Community Corner
🌱 How local women turned $100 gifts into $100,000 for nonprofits
Also check out Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour on the Mecosta Patch calendar
Hi there, Mecosta! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How local women turned $100 gifts into $100,000 for nonprofits
- What can you bring to fill the WISE bus this weekend?
- See what deputies handled across Mecosta County last week
Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Occasional rain, with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.
- Friday: Clouds and sun; less humid, temps: high: 66, low: 37.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. 100 Women Who Care tops $100K in Mecosta County donations (theheraldreview.com) — A Mecosta County women's giving group has now donated more than $100,000 to nonprofits across Mecosta and Osceola counties, including a recent $4,100 gift to the Mecosta-Osceola Victim Services Unit. Local women commit $100 each quarter, meet briefly to choose a nonprofit, and pool their contributions so small individual gifts add up to major support for community organizations. 
2. MOTA and B1039 to host WISE Fill-A-Bus donation drive in Big Rapids (bigrapidsnews.com) — Mecosta Osceola Transit Authority and Big Rapids radio station B103.9 are hosting a WISE Fill-A-Bus donation drive Oct. 3 at the downtown Big Rapids Farmer's Market, collecting pantry and personal-care items for local survivors. Organizers stress that even small donations help, and businesses can sponsor future drives while residents can also give online or by wishlist if they can't attend.
3. Sept. 21-27: Blotters for Mecosta, Newaygo counties (michigansthumb.com) — Deputies in Mecosta and Newaygo counties handled several recent incidents, including drug-related traffic stops in Green Charter and Big Rapids townships that led to multiple arrests and bookings at the Mecosta County Jail. They also responded to a crash in Big Rapids Township that sent an 18-year-old driver to the hospital with minor injuries and helped locate a missing person from Hesperia.
4. MRWA hosts ribbon cutting marking Buckhorn Creek restoration in Paris (bigrapidsnews.com) — In nearby Paris, a $2.2 million project has restored Buckhorn Creek and built a new bridge reconnecting the White Pine Trail, with the Mecosta County Parks Commission among key partners. Local and state leaders say removing the old dam improves fish passage, strengthens the Muskegon River watershed, and creates a more scenic, accessible spot for biking, fishing, and reflection for Mecosta-area residents.
📸 Around Mecosta
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mecosta
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★ Featured events ★
- Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour →
2000 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant
3:30 pm
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- Every Saturday Fly-in Lunch (KRQB) →
Roben - Hood Airport (KRQB), 21325 18 Mile Rd, Big Rapids
11:00 am
Saturday October 10
📣 Mecosta Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Volleyball (Girls 7B) - St Marys School
Big Rapids Middle School
4:00 pm - Volleyball (Girls 7A) @ Kent City Middle School
Kent City Middle School
4:00 pm - Girls JV Volleyball @ Kent City High School
Big Rapids High School, 351 N Main St, Kent City
5:00 pm - Volleyball (Girls JV) @ Tri Match
Kent City High School
5:30 pm - Football (Boys JV) @ East Grand Rapids High School
East Grand Rapids High School
5:30 pm - Volleyball (Girls 8B) - St Marys School
Big Rapids Middle School
5:30 pm - Volleyball (Girls 8A) @ Kent City Middle School
Kent City Middle School
5:30 pm - Boys JV Football @ Grant High School
Big Rapids High School, 331 E State Rd, Grant
6:30 pm - VTS Look Club
Batdorff Gallery
1:00 pm - Harbor Springs Varsity Football @ Lakeview →
Lakeview High School, 9800 Youngman Rd, Lakeview
7:00 pm - Football (Boys V) - Grant High School
Big Rapids High School
7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Auto-Wares Group of Companies posted a job opening for Automotive Parts Counter Pro ~ Lakeview, MI in Lakeview. Apply here.
- Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Big Rapids. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mecosta here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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