Muskegon News

"This is nice," said Muskegon native Bob Olson. "I like it down here. Sometimes I just come and sit for hours if I have nothing else to do.

When the showers and thunderstorms are over, it's expected to be sunny and warm in the Muskegon and Ottawa county areas.

In all my years of covering business and development in Muskegon, I can't recall a back-to-back set of emails as the ones that arrived in my inbox May 3. A 728-foot-long freighter is shown offloading coal at the B.C. Cobb shipping channel.

Gas is up 7 cents in West Michigan over a week, and 15 cents over a month, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

Investigators are chasing down "high priority tips" they received over the weekend in connection to the Jessica Heeringa abduction case , said Norton Shores Police Chief Dan Shaw.

Retiring 14th Circuit Judge John C. Ruck jokingly poses with his portrait while his secretary, Judy Carnes , and former secretary, Suzie Flowers, laugh at a ceremony to celebrate his career and to unveil a portrait of him at the Michael E. Kobza Hall of Justice in Muskegon Wednesday, March 27, 2013.

Five-year-old Jourdan Ealom of Muskegon slides down an inflatable bounce house at the 35th Annual Mayfest at Muskegon Community College on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

The first was whether Muskegon police officers need Tasers and the other was about putting video surveillance camera's downtown.

Sophomore Jamie Potts went 3-for-3 with three RBI, including the game-winning two-RBI single in the bottom of the eighth of the clinching game.

The sun is expected to shine most of the day, Sunday, May 19, in the Muskegon area, according to the National Weather Service.

Julie Balgooyen, of Cloverville, was honored earlier this month with the Red Cross' highest award.

Innovators and their innovations will be front and center when the Muskegon business and educational communities gather for an informal social outing Tuesday, May 21.

Sydney Miller bags asparagus at Jean's Produce at the City of Muskegon Farmers Market, merchants at the market started accepting Bridge cards Saturday May 29, 2010.

A formation of World War II-era aircraft conduct a flyover of an Armed Forces Day gathering at the LST 393 in Muskegon on Saturday, May 18.

Meet Muskegon's mystery birds: They're duck-like, funny-looking and they eat lots of fish in the morning.

They're looking for any surviving World War II veterans who can participate in the parade by riding on a float.

A group of nearly 20 women and one man from the Muskegon area participated in a flash mob choreographed dance routine to the song "A AoeBreak the Chain"A A at Muskegon Community College on Feb.

A series on animal control issues in Muskegon County shed some light on larger issues involving animal abuse and abandonment, but also dispelled some myths about pit bulls - a breed that has populated quickly in the urban areas of the county.

A man wearing a black nylon over his face when he robbed a Muskegon Township insurance company Wednesday remains at large, police said.

Students from Jan White's class at Lake Hills Elementary in Grand Haven raised $800 to help replace learning materials and instruments wrecked by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy at PS 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn.