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.

Unlike the Lowell Area Museum’s oral histories, the ambitious project included the digitizing of the letters, the reading of the letters by family members, recording them and visual displays. “It’s a combination of all of these things,” Whitlock said. “We teamed up with Dale Kropf to do this.”

As Police Chief, Albert will lead recruitment, training, supervision and professional development of the department’s 12 sworn officers.

“Generally, for the areas prone to lead service lines, it’s going to be the older part of town. Areas like Valley Vista probably don’t have a lot of lead.”

The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority met to discuss creating a policy to give developers incentives to build in Lowell

“I’m doing it a little bit for the love of the game. There’s not a windfall for these contracts. If there was, I wouldn’t get the grant money.” 

Lowell Light & Power has been able to stay ahead of the curve and guarantee that they can meet state minimums without negatively affecting the price passed down to the ratepayers.

There were 209 students from Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Wyoming, and New York that competed in 330 events.  

Originally believed to be an Army artillery cannon, the cannon at Oakwood Cemetery is actually a Navy frigate cannon.

Jonny Rapelje, of Lowell, is West Michigan’s Mario Kart champion. Let that sink in for a minute.

A three-day holiday shopping extravaganza, featuring more than 350 artists and crafters, is coming to town and the greater Lowell area, this weekend, starting Friday.

The first installment of Welcome to Westville, titled “To The Marrow”, dropped Friday, October 25, giving readers an opportunity to enjoy it the weekend before Halloween.

Youth racecar driver, Biniam Van Wynen, has come a long way already to realize his racing dreams at Berlin Raceway in Marne, both figuratively and literally.

Election results for the greater Lowell area, and how Lowell voted in key races.

Jessica Curtis, Laurie Kuna, Annie McMahon Whitlock, and Brian Krajewski have been elected to the LAS School Board.