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Wings of Mercy Fundraiser in Muskegon

Wings of Mercy Fundraiser in Muskegon

June 1 is the chosen day for the 18th Annual CareAffaire fundraiser at Muskegon Airport from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., to raise money for Wings of Mercy.

Wings of Mercy is a volunteer pilot organization that provides free airfare for patients with limited funds and financially unable to pay for commercial or charter airfare when medical care is needed at some distant medical center.

Airplane rides will be available, along with a pancake breakfast, 5K run or walk, a classic car show and airplanes to look at. The run starts at 8am and you may register at http://www.runforwings.org/ or call Jim Boes at (231) 955-8321. There is a $6 charge for the pancake breakfast with a max of $25 per family.

This event is held at the Executive Air Transport and is hosted by the Muskegon Lions Club.

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Pediatric Services From Birth to 18 Years
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Fish for free June 8 & 9

Fish for free June 8 & 9

All anglers can fish for free June 8 and 9.

As part of Free Fishing Weekend, the state is waiving all fishing license fees for residents and out-of-state visitors. Free Fishing Weekend applies to all species of fish in inland waters and Michigan’s Great Lakes.  All other fishing regulations still apply.

Michigan is home to more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, over 11,037 inland lakes and 36,350 miles of rivers and streams.  To find inland lakes in your area, click here.

Asparagus season in Michigan

(WZZM) Grand Rapids, Mich. - It's the middle of asparagus harvesting season in Michigan.

West Michigan is home to a lot of asparagus farms and Jaime Paquin, of the retaurant Mia and Grace in Muskegon, used the veggie as a main ingredient in this week's Get Fit healthy dish.

Here is the recipe for the asparagus and shrimp dish.

If you would like to watch Jaime make this dish click the video link.

Asparagus, Shallot and Walnut Farro, Sauteed Shrimp, Mint Pesto
Yield: 4-servings

Hundreds of flags line Seaway Dr. for Memorial Day

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- Two dozen volunteers were out early Memorial Day morning along Business 31 to continue a 30 year tradition.

On major holidays and during special events, men and women line the busy street with full size American flags. The patriotic gesture is organized by the Northside Lions Club in Muskegon with help from eight other area service groups.

Monday morning, 320 American flags stretched along the causeway from Green Street to North Muskegon.

Volunteers say the work is personal. "I am a veteran, so I like doing it," explained Dennis Cobler. "We do it for the community and we do it for the veterans... veterans understand what this is all about."

"It is an honor, and I love to look at them, that is for sure," said
Kathleen Cobler, another volunteer with the Northside Lions Flag Committee.

The flags will remain up until evening Memorial Day, removed before sundown and returned to storage.

Community Sponsors

Pediatric Services From Birth to 18 Years
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Your "Better Choice" for fair trade goods.
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The shrinking flags of Muskegon

The shrinking flags of Muskegon

MUSKEGON, Mich. -- Go west any given holiday weekend and as Interstate 96 gives way to Seaway Drive in Muskegon, just past Getty Street you will begin to notice a very patriotic welcome to the lakeshore.  

It's saved for special occasions like Memorial Day, The Coast West Festival, 4th of July, Bike Time and Labor Day.

Jessica Heeringa missing for one month

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (Detroit Free Press) -- A silver Town & Country minivan may hold the key to solving the mystery: Who abducted Jessica Heeringa?

It has been one month since the young mother vanished from a Norton Shores gas station - stolen away, police say they believe, in a minivan. One month since a witness saw the minivan pulling into the gas station near closing time. One month since surveillance captured grainy footage of the minivan barreling north through the night.

Days turned into weeks and then into a month.

With little evidence and no surveillance video from the Exxon, police are piecing the case together one thread at a time.

They're in search of a major clue: That minivan.

Communities celebrate Memorial Day with parades

(WZZM) -- Communities across West Michigan are paying tribute to late and living veterans this Memorial Day.

Muskegon's parade was one of the first to start Monday morning. The bands, floats and lakeshore veterans were greeted with applause as they made their way down Webster Avenue to a Memorial Day ceremony at Hackley Park.

Parade grand marshal Gerrit Veldman says it was an honor to be chosen to lead the parade. On Memorial Day he often remembers the men he fought alongside who didn't make it home.

"You remember all the good times that you had with them and not the bad times," says Veldman.

In Grand Rapids, the marines kicked off this year's Memorial Day parade. The procession also featured wounded veterans, bands and city leaders who marched down Division Avenue to Fulton Street. The parade wrapped up with a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park.