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The Tri-Cities Family YMCA in Grand Haven finished a $10M renovation that updated its 50-year-old facility and expanded services for 12,000 members; donors + local lawmakers joined YMCA leadership for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.

The FTC and Washington state announced a $225 million settlement with Amway, World Wide Group LLC and Leadership Team Development Inc on Sept.

17 for misleading distributors and pressuring them to buy unwanted products. The settlement order requires independent audits to verify annual distributor payments for 10 years.

Cedar Springs High School marching band topped MLive’s first Band of the Week poll by beating Reeths-Puffer and Jenison in online voting.

The 147-member ensemble, led by drum majors Trenton Drew, Lukas Brown and Monroe Glerum, is set to perform at the Red Flannel Festival Marching Band Invitational on Oct. 3.

Twenty-nine tiny doors are hidden along a three-mile trail in Uptown as part of the free ArtPrize hunt running through Oct.

3. The project, installed during the week of Sept. 12 by local volunteers & artists, invites residents to explore community creativity.

Kent County commissioners approved a 14-point childcare plan to help ease the local shortage of over 20,000 slots and will launch phase one later this year (with progress to be reviewed at the end of 2027).

The Kent County Sheriff's Office will soon patrol trails using two new e-bikes in Cascade, Ada, and Grand Rapids Charter townships this fall to address growing e-device safety concerns among youth.

Deputies will educate riders (not issue tickets) while patrolling community events and busy areas.

Doug and Maria DeVos’ family office announced plans for a private golf club in Ada Township that will focus solely on golf and design, excluding amenities (no pool, pickleball, or tennis courts) as it remains in early planning stages with Renaissance Golf Design and SFT Golf Design involved.

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