The 2024 Academic All-District® Women's At-Large teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC), recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes at-large honorees in four divisions: NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced today that Andrew Blair Howard, 63, of Sparta and Frankfort, Michigan, was sentenced to 60 months’ probation and ordered to pay $22,472.22 in restitution to the National Park Service and U.S. Coast Guard. Additionally, he must cover $3,947.71 in court-related costs. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent also banned Mr. Howard from all National Park Service properties as a term of his probation.
There were three companies in cities associated with Kent County that received three FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2024, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced Tuesday that 3,959 student-athletes have garnered Academic All-GLVC distinction for the 2023-24 season.
Ferris State University's 42nd annual Football Golf Outing, held on June 22 at Clear Lake Golf Club near Big Rapids, was once again a major success, attracting a sellout crowd. The four-person shotgun scramble, sponsored by the FSU Gridiron Club in conjunction with the Bulldog Athletic Association (BAA), is one of the primary fundraising events for the Ferris State football program.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark Totten, announced today that Anthony Martell Sanders, 30, of Grand Rapids, has been sentenced to 300 months in prison. Sanders is the last of four defendants convicted in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl and methamphetamine throughout the Grand Rapids area.
Ferris State University men's golf standout McCoy Biagioli, from White Lake, secured one of Michigan's most prestigious golf honors on Friday, June 21. Biagioli won the 113th annual Michigan Amateur Championship presented by Carl's Golfland on The Heather Course at The Highlands at Harbor Springs. This victory grants him an automatic exemption into the 2024 U.S. Amateur, scheduled for August 12-18 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Ferris State University's 42nd annual Football Golf Outing, scheduled for this Saturday (June 22) at Clear Lake Golf Club near Big Rapids, has officially sold out. The event is expected to draw one of the largest turnouts in its history.
U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) was joined by 201 other House Democrats in unanimously voting against the Equal Representation Act, which would prevent the inclusion of illegal aliens in the count for seats in the Electoral College.