Grand Haven News

An elderly couple is alive and well, after vanishing Wednesday afternoon. Kent County deputies say 89-year old Abraham Dewey and his 83-year old wife Leah left their Gaines Township home on 60th Street during the afternoon, driving to an RX Optical store on 44th Street.

Anyone who watched the premiere of "Find My Family" - a show which "brings families back together" - on ABC Monday night will have an idea of the emotional ride a Grand Haven man has been taking lately.

Change may be on the horizon for one of Grand Haven's riverfront properties. Click to enlarge City officials intend to apply for a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp., which would be used to renovate the aging Chinook Pier facilities, which are located along Harbor Drive and the Grand Haven boardwalk.

The Thanksgiving holiday provides residents a time to give thanks and show their appreciation for one another, and several local churches are hoping to give people more reason to give thanks next week during their community outreach meals.

Grand Haven's Team 1, made up of Conner Davis, skipper; and Collen Betten, crew; along with Maggie Kloote, skipper; and Cole Curtiss, crew.

A 53-year-old West Olive woman was hospitalized Friday after a Grand Haven Township man driving a Dodge pickup ran a red light at the intersection of U.S. 31 and Ferris Street and smashed into her Honda Accord.

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. In Grand Haven, one girl, her dad, and three chickens are causing a bit of controversy and discussion on an issue that's been popping up all over America.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. An attorney contracted to do work for the City of Holland has been charged with 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct and misconduct in office.

Former deputy Holland City Attorney Carl Gabrielse is jailed and expected to be arraigned today on felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and misconduct in office after he allegedly had sex with a woman accused of drunken driving.

Controversy is blowing in Grand Haven Township. And township officials are seeking to calm the storm.

Ken Forsma, who has had a long association with the Grand Haven boardwalk, will be the featured speaker at the Tri-Cities Historical Museum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

GRAND HAVEN - A Virginia man who police say drove to western Michigan to have sex with a 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a felony sex crime.

Longtime WAGA-TV anchor Jim Axel died Saturday of cancer. He was 75-years-old. Axel found out he had lung cancer on his 71st birthday.

As the Grand Haven Planning Commission mulls a new ordinance for wind power, a company with local ties is urging the commission to take action.

What would you do with 225 window insulator kits? "Why not donate them to the Grand Haven Neighborhood Housing Services, so they can provide them to worthy recipients?" Michigan Gas Utilities Corp.

Grand Haven took the time to honor U.S. veterans at 11 a.m. Wednesday during a couple of Veterans Day celebrations.

"Tempting Tables 2009" will be held at the Maranatha Conference Center, 4759 Lake Harbor Road in Muskegon, Nov.

Cold case investigators have arrested and charged four people in the 1998 death of a woman in the South Haven area.

As conclusion to a two and one-half-year effort to identify historic tourism-related sites along the West Michigan shoreline from New Buffalo to Ludington, the State Historic Preservation Office will be in Grand Haven on November 17 to talk about the programs available for protecting those and other historic sites in West Michigan.

The holiday season is fast approaching, and so is the deadline for submitting entry forms for this year's annual Jingle Bell Parade.