The Lowell Charter Township Board now permits alcohol to be served at local parks, but only at township events. During its February 18 meeting, the board approved this change with limiting language.

Leadership at View Newspaper Group is proud to welcome Greenville, Mich. native, John Moy, to the View Newspaper Group sales team, as an Account Executive.

When Smith is not populating his own shared superhero universe with original characters, he can often be found drawing characters from the “Amazing Spider-Man” comic book series.

Updates from Kalamazoo as Lowell goes for their 12th straight wrestling state championship!

“We felt a lot of support from school staff, students, and the Lowell community.”

Tuesday, Feb. 11. West Main Street was closed to traffic for several hours due to a situation in the nearby neighborhood…

The Lowell Friends of the Flat 501(c)(3) board met for a regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 at City Hall, and they were greeted by a crowded house.

Belisle regularly begins her posts with the announcement, “Weather nerd here,” but Belisle is more than a mere hobbyist. She is a SKYWARN spotter, a volunteer trained by the National Weather Service, who supports meteorologists and other professionals by reporting weather phenomena as it happens.

Lowell alumnus Joel Fritsma helps lead Michigan Storm Chasers, the state’s premier online weather forecaster and coverage provider.

Biniam Van Wynen is a teenager from Lowell who races Limited Late Models at Berlin Raceway in Marne, and on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, he was honored at the Berlin Raceway Banquet 2024 at The Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville.

On Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, the City of Lowell announced that it had chosen Lieutenant Dennis J. Albert, of the Kent County Sheriff’s office, as its new police chief, replacing Chief Christopher Hurst, who is set to retire on Monday, March 3, 2025.

Buchanan gave the ring to the LAS central office, and the central office reached out to the Lowell Ledger, in hopes that the ring could be reunited to its owner.

Nearly 65 years later, after a long career with the Litehouse Family YMCA in Lowell, Rozema is retiring as its executive director. Her last day is Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Thompson, who had been taught that his ancestors were the first pioneer family in Vergennes Township, asked the professor why he could not find any records of the Thompson name in the annals of Vergennes Township history.

Lowell’s city council met on Monday, Jan. 6 at 6 p.m. for a special meeting concerning lead lines in the city’s water system.

Having entertained Jaimie Desjardins of PLM Lake and Land Management Corp in December, the board met with Rich Perry of SOLitude Lake Management to discuss how his group would manage the Eurasian milfoil problem in the Flat River.

On Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority met at City Hall for the first time in six years. Mike Burns is Lowell’s city manager. “We’ll be meeting a lot more now,” Burns said in response to Brownfield chair Jim Reagan’s jokes about infrequent meetings.

It was not until Yankovich received an unexpected package in the mail that he became aware of what had been happening overseas.

Attending the Santa visit on Monday, Dec. 23, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., on the other hand, was a completely different experience. There was no loud Christmas music playing on the showboat and no lines.

Water rates for Lowell Township residents will now follow a tiered-billing system. The Lowell Charter Township unanimously approved new water and sewage ordinances during its December 16 meeting.