Browse past news stories for Mary Free Bed in Grand Rapids, MI.

• Thanksgiving Wishes 2009: Can you help one of these people? (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 09:25:38 am
  Readers nominated people and groups that are in need. See if you can help.
• Profile: Tommy Allen (Really Hard to Define Briefly) (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:55:38 am
  Ask Tommy Allen for his job title, and he’s stumped.
• Grand Rapids Christian High School families donate condo to single mom with multiple sclerosis (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 09:40:38 am
  Ida Frazier, 48, smiled as she considers her surroundings, made possible by about 20 families, mostly affiliated with Grand Rapids Christian High School, who moved her into the ranch-style condo in October.
• Hundreds Gather For Andrew Bos Benefit (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 01:19:15 am
  Hundreds participated in a lakeshore fundraiser in North Muskegon on Saturday, Nov. 7 for 19-year-old Andrew Bos, who's from Fruitport Township, Mich. The event was to benefit the motorcycle crash victim, who hopes to be able to go back to a handicapped accessible home when he recovers from his injuries.
• Benefit planned for motorcycle crash victim Andrew Bos (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 09:53:33 am
  Chronicle/Heather Lynn Peters Andrew Bos, 19, of Fruitport Township suffered a traumatic brain injury in an April 24, 2008, motorcycle accident. He is currently on a waiting list for Mary Free Bed Rehabiliation Hospital in Grand Rapids.
• Jimmy Hunter struggles to recover from motorcycle crash (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 02:29:49 am
  Jimmy Hunter knows firsthand how an increased number of motorcyclists on the road, combined with a highway full of distracted vehicle drivers, can result in tragedy. He is recovering from a severe brain injury he sustained in a May 23 traffic accident. • Photo gallery slideshow
• 'CSI: LAS VEGAS' Star Robert David Hall Stops By 'Take Five & Company' (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 02:33:24 pm
  Actor Robert David Hall plays quirky coroner, Dr. Albert Robbins, on the Emmy-nominated CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The CBS show is seen weekly by more than 27 million people in the United States and is syndicated internationally.
• Saginaw Township student saves stepfather paralyzed in hunting fall (The Flint Journal)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 12:46:35 pm
  A Saginaw Township man is crediting his stepson for his survival after falling 15 feet from a tree stand while bowhunting in Isabella County.
• Fortunate tot survived Shaken Baby Syndrome one year ago (The Holland Sentinel)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 04:29:02 am
  A year ago, doctors told Jeannette Imkamp they weren’t sure if her two-month-old son Kobi was going to survive. Today, 14-month-old Kobi Crowder crawls, hugs, kisses and is sampling his first bites of solid foods. His doctors have called him a “medical miracle.”
• Lawyer for mother charged with daughter's death why Adult Protective Services worker didn't intervene (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 10:55:38 am
  When Adult Protective Services worker John Scheid visited Tammy Jefferson and her disabled adult daughter at their home March 4, he noticed a smell of feces or urine. But the odor and 21-year-old Taryn Jefferson's "gaunt" condition were not enough for him to do anything to have Taryn removed from the home. She died three days later from what a pathologist called severe neglect.
• Mother to stand trial for disabled daughter's death after witnesses testify about 'severe neglect' (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 01:25:50 am
  Mother's attorney argued that illness, not neglect, was at fault for death and hospital staff, nurses and others could have intervened and had the daughter committed to the hospital if they were concerned.
• Mother to stand trial for disabled daughter's death after witnesses testify about 'severe neglect' (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 01:25:50 am
  Mother's attorney argued that illness, not neglect, was at fault for death and hospital staff, nurses and others could have intervened and had the daughter committed to the hospital if they were concerned.
• Karl Gustav Siebert remembered for strong ties with customers, employees at Schnitzelbank Restaurant (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 02:40:49 pm
  The Grand Rapids resident died Monday at age 72.
• Four charged in connection with Aug. 26 crash (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 05:44:48 am
  MUSKEGON COUNTY -- The driver of a pickup truck involved in an Aug. 26 single-vehicle crash, the owner of the truck, a teen who allegedly supplied the driver with alcohol and the adult who allegedly purchased it for the teen...
