Zeeland News

Some are barely the size of a single grain of sand, but all of them are a permanent reminder of the hundreds of snowfalls he has witnessed in his 68 years.

Almost every night around 6, from mid-October until mid-March, my mother would start a fire in the fireplace in our den.

HOLLAND, Mich. - For more than 30 years, Jim Benko has been capturing and preserving the beauty of Michigan's winters.

When Brittany Strabbing was trying to come up with ideas for what to name her entry for the Tulip Time Festival's Art In Bloom competition, she enlisted the help of her 4-year-old son, Brent III.

Slagh was elected county treasurer in 2008 after first being selected by the County Elections Commission to fill the vacant position in 2007.

"People may believe that a mild winter means that not as many people need assistance but there is no shortage of families that need ," said Mike Stock of the Ottawa County Action Agency.

With an improving economic climate, West Michigan Community Bank is adding a new branch in Grand Rapids and another in Zeeland.

Thinking about a plane trip with kids in tow? As part of your flight plan, try storytelling to plot out what's ahead to reduce anxiety.

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When Lynn Bekins was looking for an idea to create a banner for a new public art campaign, she looked no further than the origins of the iconic "Chix" nickname for Zeeland East High School's athletic teams.

ZEELAND, Mich. -- Zeeland Public Schools are releasing new guidelines for homework after a number of parents questioned the amount of homework they're children were assigned everyday.

U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga will host a tele-town hall at 7 tonight to hear from constituents across Michigan's 2nd Congressional District on current events.

"We had so many reservations, we conducted two tournaments - upstairs and downstairs," she said.

A westerly wind dragged in quite a bit of snow across western Ottawa County and western Kent County early Sunday.

ZEELAND, Mich. -- A West Michigan man is making history by breaking ground on the first business to sell alcohol in downtown Zeeland.

Art is on display in downtown Zeeland in the new "See the Z" exhibit featuring 28 street banners created by area artists.

U.S. Senate candidate debate tonight the Zeeland Community Center is organized by the Ottawa County Patriots, which tells WOOD Radio that candidates will be required to answer questions from the audience.

The Commercial Record out of Saugatuck/Douglas reports that Douglas and "St. Clair, Three Rivers, Saline and Zeeland will also vie in a hopefully-not-too-heated fashion to build the most four- to six-foot-high snowmen in a two-hour span" during a Snowman Challenge on Saturday, Jan.

When one of Luciano Hernandez's mentors suggested he needed to take some risks, his employees convinced him that meant expanding his 11-year-old Zeeland business into Grand Rapids.

That was the projection of Smart Transportation analyst Dave Hurst of Pike Research, speaking as part of the Lakeshore Advantage Michigan Smart Coast series on advanced energy storage.