Lowell has a number of young men and women willing to sacrifice for their country. From attending the Naval Academy to enlisting in the Army, the community has been well represented in the Armed Forces. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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