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Owen Stevens, Four-Time Michigan State Champion, Verbals to Louisville
Owen Stevens, Four-Time Michigan State Champion, Verbals to Louisville. NEW COMMIT: The University of Louisville has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2025 from Owen Stevens out of Zeeland, Michigan. He will join Nate Thomas in Kentucky as a member of the Cardinals’ Class of 2029. Regarding his...
Saugatuck girls track and field a unique and well-rounded squad heading into regionals
SAUGATUCK - The Saugatuck girls track and field team has been a powerhouse for two decades, most often led by a plethora of distance specialists. This year's Trailblazers are again one of the top teams in the state, but are led by sprinters and field events, something unique in recent program history.
Three local parks projects included in proposed state budget
LANSING — Funding for three local parks projects is included in the recommended budget for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund for fiscal year 2025. Senate Bill 817, passed by the Michigan Senate on May 2 and the Michigan House of Representatives May 8, includes more than $27 million in funding for 53 park projects across the state through the DNR Trust Fund. ...
Soccer Game Preview: Saugatuck Heads Out
The Saugatuck Trailblazers will head out on the road to square off against the Schoolcraft Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Saugatuck is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season. In what's become a running theme this season, Saugatuck gave their fans...
West Ottawa sprints to second-fastest relay in state history in thrilling D1 regional
GRAND HAVEN - If runners across the state weren't paying attention to the rise of the West Ottawa sprinters - they are now. The Panthers ran the second-fastest time in state history in the 4x200-meter relay and followed that up with the fourth-fastest ever race in the 4x100 at the Division 1 regional championships on Friday at Grand Haven.
Four students at West Ottawa just took home a championship — in esports
HOLLAND TWP. — A team of students from West Ottawa recently won an esports championship, besting schools throughout the eastern United States in a Rocket League Tournament. The team — Parker Cornell, Da’Marian Strong, Emilio Perez and Henry Rinehart — part of an esports club at Harbor Lights Middle School, took home first place in their conference, comprising 150 schools.
Over 1,500 people volunteered across West Michigan last Wednesday
HOLLAND — Waves of blue Community Impact Day shirts fanned out across West Michigan on Wednesday, May 15, as 1,522 volunteers tackled projects at 70 sites in Holland, Fennville, Grand Rapids and the surrounding communities. It was the third annual Community Impact Day, a project that's continued to grow...
Soccer Recap: Saugatuck picks up fourth straight win on the road
Saugatuck put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Monday. They blew past the Schoolcraft Eagles 7-2. CeCe Atkins was a massive factor in the win as she booted in five goals all by herself. Saugatuck's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which...
Tulip Time surpassed expectations, blooms or no blooms
HOLLAND — Despite the flowers of the hour blooming too early, Tulip Time managed to surpass expectations in 2024. Unseasonal heat and storms meant Holland's millions of planted bulbs bloomed and fell a weak earlier than anticipated, and many visitors saw stems in place of vibrant flowers. By the...
Steve VanderVeen: Progress or preservation? LG and the Old Wing Mission
Economist Joseph Schumpeter once said entrepreneurship is creative destruction. That's not a point I've made in the stories I've contributed to The Holland Sentinel in the last three years. Entrepreneurs commercialize innovations, which often make our lives better. This we must celebrate. But in the process of ushering in progress,...
Green Koi receives new retail license in Three Oaks
THREE OAKS — The Three Oaks Village Council on May 8 OK’d issuing a Marihuana Provisioning Center and Retail Business License to Douglas, Michigan-based Green Koi for a property at 6934 West U.S. 12. Green Koi was awarded one of the first two retail marihuana licenses in the...
6 new restaurants to check out in Michigan’s ‘Best Coastal Small Town’
SAUGATUCK, MI -- Beachgoers looking to eat and drink near Lake Michigan have even more choices in Saugatuck this summer. Saugatuck was recently included on USA Today’s top ‘Best Coastal Small Town’ list. The Lake Michigan town landed at number two on the top 10 list, surpassed...
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