The small town of Alto will hold their biggest annual event, the 44th annual Alto Harvest Festival and Car Show, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, with activities for all ages.

Members of the Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce got the chance to hear from a quartet of state and local leaders during the chamber’s “Breakfast Club – State of the State & Greater Lowell Area” event, at the Lowell City Hall, on Wednesday morning, Aug. 20.

Even after all these years, Keiser’s has survived fire, loss of family and friends, and even a plague. What keeps the doors open? Cahoon thinks the answer is simple: treating employees and customers like family.

“I love all my cows,” McCauley said. “They’re amazing animals. They’re laid back naturally and make beautiful food products.”

From dying t-shirts in onion skins to making pouches from deer hides, this year’s Lowell Area Historical Museum’s (LAHM) summer campers and volunteers enjoyed beautiful weather, as they embarked on various Early Settlers’ adventures in the Lowell Township’s Grand River Park.

“We are absolutely still reeling from this,” Velzen said on July 24, a full three days after the crash. “Even today, fatigue is set in to the staff.”

The North Country Trail is one of those rare wonders that sits astride both national and local interests. The trail itself spans 5,000 miles from North Dakota to Vermont, with more length in Michigan than anywhere else - nearly 1,200 miles - but it also runs through the heart of Lowell, making it an official Trail Town.

Kyle Slocum is the new head wrestling coach at Lowell High School.

Forecasts of thunderstorms on Saturday, July 26, 2025, threatened to overshadow the fourth annual Fallasburg Village Celebration at the historic Fallasburg Village, but with only brief, isolated showers, the festival was still a success.

The Lowell Charter Township Board approved a resolution allowing a local family to sell the development rights to their 190 acres of land and even pledged $5,000 to aid in the process.

“Our pride and joy is the school house built in 1867,” FHS President, Bruce Doll said. “It was used until 1961.” And one of its former students, Tom Vaughan, is a current FHS board member.

Two Lowell High School alumni, Ania Fleszar (Class of 2025) and Hayden Gough (Class of 2024), are earning praise for their on-screen chemistry in “Letters to Hanna,” a powerful short film that’s already drawn more than 20,000 views on YouTube.

After 11 seasons at the helm of Lowell’s Wrestling program, head coach R.J. Boudro made it official today, he’s stepping aside to take on the head coaching position at NCAA Division II Grand Valley State University.

The Lowell Amateur Radio Club youth and adult (LARC), and the Riverside Radio Amateurs (RRA), joined together recently to take part in an annual event called Field Day,

Not only is the Lowell Showboat Sizzlin’ Summer Concert Series free to all attendees, but it came close to winning a big distinction ahead of the 2025 season. When “Grand Rapids Magazine” chose its 2025 Best Local Music Series winner, the Sizzlin’ Summer Concert Series was a finalist.

Although it may feel like the school year just ended, Flat River Outreach Ministries (FROM) is already gearing up for the 2025-2026 school year.

“I want to own my own business.” Groters, who was only trying to pass the time for the next 15 minutes, accidentally uncovered a life’s ambition, and that is how Mol and Mel’s Miracle Machine came to be. “Because I was late,” Patty said, “this whole thing happened.”

The Alto Area Lions celebrated 50 years as a chartered club, on Friday, June 13, 2025, aboard Lowell’s Showboat VI.

Lowell Charter Township officials are asking voters to consider a new millage proposal aimed at combating a destructive and invasive pest in the spongy moth.

Lowe is making the move from East Kentwood’s freshman center to Lowell HS