TUESDAY, April 23
CROCKERY TWP. - Firefighters from two departments spent part of their Easter Sunday afternoon putting out a wildfire at Ottawa County Park’s Jubb Bayou green space park. The park is located on Oriole Drive just east of 104th Avenue.
YPSILANTI — Kylie Lee drives 45 minutes from Novi to Ypsilanti to attend school every day.
Ottawa County ranks 45th in the state when it comes to percentage of students waived.
The image that keeps Laura Roth awake at night is a door. It is metallic blue with a silver door knob and a poster filled with quotes from students in Roth’s seventh-grade history class at Tappan Middle School in Ann Arbor.
Identical twins Pierce and Jacob Reed played South Jersey high school football, got hooked on prescription painkillers, held up local drugstores, went to prison, and found God.
A very pleasant Easter Sunday. Showers move in late Monday.
“We try to relate (the marshals) to the theme of the parade,” said Susan Zalnis of Tulip Time Inc. when explaining the selection process. She added that they also look for people who have served the community.
A new national study found that more than half of motorists think distracted driving is the biggest threat on the road, while nearly more than 90 percent admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving.
SPRING LAKE TWP. - Two boaters were rescued late Saturday morning when their boat reportedly capsized on Spring Lake near the Petty’s Bayou Bridge on Fruitport Road. Their large dog also made it to shore.
Spring Lake church sets grand opening of Muskegon campus for Easter Sunday.
Stan’s Bar in downtown Spring Lake was evacuated for a short time Saturday after a problem with a cooking appliance caused the business to fill up in smoke.
Grand Haven officials say growth in the downtown is inevitable, but the city’s footprint is near its limit, and the only option is to grow upward.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Grand Haven City Hall, as the council will weigh whether to direct staff and the city’s Planning Commission to draft an ordinance.
With today being the first 420 in Michigan since recreation use became legal, it is important to keep safety and legality in mind.
