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Community rallies around harassed eatery

Submitted by Matt Campbell, Executive Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 6:38am

SPRING LAKE, Mich. (WZZM) -- A West Michigan restaurant targeted by teenagers is getting a lot of support from the community it serves.

Bob Chan, owner of Chan's Restaurant in Spring Lake, says about a year ago he began receiving harassing phone calls.

Two weeks ago, after one of those calls, Chan says someone egged his restaurant. A resident driving by saw it happening and called police.

Officers arrested two teenagers -- one 15 and one 16 -- and one of the boys admitted to making harassing calls.

Chan says since the arrests, the community has rallied around him and his business.

"People that come in to eat and some people just stop by to tell us they support us and they want us to be here," says Chan. "I feel fortune that I live in this community."

Chan's Restaurant has been in Spring Lake since 1972.

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State Rep. Amanda Price to hold in-district office hours

Submitted by Jessica Puchala, Social Media Coordinator, Multimedia News Producer & Online Buzz Reporter at WZZM 13
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 2:55pm

News Release:

State Rep. Amanda Price will sponsor in-district office hours in Grand Haven on Friday, May 18, to meet with local residents and discuss issues of interest or concern.

Price will be at Coffee Grounds, located at 41 Washington Ave. from 9 to 10 a.m. Residents are welcome to stop by as their schedules allow during that time, and appointments are not necessary.

Residents can contact Price in Lansing at any time by calling toll-free (888) 238-1008 or by emailing amandaprice@house.mi.gov.

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Grand Haven Pier deteriorating

Submitted by WZZM13, News Staff
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 7:08pm

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WZZM) -  The pier along Lake Michigan in Grand Haven is deteriorating and the US Army Corps of Engineers is urging people to be extra cautious.  The problem stems from a lack of funding and is expected to get worse.

The entrance to the pier has warning signs and a memorial with the faces of two young men, Dan Reiss and Andy Fox.

"I just went through Mothers Day yesterday without my son.  It has been 8 years, but it still hurts.  I don't want anyone else to lose a loved one unnecessarily," says Vicki Cech, Andy's mother.

The US Army Corps of Engineers says the tale of caution has never been more important because much of the pier is deteriorating.

"There's a lot of slipping or tripping hazards, cracks, little holes in the concrete," says Tom O'Bryan with the Lake Michigan Army Corp of Engineers.

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Wake Up West Michigan: Relay for Life & Tulip Time

Submitted by WZZM13, News Staff
Sunday, May 13th, 2012, 8:40am

GRAND HAVEN & HOLLAND, Mich. (WZZM)- Sunday's morning's greeting comes to you from Relay for Life in Grand Haven and the Tulip Time festival in Holland.

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Conditions made Milwaukee visible

Submitted by Bob Brenzing, Web Producer
Friday, May 11th, 2012, 12:10pm

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WZZM) - Skies are crystal clear once again today and those cloudless skies helped create a rare atmospheric phenomenon on the lakeshore.

Tyler Folkert the attached images overnight from Grand Haven.

You can see the orange lights of Milwaukee on the horizon, even though Wisconsin is 80 miles away across Lake Michigan.

Meteorologist Joe Kopecek has the explanation. Watch the video for details.

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Thomas Hume Shipwreck Presentation

Submitted by Lisa Donner on Friday, May 11th, 10:28 am
Thomas Hume Shipwreck Presentation

SPRING LAKE - Shipwreck hunter Valerie van Heest will be at Spring Lake District Library on Monday, May 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. to tell the tale of the sinking of the Thomas Hume. May 21st is the 121st anniversary of the wreck of the Thomas Hume, a lumber schooner owned by Charles Hackley and Thomas Hume of Muskegon. The ship’s crew of seven sailed out of Chicago, encountered a storm and never arrived at her destination, the port of Muskegon.  Van Heest, a member of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates, will discuss how MSRA’s underwater archaeological investigation has helped to solve the mystery of the lost ship. Learn how the crew of the Thomas Hume lived, worked, and died on the Lake Michigan.

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Police: Phone distraction a factor in girls' crash

Submitted by WZZM13, News Staff
Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 7:00pm

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WZZM) -- The Michigan State Police say cell phone distraction played a role in a crash that injured five Grand Haven High School students in March.

Our news partner, the Grand Haven Tribune, obtained the state police report through the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.  The Tribune is sharing the report with WZZM 13 News.

On March 16, the five students were driving on I-96 near Lowell, heading to the Grand Haven girls basketball team game in the state semifinals in East Lansing.  The students' SUV went through the median then hit barrier cables on the opposite side of the freeway.

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