Grand Haven’s public library has reverted to curbside service.
A scaled-back 2021 Spring Lake Heritage Festival will feature a car show, artisan market, senior day and Music in the Park.
Grand Haven’s City Council on Monday night reluctantly voted to cancel the city’s 2021 Fourth of July fireworks show.
Over the past year, local restaurants have become accustomed to making changes on the fly in response to the state’s orders in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The brick fence lining the west entrance to Spring Lake’s Central Park is being prepared for the next round of Art in the Park murals.
Four Grand Haven residents have built long-lasting friendships playing a game most often associated with youthful players.
HOLLAND — In light of recent orders from the state health department allowing larger indoor and outdoor gatherings, Tulip Time has announced several events that were previously on hold are now on tap for this year, including the carnival and the Dutch Marketplace.
Local radio personality Jesse Bruce was awarded a pair of “Best of Category” awards at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ annual Broadcast Excellence Awards.
FERRYSBURG — Lisa Ramsey grew up in America’s South, “which means we love to cook and bake,” she said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially cruel to music venues across Michigan.
Right now is a good time to be a sports gambler in Michigan, according to PlayMichigan gaming analyst Matt Schoch.
MUSKEGON — Known as America’s foremost Latin Jazz ensemble, the Mambo Kings will take center stage at the Frauenthal in collaboration with Scott Speck and the West Michigan Symphony. The virtual concert premiere will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19.
The Grand Haven Art Festival recently announced the third annual poster contest for the 2021 Grand Haven Art Festival.
LANSING — State Rep. Jim Lilly, R-Park Township, recently hosted children’s book author and illustrator Aaron Zenz of Spring Lake at the Michigan Capitol in recognizing “March is Reading Month.”
SPRING LAKE — A new Mexican restaurant could open this summer in the strip mall on the west end of Spring Lake.
MUSKEGON — Dr. Nicole L. Woods, an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame, will re-examine Fluxus artist Alison Knowles’s digital poem and environments, “The House of Dust,” on Wednesday, March 24, as part of Muskegon Community College’s Lecture Series.
Porto Bello Restaurant in Grand Haven was crowned the winner of the Chamber of Commerce’s weeklong Mac N’ Cheese Festival.
Q: After being cooped up for months, my family would like to take a trip for spring break. Is it safe?
2020 was a difficult year for many organizations, and the Scottville Clown Band was no exception.
In preparation for the 2021 Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival, a fundraiser golf outing is planned for May 8 at Pigeon Creek Golf Course in Robinson Township.
The Grand Haven Art Festival is seeking fine art exhibitors for the 60th annual Art Festival, slated for June 26-27.
Nothing says comfort food like macaroni and cheese.
LANSING — Michigan restaurants on Wednesday proposed tying indoor capacity limits to the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive, contending that clear guideposts would help the hospitality industry navigate the pandemic.
We’re far from New Orleans’ French Quarter, but plenty of people around the Tri-Cities celebrated Fat Tuesday by indulging in the traditional treat of the day – paczki.
Grand Haven native Riley Warmoth knew coming back home to some of the most magnificent views in the state would be a perfect fit to create his first featured film.
One of the last movies the Koestner family watched before leaving Grand Haven was “The Hobbit.”
For a few hours each week, Kevin Benedicto inhabits an otherworldly realm: Icewind Dale, a perilous land of tundra and frost, wizards and orcs, white dragons and crag cats. His domain is the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, the addictive tabletop role-playing game that made its debut more…
Put your creative skills to the test by creating a snowman using any materials – just not snow – in Grand Haven’s first Snowmen on Main Street competition.
The end of another year offers time to take stock of the good, the bad, and in the case of Nathan Goldberg, the birds.
Family Video, the Chicago-based video rental chain that outlasted Blockbuster, VHS tapes and the “be kind rewind” mantra, is closing its stores and calling it quits after 42 years.
The Armory Art Center, which has been operating for five years out of the Armory Building in Grand Haven, is adding a second location called the Armory Art Center Studio 2.
AAA Travel expects a majority of Americans to stay at home this holiday season.
Paige Horist says she has been planning to be a singer for as long as she can remember.
Mike Smith, executive director of the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival, said he’s eagerly looking forward to the 2021 event, which is scheduled to take place July 30 through Aug. 8.
Local Coast Guard personnel received a holiday surprise last week, thanks to the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival staff.
Home for the Holidays – West Michigan Symphony’s virtual Yuletide concert – features a guest appearance by Grand Haven’s Diane Penning.
NEW YORK (AP) — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new "Matrix" movie, "Godzilla vs. Kong" and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation "In the Heights" — will stream on H…
Sorry, amateur cardboard sled artisans, but Grand Haven’s premier snow-season entertainment, Winterfest, is the latest in a long string of delays, cancellations and postponements caused by COVID-19.
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced earlier this week that a ban on in-person dining was extended through Dec. 20, Annette Nelson was crushed.
Santa and Mrs. Claus cruised through the Tri-Cities in a bright-blue convertible Saturday evening, waving to crowds of people who lined the route.
If you traveled over the Thanksgiving holiday, you should be in quarantine.
A group of Michigan doctors are urging restaurants not to rush to reopen dining rooms as COVID-19 infections continue to surge across the state.
One of the few reasons that Evan Cihak got into bladesmithing was because it was unique, exciting, and a little dangerous.
The Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival Inc. is offering a “Welcome to Coast Guard City, U.S.A.” poster as a way to help raise money toward the 2021 festival.
A book on “Prohibition in Southwestern Michigan” written by Grand Haven residents Norma Lewis and Christine Nyholm is now available from Arcadia Publishing.
The Spring Lake Sparkle holiday decorating event kicked off Friday evening.
At Lake Effect Kitchen – a meal prep and catering business near the corner of Fulton Avenue and Beechtree Street – the kitchen is where the love starts, but not where it ends.
Matt Varley knows a thing or two about preparing a Thanksgiving feast.
Developing an artistic knack begins not only with strong perseverance, but a commitment to falling in love with the process.
The more intimate Thanksgiving gatherings expected this year because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic is driving up demand for smaller turkeys and leaving bigger birds sitting idle in store freezers.
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS — The Getty Drive-In Theater will be open during Thanksgiving week for the first time in its known history, providing a source of entertainment applicable during a pandemic.
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