Makenzi Currie’s focus was clear in her high school days in Big Rapids. Athletics were on the horizon, along with studying nursing. But she didn’t expect to be doing those things at Ferris State University.
“I have lived in Big Rapids my entire life and never expected I would continue my education here,” Currie said. “As an athlete, I had to first decide on a sport to focus on, and I had a passion for softball. The Division I offer, to walk on at the University of Michigan, was my ultimate athletic dream, but it would not accommodate my desire to study nursing.”
Currie made her intentions known and quickly found they could be met by being a Nursing student and Bulldog on the diamond in Big Rapids.
“Everything worked out at Ferris. I got athletic and academic scholarships, which easily turned out to be my best opportunity,” Currie said. “My athletic experience went great, and I got so much support from my coach, Keri Becker.
A metro Detroit woman who survived a deadly crash along I-96 in Ionia County two weeks ago is searching for her wedding band and engagement ring. The two pieces of jewelry were lost at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.
The plaintiff was serving a five-day sentence for third-degree retail fraud. Four hours after he was booked into the jail, he began exhibiting signs of alcohol withdrawal.
BLENDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 6, 2022) - A 32-year-old woman was hurt in a two-vehicle crash west of Hudsonville on Wednesday evening. According .