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Strategies for Paying an Unexpected Tax Bill

Strategies for Paying an Unexpected Tax Bill

Surprised in spring by a tax bill you didn't anticipate? Consider strategies for settling up without disrupting your longer-term financial progress. Filing season is underway, and many working Americans are already receiving their refunds—but what happens if you were...

Empire Beauty School Celebrates 15 Years in West Michigan

Empire Beauty School Celebrates 15 Years in West Michigan

From getting the perfect haircut for spring to your monthly self-care manicure to makeup application for a special occasion, we put a lot of trust into professional cosmetologists to make us feel like our best selves. And according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

Muskegon’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Returns!

Muskegon’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Returns!

Put together your finest green outfit and venture to downtown Muskegon on Saturday, March 12, 2022 to the 9th annual Muskegon St. Patrick's Day Parade, which is returning after a two-year hiatus. The family-friendly event, which is sponsored by JCI Greater Muskegon...

90s Fashion Trends I’m Not Mad Are Making a Comeback

90s Fashion Trends I’m Not Mad Are Making a Comeback

It's been long said that everything comes back around eventually when it comes to fashion. As far as I can tell, that statement is pretty dang accurate. My mother would agree, as she helped me shop for the biggest bell bottom jeans I could find while in fifth grade...

‘Butterflies Are Blooming’ Once More at Frederik Meijer Gardens

‘Butterflies Are Blooming’ Once More at Frederik Meijer Gardens

Beginning March 1, 2022, more than 7,000 tropical butterflies are set to take flight within the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park as part of the highly anticipated annual Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are...

Non-Profit Health Center Names New CEO

Non-Profit Health Center Names New CEO

Catherine's Health Center, a Grand Rapids Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), recently named Megan Erskine, MPH as their next chief executive officer, as longtime CEO Karen Kaashoek, RN, MBA looks to retire in early 2022 after serving the organization for 24...

She Runs Grand Rapids: Taking Over the Streets of Downtown

She Runs Grand Rapids: Taking Over the Streets of Downtown

Gazelle Sports, the Michigan-based running specialty shop, and footwear and active apparel retailer, recently unveiled additional details for its upcoming She Runs Grand Rapids Half Marathon, 10K and 5K event, formerly known as Gazelle Girl. Now in its 10th year in...

Creativity and Cannabis

Creativity and Cannabis

The medical value of cannabis is hard to ignore. It's all but a given that you know someone who has experience using cannabis to treat anything from common ailments to serious diseases. But conversations focused on medical cannabis, though useful, aren't always fun....

Girlfriends Weekend in Downtown Holland Is Back!

Girlfriends Weekend in Downtown Holland Is Back!

Do you like to shop, sip wine, eat good food and relax with your girlfriends? If you've answered "yes" to even one of these questions, be sure to add Downtown Holland's Girlfriends Weekend to your calendar! Downtown Holland, West Michigan's premier shopping and dining...

It’s impossible—Until It Isn’t

It’s impossible—Until It Isn’t

Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Week began on February 7 and culminates on Valentine's Day, February 14. Chocolate hearts and Sweethearts aside, we at the Karl and Patricia Betz Congenital Heart Center celebrate those special hearts and the families that care...