For most high school basketball teams, winning a conference championship and a district title would be crowning achievements worthy of huge celebrations.
Not for the Grand Haven varsity girls team.
It took a half-hour to cut away the roof and extricate a Grand Haven man from inside his crushed car after a crash at a Grand Haven intersection on Wednesday afternoon.
Traffic on U.S. 31 north of Grand Haven was stalled, then stopped for more than three hours when a semitrailer truck went out of control and flipped onto its side about 10 a.m. Tuesday on the southbound lanes of the highway.
It may not be a lot of digits on the plus side, but two positive fiscal years has North Ottawa Community Health System officials encouraged about the future.
The only drama in Monday's Class A girls basketball district tournament opener between Grand Haven and Reeths-Puffer was how many Buccaneers' players would score.
After watching her son make a full recovery from leukemia, Eileen Albrecht believes in metabolic miracles.
Her son, Ethan, ditched his disease from his deathbed with intense nutrition, according to Albrecht.
Sure, there was a great deal of concern with Grand Haven coach James Richardson when his Buccaneers' varsity wrestling program fell behind by double digits not once, but twice, during their Division 1 regional matches at East Kentwood High School on Wednesday.
During its recent streak of four wins in five games, Grand Haven's varsity basketball team has boasted impressive balance on offense to go with its typical stingy defense.
A West Michigan woman is doing her part to leave a visual impact for the Tri-Cities Historical Museum's new "Birchbark and Bateaux' exhibit.
Lynn Huttinga spent the weekend at the museum's Akeley location painting a mural for the historical Native American exhibit.
Gregory Maytan played violin music ranging from soft classical viola-accompanied chamber to solo contemporary in a one-hour performance Sunday at Loutit District Library.
Although Mother Nature was stingy with the snow, the heat was on at the Spring Lake Rotary Club's first-ever Snow Jam at Central Park.
About 150 people visited the heated tent throughout the day and evening to listen to live music, sip beer and chat with friends.
Gina Twa's wish to see her classmates at White Pines Middle School will come true just in time for her 15th birthday on Monday.
The Robinson Township girl left school in good health on Dec. 9, 2011 - a Friday.
A woman was injured Thursday afternoon when her car slammed into the back of a truck on northbound U.S. 31.
Police said she apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
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