Big Rapids renews millage, Newaygo passes bond, and Grant keeps school board members in local elections Tuesday

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Big Rapids renews millage, Newaygo passes bond, and Grant keeps school board members in local elections Tuesday

Posted About Three Weeks Ago by B. Wirth

Area residents took to the polls Tuesday to decide on moving forward with their local schools millages and proposals.

Big Rapids voted to renew their millage once again for the public school system, seeing a reported 1,150 votes (66%) with 585 (34%) opposed. Newaygo Public Schools passed their bond proposal by a 955 (63%) to 563 (37%) vote count.

Grant Public Schools also found their name on the ballot not for a bond proposal, but for a school board member recall. Both incumbent board members, Rachal Gort and Richard Vance, recieved enough votes to stay on the board. Gort defeated Mindy Conley by a 1,089 (54%) to 914 (46%) tally while Vance defeated Lindsay Mahlich 1,074 (53%) to 934 (47%).

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CSAA Baseball

SATURDAY 5/11/24

Sacred Heart 15 @ Big Rapids 3

Charlevoix 5 @ Big Rapids 6

Montague 5 @ Grant 7

Orchard View 10 @ Grant 7

Carson City 2 @ C Montcalm 3

C Montcalm 9 @ Evart 0

MONDAY 5/13/24

Reed City 0 @ Big Rapids 3

Reed City 3 @ Big Rapids 16

Lakeview 4 @ C Montcalm 14

Lakeview 4 @ C Montcalm 9

Tri County 5 @ Fremont 1

Tri County 8 @ Fremont 5

TUESDAY 5/14/24

Chip Hills @ Grant

C Montcalm @ Kent City

Big Rapids @ Lakeview

White Cloud @ Morley Stanwood

Tri County @ Newaygo

WEDNESDAY 5/15/24

C Montcalm @ Carson City-Crystal

Manistee @ Reed City

FRIDAY 5/17/24

Big Rapids @ Byron Center

Kent City @ E Jordan

Lakeview @ Grant

Newaygo @ Ravenna

Morley Stanwood @ Chip Hills

Tri County @ White Cloud

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CSAA Softball

SATURDAY 5/11/24

Big Rapids 4 @ Scared Heart 3

Cedar Springs 1 @ Big Rapids 3

Lakeview 12 @ Belding 2 (6inn)

Lakeview 3 @ Vestaburg 6

MONDAY 5/13/24

Reed City 0 @ Big Rapids 9

Reed City 8 @ Big Rapids 10

Lakeview 0 @ C Montcalm 10 (5inn)

Lakeview 1 @ C Montcalm 11 (6inn)

TUESDAY 5/14/24

Chip Hills @ Grant

C Montcalm @ Kent City

Big Rapids @ Lakeview

White Cloud @ Morley Stanwood

Tri County @ Newaygo

WEDNESDAY 5/15/24

C Montcalm @ Carson City-Crystal

Manistee @ Reed City

FRIDAY 5/17/24

Big Rapids @ Byron Center

Kent City @ E Jordan

Lakeview @ Grant

Newaygo @ Ravenna

Morley Stanwood @ Chip Hills

Tri County @ White Cloud

CSAA Baseball Standings

1) Big Rapids: 8-1 | +101 -29 (+72)

2) Grant: 7-2 | +77 -41 (+36)

3) Chippewa Hills: 6-3 | +52 -36 (+16)

4) Reed City: 7-4 | +78 -43 (+35)

5) Newaygo: 8-6 | +88 -57 (+31)

6) Central Montcalm: 6-6 | +65 -51 (+14)

7) Morley Stanwood: 5-5 | +43 -52 (-9)

8) Kent City: 5-7 | +66 -101 (-35)

9) White Cloud: 4-6 | +39 -83 (-44)

10) Tri County: 2-9 | +49 -119 (-70)

11) Lakeview: 0-9 | +37 -94 (-57)

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