31 p.m. For the first time since 1975,A Flint rock legend Mark Farner will perform inA his hometown.A The Grand Funk Railroad alum madeA theA announcement today at a press conference at the new Blackstone's restaurant in downtown Flint.A The performance will happenA in the city's historic Atwood Stadium during ...

Hide Video Spectrum Health and Mecosta County Medical Center are making another step towards working together.

Police in Mecosta County are doggedly searching for a Ferris State bulldog statue stolen from outside a doctor's office.

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

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. US swine flu case rise to 40; agents check borders but Obama says no 'cause for alarm' Read story Kayakers prepare to paddle around Lake Michigan Monday, April 27, 2009 at 9:02 AM The two men practiced in open-waterA over the weekend for their journey Extreme Makeover uses local siding Thursday, April ...

Hide Video Five people were sent to the hospital after a woman's brakes failed in Mecosta County.

Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene after a Mecosta county girl is hit by a car.

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2009 at 11:02 a.m. On Saturday, the two men broke into the front door of the store and stole two cases of Budweiser Beer.