ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University again received national recognition for its efforts to broaden diversity and inclusion programs and outreach on campus. Insight Into Diversity, the nation’s oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, awarded Grand Valley and 89 other institutions the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award September 1. It is the […]
MUSKEGON — Due to continuing concerns about community health and well-being caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, The Frauenthal Center will be suspending all public and private events through December 31, 2020. The Frauenthal Center has been closed to the public since mid-March, then canceling or rescheduling all performances for the foreseeable future. The Frauenthal […]
MUSKEGON, MI – The Michigan National Guard will team up with Public Health – Muskegon County to offer free COVID-19 testing this weekend to any Muskegon County resident. This is a diagnostic test to detect the presence of the virus. Testing will be offered at two downtown Muskegon locations. Walk-up testing services will be available […]
Women’s boxing superstar Claressa Shields has added two more impressive distinctions to her already unparalleled boxing career laurels. 25-year-old “T-Rex” Shields (10-0, 2 KOs), currently the unified WBC and WBO World Female Super Welterweight and WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO Middleweight Champion, has been named #1 in both The Ring and ESPN’s inaugural pound-for-pound women’s […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has selected Kamala Harris as his running mate. A junior senator serving in California, Harris is the third female vice presidential nominee for a major political party in U.S. history. She is also the first of both Black and Indian decent. No stranger to historic wins, her 2016 senate victory […]
Muskegon Community College will limit its Fall 2020 Semester athletic competition to men’s and women’s cross country, while postponing men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball until next semester. “Although moving all sports except cross country to the spring is not ideal, we are living in difficult times and this hopefully will allow us to […]
Voters turned out a across America for the President Primary Election. The results are in, current tallies as of 11:57 PM EDT on August 5, 2020. Joe Biden needed 1,991 delegates to win the Democratic nomination. Biden currently stands at 2,627 and holds the victory in Michigan with 73. Bernie Sanders is second with 1,073. […]
By Officer James Banta, SecurityNerd home security and safety expert Nothing ruins the relaxation found on a summer vacation more than returning home to find you’ve been burglarized. Unfortunately, as temperatures rise in the summer, so do rates for crimes such as home burglaries. And empty homes are among the easiest targets for criminals. If you’re going […]
by Erica Werner, Jeff Stein and Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Monday he’s looking at unilaterally taking steps to stop tenant evictions and lower payroll taxes, adding that such moves might be necessary if a new coronavirus relief bill can’t be brokered with congressional Democrats. “A lot of people are going to […]
Muskegon Community College President Dr. Dale K. Nesbary has been elected to serve a one-year term as Chair of the Michigan Community College Association Board of Directors, assuming the post from outgoing Chair John Crist, Trustee from Jackson College. The vote was taken by representatives of Michigan’s 28 community college at a July 24 meeting held […]