State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting ...

Mecosta County Parks Commission/Save The Ponds: The organization requested $180,000 to support revitalization of the Paris ...

Officials say new Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance measures are now in effect for Henderson, Union and Webster counties, following the detection of CWD in a deer harvested just across the ...

The Barryton Lilac festival in Mecosta County is held the first weekend in June every summer. WZZM-TV Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Posted: June 5, 2025 | Last updated: June 8, 2025 ...

Around 4:30 p.m., firefighters from Morley and Mecosta Township and Mecosta County deputies were called to a fire on 4 Mile Road near 190th Avenue in Aetna Township. A 68-year-old woman was found ...

Washtenaw is now the 15th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in ... Dickinson, Eaton, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Jackson, Kent, Mecosta ...

Big picture view: In addition to impacting white-tail, CWD can sicken mule deer, elk, and moose. The confirmation of CWD makes Washtenaw County the 15th Michigan county with confirmed cases of the ...

Michigan has dealt with chronic wasting disease since 2008, and with this latest case, the number of affected farms has risen to 16 across several counties, including Kent, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm ...

The disease was first noticed among cervid farms in Michigan in 2008, with cases reported in Kent, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and Newaygo counties in addition to the new Osceola County case.

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported Tuesday morning the detection of chronic wasting disease in a farmed white-tailed deer from Osceola County.

Mecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. An adult buck ...