11:07 AM Aug 2, 2011
Police/Fire

Holton man arraigned on armed robbery charge

A 50-year-old Holton man, arrested following the armed robbery of a Ferrysburg convenience store on Saturday, demanded preliminary examination when he was arraigned by video late Monday afternoon in Ottawa County's 58th District Court. Bond was set at $250,000 for John Lee DeJong, after he was charged with armed robbery and fleeing a police officer. Joe Legatz will serve as DeJong's court-appointed attorney. A charge of operating under the influence of drugs is still pending the return of a blood test, Spring Lake/Ferrysburg Police Chief Roger DeYoung said.
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12:09 PM Aug 2, 2011
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Coast Guard Festival

Crowds, sunshine welcome Parade of Ships

"There's twice as many people here as there were last year,' observed Grand Haven resident Dave Wiersma - as he and his son, Parker, walked the boardwalk Monday to get a view of the four Coast Guard ships just finishing a parade into the Grand Haven harbor.
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10:34 AM Aug 2, 2011
Sports

GH's Burns expands skills playing with True Lacrosse

To be the best, Grand Haven's Matt Burns realized he needed to play against and with the best. As an attacker on the Grand Rapids-based True Lacrosse travel team, Burns is making the most of that opportunity. The team recently captured the championship at the National Scholastic Club Lacrosse Association Summer Championships, held in Metuchen, N.J. In the championship game on Sunday, True Lacrosse scored a 10-6 victory over a team from New York. Burns flourished during the three-day tournament, scoring 11 goals and dishing off five assists.
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11:44 AM Aug 2, 2011
Coast Guard Festival

Several Coast Guard Festival events canceled, postponed due to weather

Several Coast Guard Festival events scheduled for today and Wednesday have been canceled or postponed due to the high possibility of rain and thunderstorms. Coast Guard Festival officials announced this morning the cancellation of tonight's Youth Ambassador Program and Wednesday night's performance of the Ransom Street Band at Waterfront Stadium.
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7:02 AM Aug 2, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2 pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Light wind becoming south-southwest at 13 to 16 mph. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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10:28 AM Aug 2, 2011
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Coast Guard Festival

Circus on the waterfront tops off festival’s day for kids

Ignacio and Johnnathan Ybarra speed past each other, weaving circles on their motorcycles inside of a giant spherical cage - the Globe of Death. In the center stands their mother, Jeane Ybarra. She looks worried, but stands calmly in one place as one of her sons takes her purple top hat from her head and continues to race around her before placing it back where it belongs. The crowd roars. The trio is part of the Fantazia Circus, who performed at Waterfront Stadium on Saturday as part of the 2011 Coast Guard Festival.
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4:00 PM Aug 1, 2011
Coast Guard Festival

Park & Ride Shuttle offered for Saturday events

Harbor Transit, in cooperation with the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, will provide a designated handicap parking area for special needs guests on Saturday for the Coast Guard Festival Grand Parade, carnival, waterfront show and Fireworks Extravaganza. The handicap parking area also provides handicap accessible busses located on Harbor Island, just north of Coho Drive and a short distance southwest of the drawbridge.
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3:09 PM Aug 1, 2011
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Coast Guard Festival

Classics shine at CG Festival car show

Tyler Sutton is just a year older than the Coast Guard Festival's annual downtown car show, but the Grand Haven teen was dreaming of seeing a car more than twice his age on Sunday. Sutton, 18 - wearing a wool cap and black T-shirt - said he's attended the festival's car show for many years. He doesn't yet have his own car. "Wish I had the money for it and I'd have one,' Sutton said as he checked out a 1967 Chevy Impala SS. "If I had my choice out of this, probably a ‘69 Chevelle.'
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7:09 AM Aug 1, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. West-northwest wind at 6 to 9 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Northwest wind around 5 mph, becoming calm. Tuesday: A 50-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 100. Breezy, with a south southwest wind at 11 to 14 mph, increasing to 20 to 23 mph. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.
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4:41 PM Jul 31, 2011
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Coast Guard Festival

'Everyone's a winner' in Saturday's Kids Parade

Hundreds of kids, mascots, dogs, horses and pirates moved along Franklin and Washington avenues to the beat of drums and the wail of sirens on Saturday. Thousands of spectators watched as 51 parade entries walked, drove, biked and boarded through the 10-block route of the Coast Guard Kids Parade.
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