Winning a Start Garden 5x5 Night competition put Muskegon Heights resident Destinee Keener-Sargent on the road to launching Kuntry Cookin’, inspired by her family’s cookoffs. Community support continues to grow the catering business, which now has a food truck in demand across West Michigan.
Steve and Jill Miskelley are honoring their late son, Ian, a champion University of Michigan swimmer, with plans to open the Be Better Mental Wellness Center in Holland. The facility will serve young people experiencing mental health issues — as well as their family members and other supporters.
The Civil War has lessons for modern America and re-enactors will bring those lessons to life at the Van Raalte Farm this weekend, thanks, in part, to a Hope College-Andrew P. Mellon Foundation grant.
Three years ago when Holland neighbors got together to transform their shared alley, they didn't realize the biggest change would be to their relationships.
Sarah Porebski, the newest co-owner of the Holland Peanut Store, marks the fifth Fabiano family generation to take the helm of the local “gem.” “We are more than a candy store,” Porebski says as she reflects on the family legacy behind and the opportunity before her.
Holland celebrated world cultures with its annual International Festival, Saturday. Music, dance, and other performances took center stage while kids learned with hands-on crafts.
The International Festival of Holland celebrates the many different facets and faces of the city. The free festival, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at Civic Center Place (150 W. Eighth St.) will feature more than 70 musicians and performers, a special Children’s Fiesta, and a Festival Mercado with global gifts and food.
HDPS's Community Policing Team No. 1 job is connecting with people in Holland. Sometimes that means ice cream and a smile.
Symphony orchestras originated in Europe and typically play European music, but the Holland Symphony Orchestra and others are trying to step outside that box and attract new audiences.
From festivals to music, art shows to sidewalk sales, and 5Ks to family movie nights, there are plenty of things to do in August in Allegan, Muskegon, and Ottawa counties.
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