Grand Valley State's Aaron Beebe, a senior from Grand Haven, has been named the NCAA Division II national swimmer of the week by CollegeSwimming.com after setting seven pool records at the 2011 Calvin College Winter Invitational this past weekend.
A pair of 3-pointers by Kaelyn Laufersky hit a pair of third-quarter 3-pointers, helping Fruitport's varsity girls basketball team hold off Reeths-Puffer, 37-26.
The one thing that Grand Haven resident Adrian Rodriguez Sr. wishes for now never had a place under the family's Christmas tree - a tombstone for his 13-year-old son's grave.
A man in his 40s was injured this morning when he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle in the 15000 block of Groesbeck Street, according to Grand Haven Township Fire Chief Tom Gerencer.
U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bumpy.
The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday showed prices dropped in October from September in 19 of the 20 cities tracked.
Experts say there's no single reason for the big drop in alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan over the past decade.
Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police records.
Those in charge of a program designed to eliminate invasive phragmites from Harbor Island say this past October's treatment was successful.
"We treated approximately 46 acres of phragmites,' said Todd Bowen of Cardo-JFNew.
Spring Lake graduate Maria Kieft helped lead the Hope College women's swim and dive team to a fourth-place finish at the Wheaton College Invitational on Dec. 2-3.
Morgan Boon isn't a fan of mud - or of muddy dogs.
So when he was deciding on an Eagle Scout project, he opted to build a 200-foot-long boardwalk at the Ferrysburg Dog Park in Coast Guard Park.
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