Ottawa County

Feature Story Jennifer Owens is CEO of Lakeshore Advantage.
Feature Story The Disability Network Lakeshore staff

Disability Network Lakeshore celebrates 30th anniversary


Feature Story Harbor Humane Society is expanding its ways of helping people keep their pets with them during a crisis by adding a staff position, a community outreach manager. Here, a staff member poses with one of the cats housed at HHS.

How Harbor Humane Society can help pet owners in crisis


Feature Story John Shea (left) and Jay Peters posed for a photo this week after Peters used CPR to save Shea from a "widow maker" heart attack. Peters is active in helping Holland achieve a Heart Safe Community designation.
Feature Story Liz Keegan, director of education and outreach at the Center, and Delores Trese, managing attorney at Legal Aid of Western Michigan, have been spreading the word on how tenants can recognize when they are victims of discrimination, as well as how to

5 things tenants, landlords should know about housing rights


Feature Story A Common Redpoll.

Birding programs have enthusiasts flocking to Ottawa County


Feature Story Gentex Discovery Preschool will be the first of its kind in the area with subsidized preschool for first and second shift parents on the Gentex manufacturing site in Zeeland.

Gentex, ODC partner to bring child care to employees


Feature Story Mike Brokema of Shady Side Farms Inc. leads a discussion on soil health at his farm as part of the 2022 Cultivating Resilience Field Day.

$7M available to fund conservation practices


Feature Story The Harbor Humane Society has a program to help support pet owners during a crisis. (Canva)
Feature Story Every year, Gentex holds a Veterans Day cememony to honor military veterans in the company. (Gentex)

Gentex V.E.T.S provides support to veterans year-around


Feature Story Allegan, Ottawa and Muskegon county leaders discuss plans for ARPA funds.
Feature Story Women of Color Give founders Robyn Afrik, Lucia Rios and Yah-Hanna Jenkins Leys speak during the Power Reimagined event on Oct. 6. (Shandra Martinez)

Women of Color Give announces top 5 nominees for $56k in grants


Feature Story Grand Rapids Community College opened its Lakeshore Campus a little more than a year ago. Now, about 1,000 students are enrolled in classes there.

GRCC partners with Haworth, others for flexible new campus


Feature Story Lisa Stefanovsky, Ottawa County Public Health community health supervisor

Retiring health department leader considered ‘one of the best’


Feature Story The Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance’s “Nonprofit Community Assessment” launched in 2019 to help measure the overall health of the local nonprofit community. The 2022 report was released at an event at Midtown Center in Holland earlier this month.

Nonprofit survey reveals burnout, DEI struggles and triumphs


Feature Story A student receives a COVID-19 vaccination at GRCC.

New vaccine rolls out: Where can you find yours?


Feature Story Jennifer Owens is CEO of Lakeshore Advantage.

Lakeshore Advantage looking for business stabilization projects