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Grand Valley tutoring service 'graduates' to become standalone nonprofit
GRAND RAPIDS — A tutoring service started at Grand Valley State University is “graduating” to become a freestanding nonprofit. K-12 Connect, developed in GVSU’s GV NextEd Co-Lab Incubator, is spinning off and rebranding as the nonprofit organization EQPD — pronounced “equipped.” EQPD is the first “graduate” of the lab, established to create “new paths to and through” GVSU. ...
This and That: Voter turnout, Tulip Time, renaming schools
Congrats to the citizens of Ottawa County, who learned the Keystone Cops majority group of commissioners was reduced by one after Lucy Ebels, an Ottawa Impact member, was replaced by a newly elected representative, . He won by a 20-point spread. That’s the good news. Let us hope Ebel’s ouster is a bellwether for the rest of the group in November.
Vote for the Holland Sentinel high school athlete of the week
The Holland area saw several top performances this week from high school athletes. Vote on the top performance. The poll will be open until noon Thursday. Winners will be highlighted at the end of the season. Garrett Mulder, West Ottawa boys volleyball. Slammed 11 kills in the district semifinals to...
Mona Shores High School hires new director of choirs ahead of current directors' retirement
NORTON SHORES, Mich. — Mona Shores High School Choir Directors Shawn and Molly Lawton have announced they'll be retiring at the end of the 2024-25 school year. Known for "America's Tallest Singing Christmas Tree" concerts and busy with the Allegros Musical, Pop Go the Sailors and both national and international travel, the Lawtons are leaving behind a well-renowned program.
New co-director named for Hope-Western Prison Education Program
HOLLAND — After a nationwide search for a new co-director of the Hope-Western Prison Education Program, the organization has selected a leader with experience in West Michigan. Kary Bosma will join HWPEP after eight years with the Calvin Prison Initiative, where she's currently the director of operations. Bosma will take over for R....
Holland Christian edged by point for regional title; HC, Hamilton, Holland qualifiers
FRUITPORT - The Holland Christian girls came within one point of winning a regional championship in a stellar performance. In the girls meet, Holland Christian was second with 99, just one point behind Hudsonville Unity Christian on Thursday at Fruitport. Holland took fifth with 54 and Hamilton finished sixth with 40. The top two...
Hope College Seems to be a Full House of Squirrels!
Squirrels are out in droves around West Michigan. It must have been a bumper breeding season because I swear I'm seeing more and more of these cute critters. Hope College in Holland with their beautiful tree-filled campus sure is seeing a bountiful harvest of squirrels. They seem to be everywhere. So many in fact that rumor has it the college may open a new dorm -- Squirrelly Hall! It will be small, of course.
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