Fair Community Rallies to Honor Alto Boy
Freddie Oesch didn’t get to show his steer at the Kent County Youth Fair in 1983. He didn’t go to school that fall either. He wouldn’t graduate from high school, take over the family farm […]
Unsung Heroes
Michelle Young is the August FROM Volunteer of the Month
Flat River Outreach Ministries shared the following with us about their August Volunteer of the Month. If you are interested in volunteering with FROM, you can find a list of upcoming orientations on the group’s […]
One Horse’s Lesson in Trust, Respect, and Overcoming the Odds
Megan Haagsma and her family of Byron Center, adopted Cloud Nine, the OTTB from CANTER, a non-profit organization which works to relocate off the track thoroughbreds, which is where the OTTB comes from in Cloud […]
Fresh Picking at the Help Yourself Garden
Tom and Laura Huth-Rhoades moved to Lowell nine months ago. Tom is a Michigander having grown up in Clarksville. Laura was used to a more urban setting relocating from Urbana, IL. They settled on Lowell […]
Lowell Graduate Inducted into U.S. Naval Academy
This Fourth of July had a special meaning for one Lowell High School graduate and his family. Less than a week before the holiday, Jonathan Berklich took an oath of office to enter the U.S. […]
Educator Profile: Kim Lum Retiring After 40 Years of Service
For 40 years, Kim Lum has said good-bye to one group of students in June and then prepared to welcome the next class in the fall. However, this year is different. After teaching hundreds of […]
Roger B. Chaffee Honored in Grand Rapids, Thanks to Lowell Man
With much fanfare and excitement, a statue of astronaut Roger B. Chaffee was unveiled in front of the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum on Saturday. It was a fitting tribute for one of the city’s native […]
Chris Parks is the 2018 Woman of the Year
Each May, the Lowell Women’s Club spends a meeting celebrating the accomplishments of the past year. That means doling out scholarship money, enjoying a special program and naming a Woman of the Year. The celebration […]
Learning from Scratch: Every Day is Earth Day for This Lowell Resident
Earth Day may be next Sunday, April 22, but one Lowell resident is hoping people will be thinking about the importance of recycling and reusing for more than a single day. For nearly 20 years, […]
Alden Nash: Man of Mystery
Last March, we had a great idea. We would start writing a series of articles on local historic figures. However, we didn’t want to write about Daniel Marsac or Madame LaFromboise, about whom so much […]