Michigan tax credits for certain charitable gifts expire Saturday; and many food banks, universities and other eligible nonprofit organizations - such as Love INC and the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation - are urging people to give now before the credits are gone.
Ottawa County Parks is offering several programs at its Nature Education Center in January.
These programs last about 90 minutes, have no program fees and advance registration is not required.
Three men who escaped from the Craighead County Jail in Jonesboro, Ark. - and traveled as far north as Michigan before being caught in Florida - are back where they started.
Community Media Group is buying the assets of Shoreline Media Inc., which includes the Ludington Daily News and two other West Michigan newspapers, the media companies' owners announced Wednesday.
A Grand Haven man charged with breaking into a Ferrysburg business, then leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle, has changed his plea to guilty.
Fruitport's varsity boys basketball team had a 16-11 lead on undefeated Comstock Park after the first quarter on Wednesday, but the Trojans couldn't keep the Panthers contained the rest of the way in the Trojans' 64-54 setback.
Nearly a year after a roof collapse at D. Baker & Son Lumber Co. destroyed the business' woodshed at 720 Pennoyer Ave., work is progressing on erecting a new facility that aims to mimic the past.
Click the story to see video of the collapsed warehouse in February.
Winter may have officially began Dec. 21, but so far this season the weather outside has been less than frightful.
Kevin Tuuk, owner of The City Farmer in Grand Haven, said the lack of wintry weather has had a considerable impact on his business this year.
Connie VenRoy said it was bigger than a house cat, but smaller than a lion - so she thinks it was a cougar that frightened her outside her Ottawa County home.
"It looked like a cougar - orange and white,' she said.
Precipitation will be spreading in from the west this morning, reaching the Lakeshore at around 8 a.m. It will likely be a mix of light snow and light freezing rain, the National Weather Service said.
Joe Bush of Olive Township has announced his candidacy for Ottawa County drain commissioner.
Bush, who is running as a Republican, is seeking to replace Drain Commissioner Paul Geerlings.
Attorney General Bill Schuette has announced a fraud charge against a northern Michigan prosecutor accused of doctor shopping to illegally get prescriptions for painkillers - allegations that were quickly disputed by the prosecutor.
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