Mecosta News

Sanofi-Aventis SA, the maker of the H1N1 vaccine, is recalling about 800,000 doses of the pediatric H1N1 vaccine because tests found the potency was too weak to effectively protect against the virus.A Michigan has received about 17,200 doses of the vaccine, which is for children aged six months to three years old.

Hide Video Charter Communications customers are having problems with their 911 service.

The National Weather Service maintains BLIZZARD WARNINGS for Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Allegan, Barry, Van Buren, and Kalamazoo counties until 4 PM.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 1:29 p.m. Read more: Local , Health , H1n1 , Swine Flu , Medical , Vaccinations , Health Department Two area health departments are opening up H1N1 clinics for the general public.

A Mecosta County man is looking at several charges after police found drugs, cash and guns in his two homes.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the following counties: Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo, and Mecosta, starting at 7PM Tuesday and lasting through 7AM Thursday.

An 85-year-old Baldwin woman died from injuries sustained in an accident Thursday night in Lake County.

November 23, 2009 - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced today an award of $1,000,000 through the No Worker Left Behind initiative to Michigan Works! West Central, the local Michigan Works! Agency serving job seekers in Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, and Osceola counties.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:55 p.m. Read more: Local , Health A Northern MichiganA man is dead after officials sayA he wasA bitten by a bat.

Four people were injured in a crash caused by a Beaverton man running a stop sign Sunday morning.

The closed - and recently expanded - prison near Baldwin is being considered as a possible home for low-security federal prisoners from foreign countries.

Flu season arrived earlier than normal this year and area health department officials assume all people with flu-like symptoms have swine flu - the H1N1 virus.

Swartz Creek Fire Chief Brent Cole on Saturday, Oct. 23, was named the best among 50 fire service instructors across 10 counties of Eastern Michigan belonging to the Michigan Fire Service Instructors Association.

An Eaton County man who said his multicounty crime spree was due to his feeling 'lost' was sentenced Thursday to at least 43 months in prison.

A Stanwood man was killed Friday in a collision between his pickup truck and a Mecosta County Road Commission truck.

A 49-year-old man was injured after his all-terrain vehicle struck a tree early Saturday on private property in Mecosta County's Sheridan Township.

The western Michigan city of Allegan has won a $4.2 million federal grant toward the $9.4 million cost of improvements to its water treatment plant.

Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 9:35 p.m. The emails have poured into the newsroom.

In Mecosta County, State Police are investigating a two vehicle crash that injured several people including a four year old child.

The Michigan Public Service Commission Tuesday issued an order approving $55 million in low-income energy assistance grants to nine organizations for the fiscal year beginning Oct.