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Big Rapids News

Local news for Big Rapids, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | WWUP-TV Cadillac

8/27 - Tanker Plows Into Two Trucks, Causing Extensive Damage.

Police say a water tanker plowed into two trucks in front of it at a busy Big Rapids intersection.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster

Wed Aug 27, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

8/27 - Bad Accident on Busy Intersection in Big Rapids

There is a bad accident on the intersection of Maple and State Street in Big Rapids.

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Mon Aug 25, 2008

MLive.com

Aero Med to station helicopter in Big Rapids to improve response time up north

Aero Med is stationing a medical helicopter at Big Rapids' Roben-Hood Airport 12 hours a day to give it a quicker response time to calls in northern Michigan, Aero Med Medical Director Ralph Rogers said.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Allegan County, MI

Sun Aug 24, 2008

Northern Michigan News

Running to remember

Find out how one military family and community are planning to remember a fallen soldier.

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Fri Aug 22, 2008

Oakland Press

Detroit mayor arraigned in assault case

A prosecutor has offered a plea deal to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in his assault case, saying during a court hearing that one of two charges would be dropped if the mayor resigns next month.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI

Thu Aug 21, 2008

WTOM-TV Traverse City

Safety improvements made to park

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 5:58 p.m. "On May 26th of 2006 we lost two girls in the river here.

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Tue Aug 19, 2008

Deseret Morning News

Sederburg to take reins on Monday

Taking on a new and larger role in the delivery of higher education in Utah has Commissioner William A. Sederburg excited.

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Related Topix: Ferris State University

Sun Aug 17, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Englehart: 'We really do have a voice'

Jeanne Englehart, president of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. The journey to a policy conference in western Michigan began many years ago.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Kalamazoo College, Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI

Fri Aug 15, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

Ferris State president, Eisler, gets $49,233 raise

Ferris State president, Eisler, gets $49,233 raise By Nardy Baeza Bickel BIG RAPIDS -- Just last year, Ferris State University President David Eisler was an embattled leader facing a no-confidence vote by ...

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Related Topix: Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Grand Haven, MI

Tue Aug 12, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

8/12 - Checking Out? Problems Abound for Big Rapids Library

A special committee formed to investigate the future of the Big Rapids Public Library decided Tuesday night to look into building a new facility near downtown.

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Lansing State Journal

Candidates sought for open school seat

WILLIAMSTON - Candidates will have the next two weeks to submit their interest for filling the unexpired term of a Williamston Community Schools Board of Education member.

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Related Topix: Williamston, MI

Sun Aug 10, 2008

Holland Sentinel

Kenneth Korhorn, 41

SSG Kenneth Eugene Korhorn, 41, of Elgin, IL formerly of Big Rapids, MI, passed away suddenly at Porter County Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack while traveling from Michigan to Illinois.

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Related Topix: Hope College, US National Guard, US Military, East Leroy, MI

Fri Aug 08, 2008

Michiguide.com

Sales and Transactions: Week of July 18, 2008

Great Lakes Community Broadcasting was still listed as the owner of the translator in the FCC database however a sale to MacDonald Garber Broadcasting was approved earlier in the year.

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Related Topix: Menominee County, MI

Wed Aug 06, 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: Mecosta County, MI, Reed City, MI

Mon Aug 04, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Dunegrass Festival Kicks Off In Empire

Hide Video 16 years of celebrating grass roots music continues at a Northern Michigan festival.

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Related Topix: Empire, MI, Leelanau County, MI

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Bay City Times

Michigan Bennigan's restaurants could survive as chain files for bankruptcy

Restaurant chains Bennigan's and Steak & Ale have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and stores owned by its parent company will shut their doors, but one Bennigan's in Grand Rapids and a number of ...

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Related Topix: Walker, MI, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor Metro, Detroit Metro, Lansing, 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, Mecosta County, 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, Mecosta County, MI

Grand Rapids Press

Big Rapids teenager nearly drowns in Chippeaw Lake

A Big Rapids teenager was in critical condition at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital tonight after nearly drowning in Chippewa Lake about 4 p.m, police said.

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

Grand Rapids Press

Big Rapids teenager nearly drowns in Chippeaw Lake

A Big Rapids teenager was in critical condition at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital tonight after nearly drowning in Chippewa Lake about 4 p.m, police said.

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

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