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Thousands pack Lake Michigan beach for 2024 Burning Foot Beer Festival
MUSKEGON, MI-- Thousands of people descended on Pere Marquette Beach on a sunny Saturday eager for toes in the sand, drink in hand, music and dancing at the Burning Foot Beer Festival. Lovers of beer and music had the opportunity to sample a variety of beers from 100 breweries from...
RiverTown Crossings Mall and the Future of Retail in Grandville, Grand Rapids, MI
Initial Planning and Site Development of RiverTown Crossings. In 1981, General Growth Properties acquired 99 acres of land in Grandville, Michigan, for commercial development. The land, originally intended for industrial use, became the focus of ongoing mall development discussions throughout the 1990s. Early competition emerged in 1990 when Homart Development...
America’s Best Restaurants Show Shoots At Grand Rapids Eatery
A Grand Rapids restaurant is getting national attention!. America's Best Restaurants travels across the country looking for - you guessed it, America's best restaurants! The Internet food show highlights these stellar independent eateries and help them tell their stories. They pour through submissions and then do their research on each...
Calling All Gator Hunters! Crockery Lake Needs Your Help
If you haven't been following the news of out Ottawa County there have been several sightings of an alligator believed to be 4-6 feet in length at Crockery lake. The first sighting was reported on July 25th when two residents saw something by their shore that looked very much like a gator.
Community raises thousands for family of 15-year-old who died in crash
SARANAC, Mich. — A 15-year-old from Saranac died in a single-car crash on Friday afternoon in Keene Township, according to the Ionia County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said the crash happened in the 10,000 block of Sayles Road. ICSO said the car was being driven by a 16-year-old girl from...
Ottawa County’s next top prosecutor will be first-ever woman at the helm
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – There’s a bit of history in the making happening at the Ottawa County Prosecutor’s Office. Sarah Matwiejczyk will officially become the county’s next prosecutor in January after winning the August primary election. She does not have a Democratic challenger in the November general election.
Find out who had the most succesful opening week in Gaylord-area high school sports
REED CITY ― Day one of the high school sports season did not go as planned for Gaylord volleyball. A team coming into the season with high expectations, the Blue Devils faltered in their home opener on Wednesday, Aug. 21 against Ogemaw Heights. They couldn't dwell too long on that performance, however; with a long day of winnable games coming at the Reed City Invite on Saturday, Aug. 24, GHS needed to be ready to compete again...
There’s an Accurate but Disturbingly Graphic Warning Sign for Bicyclists in Northern Michigan
There's an unusual and potentially disturbing road sign for bicyclists in Northern Michigan. In the Upper Peninsula city of Baraga there is a bike trail with this ominous warning. The sign shows a cycling flipping head-over-handlebars after encountering a railroad track. The sign was shared to the there is NO...
Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crashing motorcycle in Cadillac
CADILLAC, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Reed City man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after he crashed a motorcycle in Cadillac. Police said alcohol use may have been a contributing factor to the crash. At 8 p.m. Saturday, officers responded for a report of an accident on Crosby Road, near Crosby...
Michigan GOP selects candidates for key races at convention in Flint
The event follows a leadership dispute at the start of the year. The current head of the party said he wants to unite the party into a winning team. Michigan GOP selects candidates for key races at convention in Flint. The event follows a leadership dispute at the start of...
Election deniers in key states are newly empowered in 2024
Local election officials in key swing states are taking on new power heading into 2024, worrying some legal observers who expect attempts to slow down the certification process in favor of GOP candidates. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, which former President Trump baselessly claimed was rigged against him, local election offices, which […]
How A Criminal Enterprise Stole $800,000 From Meijer Stores
Retail criminals have gotten better at getting away with their crimes. A group in Michigan targeted Meijer and was able to scam them out of almost $1,000,000. Meijer has suffered over $800,000 in losses due to an organized retail crime scheme that has persisted for several years in Michigan. Court...
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