On Monday, September 18, 2023, at approximately 3:17 P.M., Meceola Central Dispatch received multiple calls regarding heavy smoke and then a report of a structure on fire.
Mecosta Township Fire responded to the address located in Mecosta Township on Old State Rd. as did mutual aid fire departments including Big Rapids City Fire, Big Rapids Township Fire, and Morley Area Fire Department. Additionally, as personnel were responding to the reported fire, the call was updated that a person was possibly trapped inside the fire. Mecosta County EMS and the Mecosta County Sheriff's Office also responded to assist in the report as well.
Emergency personnel arrived on scene and began attacking the fully involved structure fire. Upon arrival, personnel were hearing explosions and the roof of the structure was already beginning to
collapse. The responding fire departments were able to quickly knock down the fire and began to conduct a search of the area for the missing resident. Fi
GRAND RAPIDS Amelia E. Peterson, 98, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020, at her residence.
Amelia was raised on a farm on the outskirts of Lake Linden. She enjoyed school, writing, and was the first in her family to graduate from high school. After graduation she moved to Detroit, where she worked for Fisher Body (GM), and then Grinnell Brothers.
In 1946 Amelia met Reuben Peterson from Calumet, in Detroit. They were married in 1947 on her parents’ farm and then settled in Detroit to raise a family.
She had a variety of part time jobs to supplement income as their family grew. She worked in Hudson’s Department Store, the local grade school cafeteria, and was a line editor for the Southfield Sun newspaper. They returned to the U.P. in 1975 and managed the Laurium Elders Home together before retiring.