MUSKEGON — The Muskegon Lakeshore Home, Garden + Boat Show will take place at the new VanDyk Mortgage Convention Center, 460 W Western Ave., in downtown Muskegon, April 16-17.
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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.
Bill Currier says he hopes that Grand Haven Township doesn’t spend too much money trapping the nuisance beaver out of Pottawattomie Bayou.
When he was 10 years old, Dennis Kimball sold his first baseball card. He remembers the excitement he felt at the time, and still gets giddy nearly 30 years later when talking about, buying and selling collectibles.
Carl Kobernik’s 2020 Christmas letter was full of humor and cheer.
An Olympic gold medal can ignite inspiration and pride throughout an entire country.
A genealogy hobby slowly evolved into a passion for connecting discarded pictures of unknown people with family before Denise Boerman realized what was happening.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Margaret Reynolds’ sewing output has come in waves. As a new mom, she made color-coordinated T-shirts for her three boys. When she retired, she sewed dresses for her granddaughters. And during last spring’s shutdown, Reynolds, 77, dug out her machine once again, fashi…
A few hundred people took advantage of a pleasant Sunday afternoon to stroll through Grand Haven’s Duncan Memorial Park for a pop-up art show hosted by the Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective.
Working to help others is actually turning out as a means to help some people get through the pandemic and feel good about themselves.
An increasing number of Michiganders have been fishing this summer – but while licenses are abundant, supplies are not.
Confirmed sightings of five new bird species in Ottawa County are part of a five-year update recently released by the Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission.
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.
With gyms still closed throughout the state and people anxious to get moving outside, the businesses supporting outdoor activities have been booming.
Pop-up fireworks sales tents are exploding with business with Fourth of July celebrations on the horizon.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — With the construction currently taking place on Robbins Road, many more motorists are forced to utilize Comstock Street in Grand Haven Township this summer. And that brings them past John Green’s home.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — Driving down 152nd Avenue in Spring Lake Township, it’s hard not to notice the Dornier 328 airplane fuselage sitting beside Kase Knochenhauer’s garage. But when he saw the unusual hunk of metal for sale online, he had to have it.
Children from Grand Haven, Ferrysburg and Spring Lake are finally returning to camps at the local YMCA after starting the summer stuck inside.
Organizers have announced the cancellation of the 2020 Feast of the Strawberry Moon.
When was the last time you sat down and put together a puzzle?
Bicycle shop owner Tim Meyer said that he was hoping to have the Rock ‘n’ Road stores in Grand Haven and Holland open to do repairs on May 1, but was happy to be back in business almost immediately after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last Friday added bicycle shops to the list of essential businesse…
I grew up watching fishing shows on TV – Roland Martin, Bill Dance, the Lindner brothers on “In-Fishermen” and Flip Pallot on “The Walker’s Cay Chronicles.”
The Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority held its annual Dads and Daughters Masquerade Dance. The event is held for girls in fifth grade and older, created to fill a gap for those who are too old to attend the Dads and Daughters Dance for girls in kindergarten through fourth grade. For more…
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 …
When he was in fifth grade, Gavin Hubner’s friend brought a yo-yo to school.
The Sytsma family recently moved to West Michigan, and learned about the Winterfest Family Dog Pull while perusing Facebook.
The Sytsma family recently moved to West Michigan, and learned about the Winterfest Family Dog Pull while perusing Facebook.
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Alice in Wonderland, Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, and a replica of Ted Nugnet’s zebra-print Ford Bronco sped down the slopes at the Ski Bowl during Saturday’s Winterfest Cardboard Sled Race.
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Alice in Wonderland, Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, and a replica of Ted Nugnet’s zebra-print Ford Bronco sped down the slopes at the Ski Bowl during Saturday’s Winterfest Cardboard Sled Race.
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Alice in Wonderland, Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, and a replica of Ted Nugnet’s zebra-print Ford Bronco sped down the slopes at the Ski Bowl during Saturday’s Winterfest Cardboard Sled Race.
The Winterfest Family Dog Pull was once again a hit, with eager dogs racing across the finish line with their happy owners in tow.
Singer/songwriter to perform at Tri-Cities Historical Museum
LANSING (AP) — As promised, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed legislation Thursday that would have ended Michigan's ban on using bait to hunt deer or elk, saying the restriction is needed to curb the spread of animal diseases such as chronic wasting disease.
A Grand Haven-area man's third book in his "Abandoned" series was released today by Arcadia Publishing of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Some of the best sailors from across the country will converge on Spring Lake Yacht Club this weekend for the 34th annual MC Blue Chip Regatta.
KALAMAZOO — Gabriel Paavola believes a knife can give you a sense of pride.
The last pair of purple martins nesting in the gourds at Grand Haven State Park may have a tough time getting their young ready in time for the flight south to the Amazon rainforest.
The Lighthouse Quilt Guild held its 25th anniversary Quilt Show in July during the opening weekend of the 2019 Coast Guard Festival.
The Dancing on the Grand crowd filled the Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium for its second dance of the summer, June 26.
The Lighthouse Quilt Guild has not only provided a place to share knowledge, but has become a meaningful community for many women in the area.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — Scouts from four Spring Lake and three Zeeland troops spent their first day of summer vacation — and it was a beautiful, sunny Saturday — inside, but it was all for a good cause.
SPRING LAKE — The North Ottawa Amateur Radio club will host its annual Field Day at Spring Lake’s Central Park on Saturday and Sunday, June 23-24.
MUSKEGON — A western Michigan museum is showcasing a new exhibit on the history of a former power plant that shuttered two years ago.
FERRYSBURG — Area residents participating in a regularly scheduled bird walk were treated to a colorful fly-by Wednesday morning when an incoming storm pushed the migrating birds across the big lake.
Mark Groh has been flying kites for as long as he can remember.
Steve Karsch was in bed Tuesday night reading a memoir when he had the urge to check Twitter just before falling asleep. The social media platform was abuzz: President Trump had tweeted a few hours prior about how big his nuclear button is.
FRUITPORT — The Winter Olympics are set to begin in about four weeks, and while the best of the best will be skiing, luging and bobsledding in South Korea, a duo from West Michigan is busy introducing a new winter sport — ice bowling.
A solid foot of base, cold temperatures and a constant barrage of fluffy white snow have combined to start a banner season for winter outdoor activities.
HOLLAND — The specific origin of the toy known as the yo-yo is uncertain. One reference point is at the National Museum in Athens, Greece. On display inside the museum are several vases dating back to 500 B.C., depicting young Greeks playing with discs tethered to a cord.
NEW YORK (AP) — Teen use of marijuana remains high and vaping appears to be one reason, a new U.S. survey shows.
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