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Penn Township Pickleball Club hosts fundraiser to support Helping Hands of Cass County
VANDALIA, Mich. (WNDU) - A fundraiser was held on Friday to support the Helping Hands of Cass County and bring out a positive spotlight on a controversial topic. Despite differing opinions on a surrounding cannabis ordinance, the Penn Township Pickleball Club came together to raise money and awareness. Marijuana may...
2 face off for Republican nomination in Kalamazoo County Sheriff race
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Two candidates are competing for the Republican nomination to serve as Kalamazoo County Sheriff. Republicans James J. Charon and Sabrina Pritchett-Evans are running for the office, a four-year term. Democrat Richard Fuller has been county sheriff since 2008 and faces no Democratic opposition on the ballot in the primary. The winner of the Republican nomination will face Fuller in the November general election.
Grand Rapids has fewer empty offices than rest of country
A new report from a West Michigan economic development organization found that office vacancy rates in the Grand Rapids area are down, retail activity is up, and the industrial and housing markets both remain tight.
New acute care clinic opens in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A firm that staffs emergency rooms in West Michigan has opened what it calls a “first-of-its kind” clinic that offers care beyond what’s provided at urgent care clinics but below the full scope of emergency room services found at a hospital. Emergency...
Concerts in the Park Finale: Music That Raised Us celebrates Black female artists
The 2024 Wyoming Concerts in the Park series will conclude with the power ensemble Music That Raised Us at Lamar Park on July 30 at 6 p.m. The Grand Rapids-based group celebrates Black female artists and their impact on music history. The show began as a one-time event during Women’s...
Study Finds Grand Rapids Among Best Run Cities in U.S., Top in Michigan
Grand Rapids is getting top honors for operational efficiency in the State of Michigan. Personal finance website Wallethub sought to rank the best-run cities in the U.S. They compared 148 of the most populated cities across six key categories:. Financial Stability. Education. Health. Safety. Economy. Infrastructure and Pollution. Wallethub constructed...
A Festival All About Carnival Food Is Coming To Michigan This Fall
There's an entire event centered around carnival food that's gonna be posted up in Battle Creek this fall, and it's a thing I didn't realize I needed until now. Carnival Food Fest will be taking place at Kellogg Arena, just in time to get our winter bod on. They recently...
Park Township short-term rental ban would have long-term effects, businesses say
Published by the Frost Research Center at Hope College, the study sought to determine the economic impact of Park Township's short-term rental industry, surveying local businesses in the Holland area.
Northern Michigan’s giant sequoia must be seen to be believed
MANISTEE TOWNSHIP, MI – Try as we might, photos and video don’t do this tree justice. The Michigan Champion giant sequoia simply must be seen to be believed. At 76 years old, it’s thriving near Lake Michigan at Lake Bluff Farms in Manistee Township, Mich. Planted in...
A Skeleton Appears on the Lake Michigan Shore Every Few Years
Seventeen miles north of Muskegon on the shores of Lake Michigan lies a skeleton – a skeleton that dates all the way back to 1897. On Sylvan Beach is the home of the wreckage of The Contest; a ship that was built in Holland, Michigan in 1863. According to Wisconsinshipwrecks.org, The Contest was used for transporting dry goods and foods, cord wood, posts, stones, and railroad ties.
Holland teen 'Emerson the Brave' passes away from rare cancer
HOLLAND, Mich. — 12-year-old Emerson Hoogendoorn, affectionately known as “Emerson the Brave,” passed away last Thursday after battling a rare form of cancer, diffuse midline glioma, for most of her life. “She was a fighter, she liked to do things herself and didn't want to depend on...
Man arrested after 547 grams of fentanyl, cocaine seized in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — One man has been arrested following a drug bust in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, or KVET, executed a search warrant on North Edwards Street in Kalamazoo on Thursday. The operation was focused on a 32-year-old who had been selling large amounts of narcotics in...
Activists use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to call for shutdown of Line 5 pipeline
Across the Great Lakes Thursday, activists gathered to mark this week’s anniversary of an oil spill near Marshall. 14 years ago, a ruptured pipeline spewed roughly a million gallons of crude oil that fouled a 35-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River. The main cleanup took several years and cost...
School of Architecture charrette yields $98M for downtown Kalamazoo public space regeneration
On June 27, the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, announced that it was awarded a $25 million grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, as a result of its work with the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. The grant,...
Massive Meth Seizure in Kalamazoo: Over 20 Pounds Confiscated, Suspect in Custody Following Law Enforcement Raid
Over 20 pounds of crystal meth were seized in a drug bust at a Kalamazoo home, a strike by law enforcement against the city's drug trade. On Wednesday, the joint operation by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) yielded not only methamphetamines but also cocaine, packaging materials, a substantial amount of cash, and other paraphernalia indicative of drug distribution activities, as reported by FOX 17 Online.
moe. and Daniel Donato Continue Team-Ups in Final Week of Co-Headline Tour, with Bust-outs of “Up on Cripple Creek,” “Dead Flowers” and More
On Sunday, July 21, and moe. and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country brought their acclaimed co-headline tour to a close with a final performance at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo, Mich. This closing engagement arrived as the culmination of a thrilling 12-date run that showed the jam figureheads and rising stars teaming up for unforgettable treatments of covers and originals, cementing each’s status as enduring voices in the scene. The groups gained momentum in the final week of the series, with the last four shows giving some serious highlights worth cataloging.
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