Saugatuck News

Under current state law the state Education Department gives recent college graduates a provisional certificate that becomes a professional certificate after they meet certain criteria, including more college classes.

SS Keewatin lined up with the tug boats that were to guide it out of the Saugatuck and Douglas communities and back to its original home port in Ontario after 45 years of languishing in Kalamazoo Lake.

MDOT defends the state's expensive electronic highway traffic signs that are springing up along more and more freeways across West Michigan.

Temperatures and conditions more in keeping with July 28th rather than May 28th will be on tap for the Lakeshore today.

Canadian tourists will see the ship's bridge, dine below-decks, and watch the engine pistons pounding in the hull of the old USS Keewatin.

On Monday officials from Saugatuck and Douglas will host a farewell ceremony two days before the SS Keewatin will set sail for Port McNicoll Canada.

The attorney for State Representative Bob Genetski of Saugatuck has submitted a motion in East Lansing District Court to suppress a blood test result as the Republican lawmaker faces misdemeanor drunken driving charges.

A West Michigan high school junior hopes to qualify for several state track events while fighting exercise-induced asthma.

From Silver Lake and Sleeping Bear Dunes to Saugatuck and Caseville, our Great Lakes State has no shortage of summertime destinations and as Memorial Day weekend starts, you can bet the seasonal migration "Up North" will as well.

The 350-foot, century-old Great Lakes steamship -- a local tourist attraction for decades -- leaves in June to become a centerpiece for a new waterside development in Port McNicoll, Ont.

Saugatuck's Red Barn Theater has lined up a variety of entertainment for its ambitious summer and fall schedule, according to Executive Director Patricia Huyge.

The idea of a merger of the cities of Saugatuck and Douglas has appeal to resident Chris Raphael, largely because of the possible cost-savings of a single government.

Jennifer Connelly recently stopped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" to promote "Virginia," the movie that filmed primarily in Holland in 2009 .

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has appointed Ox-Bow School of Art's executive director to transform the artist's Captiva Island estate into an artist's colony.

The openers last weekend were slow but catch rates should pick up as warmer temperatures push into the state.