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Cedar Springs Brewing Company is bringing German tradition and community spirit together today with its 10th annual Starkbierfest, a spring festival centered around strong bock beers, live music and outdoor celebration. Starkbierfest is one of the five traditional festival seasons in German beer culture. Typically held in early March as an indoor festival, it marks the release of bock beers ahead of Lent. Historically, strong beers played an important role during the Lenten s

SAND LAKE — The Village of Sand Lake moved Monday night to stabilize its government and secure fire protection services, appointing five new council members, including former village president Dan Hula as village president once again, and unanimously approving a 10-year agreement with Nelson Township for the equivalent of $500,000 between equipment, trucks, and liquid assets; meaning fire coverage comes in at a cost of about $50,000 per year. The public erupted in applause a

SOLON TOWNSHIP — A contentious Solon Township Planning Commission meeting Wednesday night centered on two ordinance proposals that drew significant public criticism: a rezoning plan along 17 Mile Road and a draft ordinance addressing data centers.

CEDAR SPRINGS — If you want to know what Cedar Springs is focusing on in the year ahead, the new city budget offers a pretty clear answer: keep services steady, regroup financially after an expensive year, and prepare for the next round of big projects. That means no dramatic cuts to what residents rely on every day. It also means no big list of major street projects like last year. Instead, city leaders say this is a budget built around stabilization, timing, keeping up infr