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Feature Story Trendway employees are giving Christmas gifts to more than 70 foster children this season.

Trendway's tradition of making Christmas special for foster children

Shandra MartinezTuesday, December 14, 2021
Feature Story Students visit Wolverine Coil Spring during Discover Manufacturing Week.  Economic Development

‘Eye-opening’ event helps students discover manufacturing

Shandra MartinezTuesday, November 30, 2021
Feature Story The Outdoor Discovery Center's new nature playscape is one of several the nonprofit has built and plans to build in West Michigan. Community Development

ODC opens crowdfunded natural play space

Andrea GoodellMonday, November 15, 2021
Feature Story Students study at the Boys & GIrls Club Lift Zone. Kids and Education

Holland Boys & Girls Club to use $50K grant to advance digital equity

Shandra MartinezMonday, November 15, 2021
Feature Story Even under the best of conditions, seasonal and migrant farmworkers toil long, exhausting hours in extreme weather conditions, possibly exposed to pesticides.  Equity

Migrant Legal Aid’s Fair Food Pledge works to alleviate migrant farmworker injustices

Paul R. KopenkoskeyMonday, November 8, 2021
Feature Story In 2019, Cadets #4518 built an agility course for the dog park at Ottawa County Fairgrounds. Kids and Education

Beyond cookies: How Girl Scouts are ‘making the world a better place’

Ava DevanneySaturday, October 30, 2021
Feature Story Sara Magnuson Kids and Education

KDL programming helps parents and caregivers create a strong foundation

Sarah SpohnWednesday, October 27, 2021
Feature Story Fifth-grader Evan Weesies has an all-terrain wheelchair that gives him the freedom to move around his family’s Muskegon County farm Technology and Innovation

New power chair puts young farmer at the heart of his family’s pumpkin patch

Bev BerensMonday, October 18, 2021
Feature Story ghfiestapark5.jpg Diversity

10 highlights from the Grand Haven Hispanic Heritage Fiesta

Shandra MartinezTuesday, October 5, 2021
Feature Story Kids who attended Pumpkinfest enjoyed having their faces painted, climbing on inflatables, riding a barrel train, and playing a variety of fall yard games, including bowling with pumpkins. Arts and Culture

Return of Zeeland Pumpkinfest generates ‘amazing response’

Heidi FentonMonday, October 4, 2021
Feature Story From left West Ottawa Superintendent Timothy Bearden, Holland Public Schools Superintendent Shanie Keelean, and Zeeland Public Schools Superintendent Brandi-Lyn Mendham Kids and Education

Three new superintendents talk about priorities, challenges ahead

ANDREA GOODELLTuesday, September 28, 2021
Feature Story Steve and Jill Miskelley are honoring their late son, Ian, a champion University of Michigan swimmer, with plans to open the Be Better Mental Wellness Center in Holland. Healthy Communities

Be Better Mental Wellness Center draws inspiration from champion Holland swimmer

Kym ReinstadlerMonday, September 27, 2021
Feature Story AYA

Published Together: Nonprofits create a welcoming, positive space for our unhoused youth

Tommy AllenWednesday, September 22, 2021
Feature Story The WMS’s Debut Strings string orchestra program performs in 2019. The proposed Tune Up program is also a string orchestra program, slated to begin in 2022 in Muskegon Public Schools, in collaboration with their IMPACT after-school program. Arts and Culture

Symphony announces $5M campaign to build an endowment

Shandra MartinezMonday, September 20, 2021
Feature Story Bentley Weeks, 7, and Lori Appeldorn water the plants in the pockets of a Florafelt in the alley between 18th and 19th Streets along River and Central Avenues in Holland, Michigan, July 30, 2021. Community Development

Rally for the Alley transforms neighborhood, neighbors

Andrea GoodellMonday, September 6, 2021
Feature Story The first WiFi-connected “Lift Zone” in Muskegon is helping students stay connected online. Kids and Education

Boys & Girls Club gets first ‘Lift Zone’ in Muskegon

Shandra MartinezSunday, September 5, 2021
Feature Story Spring Lake seniors Inez Allard, Haley Brosnan, Eleanor Vega and Victoria Airo spent the summer creating Spring Lake’s newest mural.  Arts and Culture

Teen artists create mural to share ideas for a vibrant world

Shandra MartinezMonday, August 30, 2021
Feature Story John Lehnert Kids and Education

Ushering in another back-to-school season

Autumn Johnson and Leandra NisbetMonday, August 30, 2021
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