Big Rapids News

A New Era man died at the hospital on Sunday after rolling his off-road vehicle with two others on board, police said.

"Medical marijuana dispensaries receive intense scrutiny and enjoy the spotlight of public debate while Methamphetamine continues to eat away at our state under the radar." John Vestevich is a senior at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.

'We just need to buckle down and play a little better,' said Mason County Eastern softball coach Bill Cole Thursday after his Cardinals split a nonconference doubleheader with the Division 2 Big Rapids Cardinals.

Cielo Rosado, 33, of 314 Hart St., Hart, was convicted of domestic violence and was sentenced to 93 days in jail to be served at the court's discretion with credit given for time served.

Promoters of the proposed Sparta Rodeo hope to hold at least one rodeo in Sparta this summer even if it is the end-of-the-summer championships slated for Labor Day weekend.

When Attorney General Bill Schuette first proposed his "4 strikes and you're out" plan for repeat felons, the Michigan Department of Corrections said the additional costs to the prison system could exceed $1 billion per year by the middle of the 21st century.

The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque - a full-size replica of a lynching tree.

Clare High School senior Kendra Ives was one of two students selected from the CTE Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program to attend the Ferris State University Hospitality Gala on March 23 with CTE Instructor Heidi Rocha.

Here's the local warning/advisory map and the National warning/watch/advisory map .

IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 336 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE ... (more)

The crash happened on 13 Mile Road west of 220th Avenue. Less than a mile away, a 46-year-old man, injured and intoxicated, was walking along the road.

FSU is conferring a Doctorate of Business and Industry to the Founder of ArtPrize and Start Garden.

Saturday night into Sunday morning we saw temps dip again into the 20s across most of the area.

Remember that meteor shower last week? Did that pique your child's interest in astronomy? The Grand Rapids Public Museum has just the ticket.

Bob Weir poses with Tibetan monks to whom he taught English and enjoyed multilingual philosophical, spiritual conversations in Dharamsala, India, the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and spiritual center of Tibetan Buddhism.