7:10 AM Aug 31, 2011
Today: Scattered showers before 2 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Southeast wind at 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South-southwest wind at 3 to 6 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South-southeast wind at 6 to 9 mph.
11:21 AM Aug 30, 2011
The past few years, catching a 20-pound salmon out of Grand Haven was something to get excited about. The last few weeks, 20-pounders don't even warrant any raised eyebrows back at the dock. That's because the size, and numbers, of king salmon being caught is way up, according to several area charter boat captains.
11:16 AM Aug 30, 2011
Andrew Byrne scored one goal and assisted on two others as the Grand Haven varsity boys soccer team shutout Mona Shores on Monday, 4-0. Byrne set up the Buccaneers' first goal, scored by Chad Buitenhuis, with just 50 seconds remaining in the opening half. Midway through the second half, with his team already on top 2-0, Byrne sent a cross to Jake Vanderlaan, whose header found the upper corner of the goal for a 3-0 lead. Byrne then put one away himself later in the game to wrap up the 4-0 victory.
11:30 AM Aug 30, 2011
In an attempt to recruit more business to the city, the Grand Haven Main Street Downtown Development Authority is working to update its recruitment and business development tools. "We will be working with the DDA to update a marketing study done 4-5 years ago,' said Jay Schlinsog, owner and managing principal of Downtown Professionals Network. Schlinsog said his company has been hired by the Michigan Main Street Center to help the Grand Haven DDA update the study, and they will also be working to fine-tune business development strategies in the city, he said.
4:00 PM Aug 30, 2011
The Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority Recreation Summer School students are learning the gift of giving. All summer long, the students - an average of 50 per day, with a total of 124 - focused on being both physically active and actively involved in the community. One of their many service projects, and most heartfelt, was their volunteer help in the Mobile Pantry through Love INC.
7:05 AM Aug 30, 2011
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind around 9 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South southeast wind around 8 mph. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South southeast wind at around 7 mph.
2:00 PM Aug 29, 2011
Local historian and author Dr. Wallace Ewing will present his book, "From Home to Trench: the Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing, 1856-1865,' at Loutit District Library on Thursday, Sept. 8. The free program in the library's Program Room A will begin at 7 p.m. This historical treasure features 92 letters from the Civil War era with explanatory text, compiled and edited by the correspondents' great-grandson. Ewing said that the letters "offer vivid and detailed descriptions of life in the trench and at home.'
8:09 AM Aug 29, 2011
The city had planned for a crowd of up to 900 for its seventh annual Bayou Picnic on Saturday. About an hour into the two-and-a-half-hour event at East Grand River Park, Mayor Roger Bergman had to announce to the people waiting in line that they've run out of food. "I never had to announce we ran out of food before,' he said. The city scrambled to order dozens of pizzas from several Grand Haven pizzerias, but still didn't have enough to go around.
8:03 AM Aug 29, 2011
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming west between 7 and 10 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind between 9 and 11 mph. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind between 10 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
10:28 AM Aug 29, 2011
Elexis Curry brought her two young daughters to Harbor Island on Saturday, hoping to snare some tickets for the circus. "I'm excited,' Curry said. "I think I'm more excited than they are.' The Tri-Cities Kiwanis Club sponsored the two Kelly Miller Circus shows on the island on Saturday. It was the seventh year in a row the local club brought the circus to town.

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