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Mecosta County News

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Wednesday | www.bigrapids.biz | Mecosta News Man

Rogers Heights Family Homeless After Fire

Rogers Heights MI - Mark and Rita Reed sit in front of a small camper that was lent to them by a member of their church as they talk about what they will do now.

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Tue Sep 02, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

U.S. 131 work to start

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking for a temporary injunction to force the city of Flint to immediately stop enforcing a ban on police officers speaking to the media.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI

Sun Aug 31, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Resurfacing work starts Tuesday on U.S. 131 near Howard City

A $1 million milling and resurfacing project covering 3.5 miles of northbound and southbound U.S. 131 starts Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Howard City, MI

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Muskegon Chronicle

Ruling allows more water bottling

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking for a temporary injunction to force the city of Flint to immediately stop enforcing a ban on police officers speaking to the media.

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Related Topix: Big Rapids, MI, Osceola County, MI, ACLU

Wed Aug 27, 2008

State of Michigan

Resurfacing project to begin on US-131 in Montcalm County on Sept. 2

COUNTY: Montcalm HIGHWAY: US-131 CLOSEST CITY: Howard City STARTING DATE: Tuesday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Montcalm County, MI, Howard City, MI

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Run For The Fallen

Hide Video Shoes were laced up to run and walk throughout Mecosta County Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Big Rapids, MI

Mon Aug 25, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

8/25 - Fire Destroys Mecosta County Farm House

Hide Video A farm house is destroyed and there's still no cause for the fire that took it down.

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Related Topix: Stanwood, MI, Mecosta, MI

Sat Aug 23, 2008

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Layoffs at Federal Screw

A Mecosta County auto supplier is forced to trim its workforce. Workers at Federal Screw in Big Rapids were notified this week about a round of layoffs at their company.

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Related Topix: Big Rapids, MI

Thu Aug 21, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Emergency Call Boxes Set Up Along Muskegon River.

A major step in making a dangerous Northern Michigan river, safer. Workers installed four emergency call boxes along the Muskegon river in Big Rapids today.

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Related Topix: Big Rapids, MI

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

Driver dozes at wheel, crashes truck

The man widely credited with directing the Howmet Playhouse's renewed popularity is leaving for a full-time theater teaching job at Muskegon Community College.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Evart, MI

Sun Aug 17, 2008

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Drunk driver falls asleep, hits tree

A drunk driver fell asleep at the wheel, sending his car into a tree. Police say 24-year-old John Gorczewicz from Evart fell asleep at the wheel shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday on 80th Avenue north of 22 Mile ...

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Related Topix: Evart, MI

Tue Aug 12, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Crime Spree: Police Looking For Men in Surveillance Video.

Police think 2 white men and 1 black man in their late teens or early 20's may be connected to a few area crimes.

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Related Topix: Canadian Lakes, MI

Thu Aug 07, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

8/7 - Fire Destroys Two Mecosta County Businesses

A raging fire destroyed two Mecosta County businesses just hours ago. It took ten departments to put out the flames that took out a pizza shop and a dollar store.

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Related Topix: Stanwood, MI, Mackinac Island, MI

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

100 firefighters douse Stanwood blaze

More than 100 firefighters were needed to put out a massive blaze that destroyed a Mecosta County business.

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Related Topix: Stanwood, MI, Fire

Wed Aug 06, 2008

MLive.com

Kent, Mecosta, Muskegon, Ottawa crashes leave two dead, many injured

An injured person is rushed from the scene of a Tuesday evening crash at 120th Avenue and Fillmore Street in Ottawa County.

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Related Topix: Mecosta, MI, Muskegon, MI, Ottawa County, MI

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

24-year-old dies at scene of Northland Drive crash

One person was killed and another was critically injured after a head-on collision in Green Township.

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Related Topix: Reed City, MI, Big Rapids, MI

Thu Jul 31, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Illinois man drowns in Lake Michigan

LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Two people have died in two separate drownings in West Michigan.

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Related Topix: Lake, MI, Allegan County, MI, Big Rapids, MI

WTOM-TV Traverse City

Morley attempted murder sentencing

Monday, July 28, 2008 at 5:36 a.m. A man connected with the attempted murder of a Mecosta County couple is scheduled to be in court Monday to hear his sentence.

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Related Topix: Morley, MI

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

Bystander rescues teen from lake

Construction workers balance on the 30th floor of River House at Bridgewater Place.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Chippewa Lake, MI, Big Rapids, MI

MLive.com

Teen rescued Tuesday from Mecosta County lake dies

A 17-year-old boy who was pulled Tuesday from Chippewa Lake after nearly drowning died today at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.

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Related Topix: Chippewa Lake, MI, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Big Rapids, MI

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