The new exhibit of the Atrium Gallery at Grand Havenʼs Second Christian Reformed Church shows the splendor of birds in a variety of artistic media.

There is a glimmer of hope for job seekers in Ottawa County.

Employers are looking for good employees, according to Joel Westmaas, program supervisor for Michigan Works of Ottawa County.

While opinions differed and personalities conflicted, the conversations remained civil at the local library Tuesday evening.

Grand Haven-area residents discussed the nature of public education at Loutit District Library, led by the West Michigan Civil Conversation Project. The audience engaged in constructive dialogues rather than raising their voice to get their point across.

Generally speaking, local senior citizens are trusting, polite, boast excellent credit scores and have built solid nest eggs.

They’re also the prime target for scam artists.

It’s been nearly a year since Spring Lake’s memorable district tournament win over Orchard View when Cardinals’ star Megan VanderWal hit what appeared to be the game-winning home run but was called out for not touching first base.

VanderWal wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice.

The Cardinals’ outstanding pitcher led her team to a pair of wins over the visiting Lakers on Tuesday.

In the opener, she hit a walk-off two-run homer. She emphatically stomped on each bag on the way around the base paths, just to be safe.

Graffiti, stolen tools, smashed equipment and deep ruts.

During the past 18 months, Pine Park in Fruitport Township has experienced many incidents of vandalism.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 60. North-northwest wind at around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

State Rep. Roy Schmidt of Grand Rapids has switched parties to run as a Republican after originally filing to run for re-election as a Democrat.

His move angered Democrats because Schmidt waited until just before Tuesday's 4 p.m. filing deadline to announce his switch.

The fifth-grade students in Kirby Chittenden’s class at Lake Hills Elementary School will present six campus performances of their class play beginning this morning.

The 25 students will also present a public performance of “Time Journey 3: Once Upon a Time” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.