If you thought property values were low during the recent recession, you should check out some of the old assessment books sitting at Spring Lake Township Hall.
A U.S. Coast Guard official said the operator of a Detroit drawbridge was drunk when she lowered the bridge onto the top of a passing 690-foot Great Lakes freighter.
The area saw widespread frost late Sunday night and early Monday, but experts say the local blueberry crop wasn't hurt. Other fruit crops did get a bit frosty, however.
The Michigan Historical Commission has approved historical markers for four sites, including one in Grand Rapids to recognize accomplishments of the Meijer retail chain.
A chance of showers before 11 a.m., then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind at about 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
A 27-year-old Spring Lake Township woman was taken to the hospital after she crashed into some vehicles and a house while apparently trying to elude police early Saturday morning.
State wildlife biologists decided a bear who swam across Muskegon Lake to the City of Muskegon should be allowed to calm down and find his way back north on his own. The bear went into the lake near the Bear Lake Channel on the north side and came out of the water near the old oil tank farm on the south side.
Lynn of Spring Lake Township asked, "I visited Holland for Tulip Time and got to wondering: How many different varieties and colors of tulips are there? And are they native to West Michigan or were they imported from Holland the country?"
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