• BREAKFAST UPDATE: What Else Is News? (FOX 17 Grand Rapids)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 12:44:42 pm
  BUSINESS COMMUNITY URGES STATE TO AVOID RAISING TAXES
• Four charged in wake of alcohol-related crash (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on September 5, 2009 at 04:08:34 am
  MUSKEGON COUNTY -- To adults who ever have considered buying alcohol for minors and to any teen who has considered drinking and then driving, this one's for you.
• Zion Christian administrator Jason Heerema greeted as he leaves rehabilitation after fall from ladder (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 06:10:44 pm
  Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids PressZion Christian School Administrator Jason Heerema, of Byron Center, gets a hug from administration employee Sarah Bierling on Friday when a group of school staff surprised him as he was released from Mary Free...
• MSU Receives $1.9 Million for Study (FOX 2 News Detroit)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 01:04:00 pm
  Michigan State University recieves a $1.9 million federal recovery grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to finance a study on Cerebral Plasy.
• Newborn Blood Data Used To Study Cerebral Palsy (Medical News Today)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 11:19:25 am
  A statewide team of researchers led by a Michigan State University epidemiologist are hoping Michigan's archive of newborn blood spots will help them uncover the causes of cerebral palsy, the most common disabling motor disorder in children with annual health costs of $12 billion. The research team, led by MSU's Nigel Paneth and recently awarded $1.
• MSU using $1.9M for cerebral palsy study (Detroit Free Press)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 08:55:37 pm
  EAST LANSING — Researchers are studying blood samples routinely taken from Michigan newborns for 23 years in the hunt for the causes of cerebral palsy.
• Jason Heerema making progress after fall from ladder at Byron Township home (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 09:55:20 pm
  Jason Heerema GRAND RAPIDS -- This has been a week of firsts for Jason Heerema, the Zion Christian School administrator who is recovering from critical injuries suffered after falling from a ladder in his garage last month. On Tuesday, the...
• Profile of Grand Rapids urban experiment guru Rob Bliss (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on July 26, 2009 at 08:44:25 am
  Story behind creator of downtown events such as zombie walk and chalk flood.
• Chris Schmitt, 15, helped Byron Center skateboarders; they return favor after his stroke (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on July 20, 2009 at 12:49:43 pm
  Press Photo/Paul L. Newby IIChris Schmitt will be one of the judges at Slide & Grind '09 BYRON TOWNSHIP -- A smile broke across Chris Schmitt's face at the idea of judging his friends' skateboard flips during Slide & Grind...
• Jenison's Tyler Anderson Named to U.S. National Junior Sled Hockey Team (OurSports Central)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 05:57:07 pm
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - In a proud development for both the Grand Rapids Sled Wings and the Grand Rapids Griffins Youth Foundation, 18-year-old Jenison, Mich., resident Tyler Anderson on Wednesday was named to the 2009-10 U.S. National Junior Sled Hockey Team.
• Presents headed to sick children in Grand Rapids (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 05:05:40 pm
  Patients at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital are getting some special attention. Soon they'll recieve gifts collected by the Golden K Kiwanis Club. 
• Thunder in the Valley games 'smooth' in second year (The Bay City Times)
  posted on June 20, 2009 at 02:49:16 am
  Sixty-eight athletes -- a 17 percent increase over a year ago -- are showing their prowess during the second annual Thunder in the Valley Paralympic Games at Saginaw Valley State University. "Everything's running completely smooth," said Program Director Jeff Coupie,...
• The long journey home (The White Lake Beacon)
  posted on June 15, 2009 at 02:53:47 pm
  The Twiss family gathered at home at Easter. From left, mother, Joyce, Brenen, father Brad and Jared “November 19 was the worst day of my life,” says Joyce Twiss, sitting outside without a jacket on a cold June day and drinking a coffee.
• Hart teen crash victim Sabryna Davis doing better (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 11:24:47 am
  HART -- The father of a 16-year-old Hart girl who was badly injured in a car accident May 11 says the high school junior is doing well. Sabryna Grace Davis, 2798 W. Tyler, has been discharged from Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids.
• After bike accident, former sandwich shop owner takes new delight in life (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
  posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:16:08 pm
  John Schmitt has learned some hard lessons during the past 10 months. Lesson No. 1: No matter how hardheaded he may be, a bridge is harder.
• Briefs, updates: 5-21-09 (Oceana's Herald-Journal)
  posted on May 20, 2009 at 03:53:42 pm
  Oceana County Sheriff Bob Farber May 14 got county board support to apply for $14,601 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance grant that would provide high-speed Internet for patrol cars.