Q: I want to encourage my children to be more active now that it’s warm out. What are some ways to do that?
The Tri-Cities Family YMCA has been awarded $77,780 from the Michigan Department of Education to provide learning opportunities for children in summer programs.
In a time when being outside is crucial, the director of the Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority says he has noticed spring programs are being taken by storm.
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been working from home for months now. I want to start being more active, especially because my work often requires that I sit at my desk for long periods of time. Are there any easy ways for me to add fitness into my home routine?
Thirty-six years after Tim Meyer left the food service industry and opened up a bicycle shop in Grand Haven, the reins have been turned over to his sons.
A Grand Haven mother and son took advantage of a warm and breezy winter’s day to try out the child’s new kite.
Carl Kobernik’s 2020 Christmas letter was full of humor and cheer.
Members of the Chariots of Fire Running Club had a unique experience riding on an ice carousel before their Thursday afternoon run.
WEST OLIVE — The Ottawa County Nature Center located at Hemlock Crossing County Park will open this weekend for snowshoe rental — the first time the center will be open since March 2020.
Twenty people clad in winter coats and Yak Traks wandered the North Shore area dunes for two hours Thursday morning, working off the lactic acid from 2020 and looking ahead to a better 2021.
Linda Lewis is about as invested in raising awareness for kidney disease as it gets.
Family members clad in cloth face masks applauded, cheered and rang cowbells as two “senior citizen” paddlers worked their way to the Grand Haven pier heads early Monday afternoon, completing a multi-year journey to traverse the entire length of the Grand River.
North Ottawa Community Hospital is tightening restrictions on who can be tested for COVID-19 at its remote testing site at the former Panera Bread location in Grand Haven.
Long meetings are a necessary evil in most careers. Now that so many people are working from home, meetings have transitioned from in-person to online video calls. Hours and hours spent staring at your screen can strain your eyes. Every device emits blue light, which the sun also emits.
Dear Mayo Clinic: Our family loves to exercise outdoors. With summer coming, I want to make sure our family stays safe. What advice do you have for staying hydrated and avoiding issues while working out in the heat?
With gyms still closed throughout the state and people anxious to get moving outside, the businesses supporting outdoor activities have been booming.
As gyms across the state remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local prep sports coaches are forced to come up with creative ways to get their athletes in shape for the coming fall season.
A federal appeals court late Wednesday halted a lower judge's ruling and kept closed gyms and fitness centers that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered shut months ago to curb the coronavirus.
FRUITPORT — A month after it was originally scheduled to begin, Dancing into the Sunset was given the go-ahead by the Village of Fruitport to start the outdoor activity on Thursday, July 2.
Children from Grand Haven, Ferrysburg and Spring Lake are finally returning to camps at the local YMCA after starting the summer stuck inside.
FRUITPORT — Looking to get outside, enjoy a bike ride or run, and support a great cause?
SEATTLE — As a certified nurse midwife, Emelia Udd is well acquainted with the complexities of labor and delivery. But as she faced the birth of her own second child last month in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, she found herself weighing a number of troubling new scenarios.
The Tri-Cities Family YMCA recently welcomed local architect Kirsten Runschke to its Board of Directors.
SOUTH HAVEN — A year ago, cancer survivor Melinda Gruber set out to run 50 5K runs by the time she turned 50.
CHICAGO — Jenny Mason-Frey had experienced panic attacks before – sudden waves of anxiety that set her heart racing, her head spinning and made her feel as if she was going to die.
Debbie Voorhies and her dog, Primrose, enjoyed the sunshine and unseasonably mild temperatures Monday with a walk through downtown Grand Haven. Voorhies recently moved to Grand Haven from Hudson, Massachusetts, just outside Boston. Her favorite part about West Michigan? “The traffic here is …
The Ottawa County health department is providing opportunities to get outside and be active this winter.
Each month, local health care professionals answer your questions. Dr. Matthew Schoeck of Mercy Health Physician Partners North Ottawa Internal Medicine answers your questions about arthritis.
When Angela Peters’ two young sons return from school, they bound into her Commerce Township home to check the kitchen counter for fruit, plus the pantry and a garage fridge for snacks.
After six months in the hospital and 14 brain surgeries, young Justin Pruitt – nicknamed Junior – is back in his Grand Haven home and is amazing family members and visitors with the progress he’s made.
Each month, local health care professionals answer your questions. This month, Dr. Stuart VanderHeide, of Hospice of North Ottawa Community, answers your questions about palliative care.
FERRYSBURG — Children screamed in delight as a mist of water sprayed out of an inflatable T-Rex sprinkler.
WEST OLIVE — The Pigeon Creek Lodge opened Friday for the first time this season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use.
The Tri-Cities Family YMCA will launch its 2018 Annual Support Campaign with a kick-off event at the Mulligan’s Hollow Lodge in Grand Haven on Oct. 24.
Jill Vander Stel has always been on the move.
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder has reappointed Grand Haven Area Public Schools teacher and coach Scott Przystas to the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports.
Ellis Raymond has spent almost half her 30 years involved in teaching swimming and water safety. It’s her passion, her mission. But when parents ask — which they do all the time — at what level their kids can be considered safe in the water, her answer is always the same:
When Laura Tuzio Ross told her plastic surgeon that she preferred not to reconstruct her breast after cancer surgery, he warned her she would regret it.
Pain and injury are an inevitable part of life, and being held back from the activities we love is very stressful. However, unraveling in simple terms pain and injury (note they are not the same) can make a tough situation easier to handle.
Concussion awareness and treatment has improved by leaps and bounds in the last decade. We have moved beyond the old thinking of, “It’s no big deal. I just got my bell rung,” to prioritizing early identification and effective management. Research does show changes to the brain from repeated …
There is nothing worse than seeing the look of disappointment and pain on a child's face. After an offseason filled with practicing and dreaming of the upcoming season, one wrong step, cut, or jump can lead to an injury and season of sitting on the bench. If possible, wouldn’t you take all t…
If you start talking with anyone about sports performance training, you will hear many different opinions. Even at the highest level of professional sports, philosophy and techniques differ. With so many opinions, how are you supposed to find out what is correct for your child? To help make …
In the first round of the 2012 NBA playoffs, super-star basketball player Derrick Rose tore his ACL. Rose had surgery a few weeks later, after completing rigorous pre-surgical rehabilitation to prepare his knee for the procedure. Ten months later, he was cleared by his surgeon to play, yet R…
Parents have a new opportunity to help their young children develop sports skills through a unique national program that is now available through the Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority (NORA).
Jan White walked around Spotlight Dance Academy and smiled.
We’ve seen it before — an unfortunate situation where an athlete lands awkwardly and falls to the ground grabbing their knee. The first thought that typically occurs among those watching is, “uh-oh, I hope it isn’t an ACL injury!” What exactly is the ACL though? And why is it injured so frequently?
In seven weeks, a total of 404 Step it Up participants have walked 71,174 miles.
WEST OLIVE — Winter has hit, but that doesn't mean staying inside and avoiding the cold.
Last winter, Sandy Klaassen bought pink ties so the staff at Klaassen Family Funeral Home could wear them this month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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