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Issue Media Group Launches Rural Innovation eXchange

Issue Media GroupThursday, February 17, 2022
Feature Story Cecil McCarty began by holding workout sessions at a park before opening BFFS. (Paul ApPaul) Entrepreneurship

Pandemic inspires woman to open hip-hop fitness center

Shanika P. CarterWednesday, February 16, 2022
Feature Story John Shea has been donating blood for nearly 50 years. Healthy Communities

Saving lives: Why John Shea has been donating his blood for nearly 50 years

John SheaMonday, February 14, 2022
Feature Story Trimell Hawkins is GRCC's first Young Alumni Award recipient. Kids and Education

Young Alumni Award recipient says GRCC was ‘a pathway to the future’

Shandra MartinezMonday, February 14, 2022
Feature Story Students in a GRCC Medical Assistant program class. Kids and Education

New scholarships support students who train to collect life-saving blood donations

Shandra MartinezTuesday, February 8, 2022
Feature Story N95 respirators filter out 95% of the particles and are proven to help protect against the spread of the COVD-19 virus. Healthy Communities

Where to find your free N95 respirator

Andrea GoodellMonday, February 7, 2022
Feature Story Loren Joostberns received a standing ovation as he learned a basketball court would be named in his honor.  Kids and Education

School sports venues used to honor historic contributions

Shandra MartinezMonday, February 7, 2022
Feature Story Zeeland is changing its rules on liquor to accommodate restaurants. Economic Development

How Zeeland amends liquor license rules to support eateries

Paul R. KopenkoskeyMonday, January 31, 2022
Feature Story Spectrum Health Heart Month Healthy Communities

Invest in your heart, invest in your future

Megan SarnackiMonday, January 31, 2022
Feature Story Emily Polet-Monterosso became active when she learned she was a match to donate her kidney. Now she's climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to show what people with only one kidney can do. Healthy Communities

Holland native and kidney donor to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Andrea GoodellMonday, January 24, 2022
Feature Story An expansion at Art Mulder and Sons Trucking will add 147,000 square feet of new facility space and create up to 55 new jobs. Economic Development

Art Mulder and Sons Trucking plans $31M expansion

Shandra MartinezMonday, January 24, 2022
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The Momentum Center to hold 3-part mental health forum

Andrea GoodellTuesday, January 11, 2022
Feature Story Fennville District Library librarian Teresa Kline is the 2021 Michigan Librarian of the Year. Kids and Education

Return to rural roots puts Michigan’s Librarian of the Year right where she belongs

Kathleen SchenckMonday, December 13, 2021
Feature Story Tim Price, co-owner of RollXscape Skating Center in Holland Township, right, shows skating enthusiast a set of LED quad roller skate wheels in the rink’s skate shop during the venue’s grand opening, Nov. 4. Arts and Culture

Roller rink makes a comeback as RollXscape Skating Center

J.R. ValderasMonday, December 13, 2021
Feature Story Culinary Institute of Michigan Professor and Chef Amanda Miller — and contributor to Patricia’s Chocolates in Grand Haven participated in the Netflix series "School of Chocolate." Arts and Culture

Muskegon-Area chef competes on Netflix’s ‘School of Chocolate’

Shanika P. CarterMonday, December 13, 2021
Feature Story County health departments are working with schools to endure kids have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Kids and Education

Vaccine clinics for kids available across the lakeshore

Andrea GoodellMonday, December 6, 2021
Feature Story Sixteen-year-old Makenzie Aney is the inspiration for a café her aunt plans to open in mid-2022 with an aspiration to do more than sell espressos and lattes.  Economic Development

Owner’s niece inspires Kenzie’s BE Café, where staff with disabilities will run the show

Paul R. KopenkoskeyMonday, December 6, 2021
Feature Story A renovated and expanded Holland Aquatic Center will open in early 2022. Healthy Communities

Holland Aquatic Center expansion aims to serve diverse needs of community

Shandra MartinezMonday, December 6, 2021
Feature Story Narcan Vending Machine Healthy Communities

Vending machine conveniently offers life-saving drug

Sarah SpohnWednesday, December 1, 2021
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