Coopersville News

After spending more than $10,000 last year to buy and install holiday lights downtown, the Downtown Development Authority agreed to pay $1,300 to put them up this year and another $990 to service and repair them throughout the season.

Tomorrow is the first run of the Santa Train out of Coopersville as our local all-volunteer railroad company finishes it's 20th year in business.

The Coopersville Historical Museum and Del Shannon Memorial Scholarship Fund each received $5,000 from the Coopersville Jaycees and Wanderers Car Club of West Michigan.

Strong and varied entries that reach beyond artistic technique to tell a story or reveal interesting subject matter are what emerge from the 29th Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, according to juror Nancy Macko.

When sales manager David Martin needs extra help at his small Michigan business, he calls his employees' family members and asks them to pitch in on short notice.

Longtime City Council member Roger Whitman was selected mayor pro tem. He replaces John Scherff, who was not re-elected to the council.

This is the time of year when children young and old look forward to the excitement of Christmas.

A Sparta woman suffered serious injuries in an accident Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of 68th Avenue and Leonard Road.

The Chamber of Commerce says it is time to get ready for an economic upturn. To help business people regain a "winning attitude," the chamber has scheduled Bill Luxmore, of Dale Carnegie Training, for a motivational speech at a breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Coopersville Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 511 68th Ave.

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The future of Basic Heat & BBQ at 169 W. Randall St. is up in the air, although the business has grown selling wood and pellet stoves and pellet barbecue grills.

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He'll be all of 20 years and 2 days old when Matt Walker likely marks a ballot to benefit his run to be Mayor of Coopersville.

Superintendent Kevin O'Neill tried to give the Board of Education perspective beyond this year's state funding cuts.

It's experience versus fresh views in Tuesday's mayoral election. Ken Bush, who has served on the City Council for 23 years and almost 12 as mayor, faces Matt Walker, who will turn 20 just before Election Day.

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - They say what goes up must come down - and that was true Tuesday at the Boon residence on Green Street, where the family's windmill was dismantled for future use at a Coopersville museum.

They say what goes up must come down - and that was true Tuesday at the Boon residence on Green Street, where the family's windmill was dismantled for future use at a Coopersville museum.

The City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to turn a section of West Randall Street into a boulevard.

A Realtor has been appointed to fill a Planning Commission seat. Lloyd "Corky" Paul ran unsuccessfully for a Township Board position in 2008.

The Michigan Department of Transportation is now able to monitor traffic congestion and accidents from a viewpoint high above the U.S. 31 drawbridge in Grand Haven - the area's worst bottleneck.