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Feature Story Tuesday Forum Series participants share their ideas. Community Development

Tuesday Forum Series wraps with plans to move ideas forward

Shandra MartinezWednesday, May 31, 2023
Feature Story Two of Ottawa County's senior environmental health specialists Rebekah Folkert and Kayla Anderson were honored for their work recently. Healthy Communities

Ottawa County Environmental Health duo honored for food safety work

Kelsey SandersTuesday, May 23, 2023
Feature Story Bicycle Showband Crescendo performs at Hope College’s Ray and Sue Smith Stadium during the debut performance at the Tulip Time Festival, May 12. Arts and Culture

Dutch bicycle-riding marching band makes U.S. premiere at Holland’s Tulip Time

J.R. ValderasSaturday, May 20, 2023
Feature Story Wheelchair basketball is a highly physical sport, with players often bumping into one another and sometimes flipping their chairs. Yet the players love the thrill of getting a shot at the basket and scoring points. Equity

Mary Free Bed women’s wheelchair basketball team competes nationally

Nathan SlauerMonday, May 8, 2023
Feature Story Boys and Girls Club staff celebrate with Isabel Shepard (center) after she was named Michigan Youth of the Year. Kids and Education

West Ottawa's Isabel Shepard is state Youth of the Year

Andrea GoodellSaturday, April 29, 2023
Feature Story The West Ottawa High Interact Club has partnered with Park Township on a water safety initiative to teach youth the dangers of pier jumping into Lake Michigan. Kids and Education

Teens lead initiative to end risky tradition that leads to youth drownings in Lake Michigan

Kelsey SandersWednesday, April 26, 2023
Feature Story Nearly half of the high-demand jobs in West Michigan are in the health sciences sector. Economic Development

New report reveals West Michigan’s high-demand jobs for 2023

Shandra MartinezMonday, April 10, 2023
Feature Story A map shows the devastation of the Great Fire of 1871 to the city of Holland. Arts and Culture

Holland history: The Great Fire of 1871

Dale WyngardenMonday, April 3, 2023
Feature Story Reza Nematy's work with the U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan qualified him and his immediate family to come to the United States as refugees. Community Development

Afghan refugee, Haworth employee among honorees at Literacy Center of West Michigan's Spellebration

Andrea GoodellWednesday, March 22, 2023
Feature Story Hope College science students on the steps of van Raalte Hall around the turn of the century. Arts and Culture

Holland history: From Pioneer School to seminary to Hope

Dale WyngardenMonday, March 20, 2023
Feature Story An approximation of what a new three-story building and passageway project will look like in downtown Zeeland. The developer is in the process of obtaining final state and city approval. Community Development

New $3M development coming to Downtown Zeeland

Andrea GoodellFriday, March 17, 2023
Feature Story A vintage postcard shows a little boy in traditional Dutch costume at Veldheer's tulip farm north of Holland. Arts and Culture

Holland history: Tulips, wind power, and the Habsburg Empire

Dale WyngardenTuesday, March 7, 2023
Feature Story The Holland Symphony Orchestra Classics Discovery: “Dance into Spring” concert will bring Hope College’s H2 Dance Co. to the stage to join HSO for a staged version of Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Arts and Culture

Dancing into spring with the Holland Symphony Orchestra and 'Rite of Spring'

Andrea GoodellMonday, March 6, 2023
Feature Story The Holland Board of Public Works' new anaerobic digester earned an ENVISION Gold rating for sustainability. Sustainability

BPW awarded for sustainability

Andrea GoodellThursday, March 2, 2023
Feature Story Randy Boileau, founder of Boileau Communications Kids and Education

Searching for Storytellers: Boileau family business establishes scholarship

Erich BoileauTuesday, February 28, 2023
Feature Story An early post card with a photograph shot from the docks of "Black Lake," what came to be known as Lake Macatawa, shows a family in traditional Dutch costume. Arts and Culture

Holland history: "Black Lake" and the harbor

Dale WyngardenMonday, February 27, 2023
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