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Big dreams and desires were part of Keisha Reynolds’ makeup as a young girl in the Detroit area. “I had considered schools in Michigan and Ohio, but a visit with my mother to the Ferris campus was very significant for both of us,” Reynolds said. “I had learned about the university in a college fair, so we came to Big Rapids. I quickly fell in love with Ferris and its campus and my Mom said, ‘I can see you going here.’ It turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made.” Keisha has long understood and applied her high-energy approach to all thing...

“Sparrow,” by James Hynes (The Overlook Press, ISBN 978-1-4197-7124-8)

The number of video and cable television operators in Michigan remained unchanged at 31 in 2023, and total subscriptions for these fell, continuing a long-term pattern, the Michigan Public Service Commission’s annual Status of Competition for Video Services in Michigan found. There were 1,287,510 video/cable television customers reported for Michigan in 2023, a decline of 189,692 from the previous year. It marked the second consecutive year of declines that had been continuous since a peak of 2.3 million subscribers in 2015, interrupted only by a small one-t...

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office took 485 calls for service for the month of January. The corrections staff booked 71 subjects into the jail between 1/01/23 - 1/31/23. The average daily inmate population for January was 58 inmates.   911 Hang Ups: 6 Abandoned Vehicles: 7 Alarms: 11 Animal Control: 7 Area Check: 22 Assaults/Sexual Assaults/Threats: 13 Assist to Other Jurisdictions: 4 Attempt to locate: 6 Breaking & Entering: 0 Check Wellbeing: 24 Civil: 16 Death Notification: 0 Disorderly: 8 DNR: 8 Dome...

The Ferris State University softball squad, which kicks off the 2024 season this weekend, has been picked to finish fourth in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Preseason Coaches Poll announced yesterday. The Bulldogs tallied 22 total points in finishing in the middle of the seven teams in the preseason listing as voted on by the league's member head coaches. In front of FSU was Grand Valley State in first place with 34 points and four first-place votes followed by Saginaw Valley State with 33 points and three top mentions. Purdue Northwest came in third with 25 p...