7:38 AM Jul 18, 2011
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Southwest wind between 7 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. West wind between 6 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
4:09 PM Jul 16, 2011
Paulina Lawton of Grand Haven held up a wild Hawaiian shirt for her friend, which she thought he could use. "I have like 40 (of those),' said Reggie Harper of Ferrysburg. "It would be 41.' "I don't think you have enough,' Lawton said.
9:26 AM Jul 16, 2011
Voices For Praise will lead this Sunday's Worship On the Waterfront, at the Grand Haven Waterfront Stadium, from 7:30-8:45 p.m. Come early and join the First Reformed Praise Team in a time of singing praise songs at 7:15 p.m.
12:15 AM Jul 16, 2011
Grand Haven varsity football coach Mike Farley joked that "back in the stone age,' when he attended high school, the preparation for the upcoming football season would mean showing up a week prior to opening practice to begin marginal conditioning and weight lifting. The times sure have changed.
2:00 PM Jul 16, 2011
Grand Haven City Council members will consider the next steps toward finding a new director for the city's Department of Public Safety when they meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 519 Washington Ave. Council will be asked to approve a recruitment profile for filling the vacant GHDPS position. Capt. Rick Yonker is serving as interim director. City officials said the profile will be used in the recruitment process, providing specific criteria for the final interview and appointment process of a new director.
10:00 AM Jul 16, 2011
The 16th annual Scott Flahive Memorial Cruise is set to take place Wednesday. The cruise starts at 7 p.m. and begins in the Driftwood Inn parking lot, 1305 S. Beacon Blvd. There will be goody bags and dash plaques for the first 150 cars.
3:49 PM Jul 16, 2011
Brenda Ritsema of Grand Haven is sure that God has been looking out after her and her husband, Larry. They both have had incidents to back that belief. Brenda Ritsema was injured in an automobile accident last February when her vehicle was broadsided by a motorist who ran a red light. She has recovered. Larry Ritsema survived a cardiac arrest incident on Memorial Day and is recovering.
12:10 AM Jul 16, 2011
The Woman's Club of Grand Haven is seeking donations for its 56th annual Scholarship Book Sale, which will be held in the Woman's Club tent during the Coast Guard Festival Craft Fair, Aug. 5-6. Clean, gently used books, CDs and DVDs may be dropped off at Rosy Mound Elementary School, 14016 Lakeshore Drive in Grand Haven Township, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 1-3 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 4. Textbooks and magazines will not be accepted. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund scholarships for area residents.
9:06 AM Jul 16, 2011
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph, becoming southwest. Tonight: A 20-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Calm wind.
9:08 AM Jul 16, 2011
No one was injured after two vehicles collided at the corner of Griffin Street and Robbins Road on Friday afternoon. According to Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Officer Joe Schulte, officers were dispatched to the scene at 2:30 p.m. after a 49-year-old Grand Haven man, who was driving south on Griffin and turning east onto Robbins Road, struck a vehicle driven by a 29-year-old Grand Haven woman. The woman was driving east on Robbins Road and turning onto northbound Griffin.

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