Macatawa News

Developers have been working on a waterfront residential condominium and marina development at Crescent Shores Marina on Lake Macatawa for nearly a decade.

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that six Michigan communities will receive more than $14 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to upgrade and support public transportation systems.

Ottawa County health officials today issued a no-swimming advisory for Tunnel Park, the first Lake Michigan beach this year affected by unhealthy water.

The cleanup has begun after storms Friday night put much of Holland under water.

Holland authorities have identified the man involved in a crash Thursday night on South Lakeshore Drive.

Building new homes on the water is a good investment for homeowners and builders in this recession, said Tony Zahn, a Holland-based custom-home contractor.

Reclaimed soil from the bottom of Lake Macatawa will be heaped on dry land this summer to help build parks in four area townships.

Health officials have extended a no-swim advisory at an Ottawa County beach. They say it's still not safe to get in Lake Macatawa at Dunton Park.

The water may not be warm enough to swim enough just yet, but would be bathers on Lake Macatawa in Holland are being advised to stay out of the water near Dutton Park on the northeast side of the lake.

The Ottawa County Health Department has issued a "No Swimming Advisory" for the the beach waters of Lake Macatawa located in Dunton Park.

MAX stops change with summer construction Construction on Maple Avenue, from Eighth to 24th streets, will mean changes for riders on some Macatawa Area Express bus routes.

A proposed multi-million dollar storm sewer known as "The Big Dig" is one of the solutions designed to alleviate surface flooding, but not groundwater problems, in Park Township.

Shake, rattle and roll. Driving Michigan roads can be a jarring experience. And even engineers can relate.

From the pages of the Holland City News and Holland Sentinel. Saturday May 10, 1884 There has been no work done this week on the well that is to supply our city with water for domestic purposes in the years to come.

Children from Jefferson School ride their decorated bicycles down the Kinderparade Route Thursday... Photo 1 of 11 Paige Patlon, right and Brennan lane carry the Lakewood Elementary banner down the Kinderparade p... Photo 2 of 11 Makayla McDonald of Harrington School waves to the crowed as she marches down the Kinderparade ro... Photo 3 of 11 ...

Holland isn't all tulips and carnivals. To get a different angle on the Tulip City, take to the water.

A 38-year-old bicyclist was critically injured Sunday night after a car collided with his bike south of Lake Macatawa.

Tulip Time has the ability to attack every sense, from the smell of the vendors on Eighth Street to the sound of klompen dancers around Centennial Park, even to the vibrant colors of tulips along Tulip Lanes.

Jeremy Gonsior/The Holland Sentinel Bill Maatman of Park Township guides a tube filled with thousands of King salmon Friday into a floating net pen in Lake Macatawa at Eldean Shipyard.

The Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance has launched a summer migrant reading program as part of an effort to expand its migrant services.