Time is money Social media users were unable to access websites owned by Facebook for over six hours in the Oct. 4 outage. This cut off both social and professional communication within the […]
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Ferris rewards vaccinated students
In light of the FDA’s approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Ferris State University is randomly selecting names of vaccinated students for cash, daily and weekly prize drawings. #VaxUp and cash in is […]
Contextualizing the Johnson and Johnson vaccine pause
In response to the Michigan Department of Health and Hu- man Services’ recommendation, Ferris will not be distributing the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine until further notice. A message sent […]
Flavored vapes banned
The Michigan State Health Department has issued a state of emergency rule, banning flavored e-cigarette sales after being directed by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
COLUMN: On this day…
Time travel does not exist. If it did, though, and I was able to travel back to Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I may be able to hold conversation with my […]
Weekly World News
Paris, France Reconstruction of the Notre-Dame cathedral is now underway following the cathedral’s fire in April. Prior to this, authorities shut down the site due to fear of lead contamination […]
Groundwater politics
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) recently granted a permit allowing Nestlé Waters North America to increase the amount of groundwater it pumps from a well in Osceola Township. […]
What the truck
Family Video became a drive-in as one patron preferred the blockbuster approach and drove through the front of the building. Monday, April 16, at approximately 5 p.m., a dark-colored truck […]
Exploitation and manipulation
It’s happening in the U.S. It’s happening in our community. Human trafficking isn’t just something that happens in a remote, developing country across the globe. In 2017 alone, there were […]
Walk-ins welcome
Students and Big Rapids residents now have a cheaper and more available health care option. Spectrum Health announced in a press release that a walk-in clinic that will be located in the Medical […]